1ST CAVALRY DIVISION CHRONOLOGY

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Subject: 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION CHRONOLOGY                                 

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Folder Title: AAR  1ST CAVALRY DIV COMMAND REPORT  10 APR 91                                                  

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                               Movement TiiroLtgii 1-he Breach

                  Itic, long awaited invasion to liberate KLtwait began for
              the Ist ('-fioer) Bde,  nd Arm red D  4@vision at 1,530 hour,., on
              SLtnd.xy z@ Feb 91, when COL John B. Sylvester was finally
              given the order to i-oll his tanks end Bradley Fil.]I-i'cing
              V2@iicles t@irol-tgh the berm and into the Eriiirate.

                  The 2nd Marine Division, s (-to ,qhor.,i Ist ('I-iger) I-"de was
              attached) 6th Marine Regiment (Etti tvi@irines) was -first
              thrDLigh the berm separating @-.iLidi Arabia And VL!tt,@iit at
              05 0 hours. Their mission tqis to breach @i series of
              complex ininefields and obstacles that lay several
              kilometers inside KLt@txit, xlj.(2wing the Sth Marine PeElimen-l@
              (B,tli         xnd -I- iger BEtt-tl.e Team to pass tl-iro@igh and
              c2ontiri@tp the Attael.@ north.


                  Along -File breakthro@tqh created by the Cth tft,-Irir@L-si
              there was little evidence of the nltch feared "Saddarn 1-ine"
              of defensive fortifications and obstacles. There was no
              evidence of burning oil moats, chemical mines, or other
              promised horrors. The obstacles consisted of two
              mi,.qefi.el.ds measuring @kbol-tt @ mile long Ind a half-niile
              wide. There v,@.ts also @i network of berms and trenches
              containing Iraqi -reservists ,vho quicicly surrendered to the
              advancing MIriTl2S.

                  As      6,@,,Ii ti'ieky,iiies pt-kslild forward on their successful
              breach, the t-tnits of the 1-i..qer @-tttl.c- Team moved forward
              itlt- 0 their breach assembly xreis, ji-tst @,heru of the. b@,ekoh
              I.c@iies, and began I.iT-,ing

            As news of the sL@ccess-CLkl brexohinli operation came
              over the radio, COL Sylvester and the soldiers of the
              Tiger Battle Team waiting on -the SaLkdi side of the berm
              were eager to make 'cl-)e crossing into Ki-twait.. For COL
              Sylvester, -the hok-trs before tt-ie battles were -A brief chance
              to relax,,


                  "-fhei-L is one thing that this brigade does well ind
              probably better- tl-jin @-,iybody in the Army -- and that is
              move very             1 don7t think there is tny -t,,iit
              f ast er,. B@-tt right now f. just want to get @ts rolling
              through t@iE, L)reich."





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