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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 1530 Co A, 2d LAI Bn controls Jump 37 (AV-8s) on bldg complex QTS52999. 1545 Co E, 2d LAX Bn fires for effect on bldg/mortars QT494139. 1555 Co Co 2d LAI Bn adjusts fire on tanks/bldg vie QT475145. 1600 Co P, 2d LAI Bn adjusts fire on troops/trucks Vic QTS64088. Co A engages tanks and troops vie QTS399 with TOW and 2d LAX Bn 2Smm. Capt Hager controls Jump 45 (AV-as) on bldg QTSS2999. Bldg destroyed. 1618 Co A, 2d LAI Bn reports incoming QT540991. 1619 Co C. 2d LAI Bn reports incoming QT446106. 1620 Co A, 2d LAI Bn reports 22 vehicles approach- ing from QTS95930 (eight km out). Laser 73 (OV-10) looking. 1645 Co Co 2d LAI Bn adjusts fire on dug in mortars QT438139. 1650 Co A, 2d LAI Bn reports incoming at QTS40991. Observes muzzle flashes from BTR-like vehicles via QTS90930. 1721 Laser 73 observes only six vehicles, BTR/LAV type, southeast of Co Al 2d LAI Bn. 1730 8th Mar-reports five tracked vehicles via Qsbgoglo. 1745 3d Battalion, 23d marines engaging 20 Iraqis in open Vic QS630870. 1815 All sectors quiet. 1850 Reports of heavy AAA/tracer fire along east/west road QT4614 to QT5515. 1930 AN/TPQ-36 reports six hostile tgts, S/IC engages. 1934 Co Do 2d LAI Bn (Opcon Tgr Bde) rolls one LAV-25 at QS445996 two injuries. 1940 Co A, 2d LAI Bn reports heavy incoming QTS45000, one WIA LCpl Vargas. 1947 Sth Battalion, loth Marines engages zsus UNCLASSIFIED