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Subject: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JAN TO 13 APR 91 Unit: 2ND MARDIV Parent Organization: 2 MEF Box ID: BX600014 Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2ND MARINE DIVISION 1 OF 10 JAN - APRIL 1991 Document Number: 4 Folder SEQ #: 4 UNCLASSIFIED 1900 Co D, 2d LAI Bn takes four Iraqi EPWs Vic QS459981. 15 FEB 0750 2d LAI Bn takes three Iraqi EPWs QT317065. 1400 Co D, 2d LAI Bu chopped to Tiger Bde. 16 FEB 0020 Tiger Bde reported three 122mm rounds Vic OP-6. 0127 2d LAI Bn takes tWo EPWS Vic QT468985, also reports additional 122mm incoming. 0220 AV-8 aircraft silence arty vie QT480015. 17 FEB 0805 2d LAI Bn apprehends one EPW vie QSSO7833. Co D. 2d LAI Bn receives 40 rounds in and around OP-6. OV-10 and F-18 under ANGLICO control silence arty and drop XX 20 on suspected recon bunkers. 1530 New boundary in effect between Ist mardiv and 2d MarDiV. 2d Recon Bn commences five day recon and surveillance operation against initial belt of Iraqi defenses in Kuwait. 2d Tank Bn reassigned as division reserve. 18 FEB 1359 TF Troy, lst MarDiv assumes responsibility for old 2d mardiv zone. 1930 6th Mar receives three incoming Frog-7 missiles Vic QS5058700 QSSOSS50, and QS--2870. No casualties. Co Do 2d LAI Bn observes apparent resupply vehicles near recon bunkers. Four F-18s hit and destroy column. 19 FEB Co C, 4th Tank Bn arrived Al Jubayl airfield. 0145 Tiger Bde reports two rounds impacting Vic QT451017, two Km north of 3-41 Mech screening positions. -1500 Concentrated air attacks on Almanaqish flame trenches and feeder pipelines controlled by 2d LAI Bn AirO and F-18D PAST FAC. Total ordnance: 40 Mk83o 28 Mk2O# and many rounds 20/25mm. 1405-1625 6th Mar conducts emergency extract of UNCLASSIFIED III-lo