MESSAGE INFORMATION UPDATE

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Subject: MESSAGE  INFORMATION UPDATE                                     

Box ID: BX000059

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent  Organization: ARCENT      

Folder Title: REAR CP FILE  20 EN BDE    28 FEB 91                                                            

Folder Seq #:         84

Document Number:          6

Document Date: 

Scan Date: 15-MAY-1996







      .2707IOZFEB91
      FR: 20ENGRBDE//MAIN/I
      TO: 20ENGRBDE//ACP//
           265ENGP//S-3//
           937ENGP//S-3/1

      SUBJECT. UNEXPLODED MUNITIONS

      A. THIS IS RETRANS OF CORPS G-3 MSG. DTD"270600FEB.

      1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO REMIND ALL XVIII ABN CORPS
      SOLDIERS TO LEAVE UNEXPLODED MINES ALONE.

      2. COALITION AIRCRAFT AND ENEMY AAA HAVE LITTERED THE CORPS AREA OF
      OPERATIONS WITH DANGEROUS UNEXPLODED AMMUNITION. A WIDE RANGE OF
      UNEXPLODED MUNITIONS TO INCLUDE SIX OR MORE TYPES OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS.
      MINES. MISSILES. 500 TO 2000 POUND BOMBS AND EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILES MAY
      BE ENCOUNTERED DURING THE CORPS ADVANCE. SOME OF THE MUNITIONS HAVE
      EXTENDED TRIP WIRES, EMPLOY TIME DELAY DEVICES AND MAY DETONATE WHEN
      DISTURBED. IN ADDITION. DOWNED AIRCRAFT. BOMBED STORAGE AREAS AND
      DAMAGED VEHICLES POSE AN UNKNOWN HAZARD FROM SCATTERED MUNITIONS OF ALL
      TYPES. MANY OF THESE DEVICES ARE EASILY PICKED UP BY HAND.

      3. DUE TO RAPID ALLIED ADVANCE. ACTIVATED GATOR MINEFIELDS COULD BE
      ENCOUNTERED. GATOR MINES ARE BOX SHAPED. FOUR POUND ANTI-ARMOR AND
      ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES. THEY HAVE BEEN USED TO MINE AIRFIELDS. MSRS.
      APPROACHES TO BRIDGES. AND ASSEMBLY AREAS. THEY EXTEND TRIP WIRES.
      HAVE MAGNETIC INFLUENCE FUSES. AND SELF-DESTRUCT AT PRE-SET TIMES.
      EXTREME CAUTION MUST BE EXERCISED IN MOVING/MANEUVERING THROUGH AREAS
      WHERE AIR STRIKES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED.


      4. ALL UNITS ARE REMINDED TO LEAVE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE ALONE. AREAS
      SHOULD BE MARKED FOR PROPER DISPOSITION BY EOD PERSONNEL. XVIII ABN
      CORPS HAS SUFFERED SEVERAL SEVERE INJURIES AS A RESULT OF UNEXPLODED
      MUNITIONS BEING DISTURBED.


      S. THIS MESSAGE IS TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE LOWEST LEVEL.

      6. POC IS LTC PATTERSON, 9-7651-113.

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Control Fields 17
File Room = apr96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-18
Box ID = BX000059
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = REAR CP FILE 20 EN BDE 28 FEB 91
Folder Seq # = 84
Subject = MESSAGE INFORMATION UPDATE
Document Seq # = 6
Document Date = 01-JAN-1980
Scan Date = 15-MAY-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 30-MAY-1996