GROUND OPERATIONS DUTY JOURNAL

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Subject: GROUND OPERATIONS DUTY JOURNAL                                  

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000248

Folder Title: MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS-3                                                                       

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                              GROUND OPERATIONS DUTY %TOURNAL



                 TIME      EVENT



           7     1450      2-5th MAR RECEIVED SMALL ARMS FIRE VIC (QS8167) AL
                           WAFRA OILFIELD. CAS STANDING BY. RPV REQUESTED
                           TO DETERMINE SIZE OF ENEMY FORCE.


           8     1530      MEDICAL PERSONNEL CASUALTIES. REPORTS ON THIS
                           INCIDENT ARE STILL CLOUDY. (REPORTS RENDERED AT
                           1220 AND 1222 ABOVE SHOULD BE DISREGARDED.) IT
                           APPEARS THAT TWO US PERSONNEL FROM 142d MED
                           CLEARING COMPANY WERE KIA AS A RESULT OF
                           LANDMINES. EPWs WERE NOT INVOLVED. ARCENT TRYING
                           TO GET TO THE TRUTH... INCLUDING TIME, LOCATION,
                           AND DETAILS.

           3     1530      UPDATE ON 1 KIA, 1 WIA (1430, LOC #3 ABOVE).
                           SOLDIERS WERE INJURED/KILLED WHEN ONE SOLDIER
                           ATTEMPTED TO THROW A DPICM SUB-MUNITION.
                           INVESTIGATION ONGOING.

           10    1530      XVIII SOLDIER INJURED, WOUNDED AS A RESULT OF
                           PICKING UP AN UNEXPLODED PIECE OF ORDNANCE VIC
                           QUO81593. UNDER INVESTIGATION.

           9     1555      MARCENT CASUALTIES FROM LAND MINE. 2d LAI BN
                           SUFFERED 1 KIA, 3 WIA WHEN AN LAV STRUCK A LAND
                           MINE VIC 2913N 04733E.


           7     1630      MARCENT. 2-5 MAR CONTINUING TO SWEEP AL WAFRA
                           AREA. NO ENEMY FOUND. ELEMENTS OF TWO BNs ARE IN
                           THE FORESTED AREA NOW..


           2     isoo      SECURITY OF SAFWAN. ARCENT REPORTS NO ENEMY
                           FORCES WITHIN 2 KMs OF AIRFIELD. WILL BE CLEAR TO
                           5 KMs BY 1900C. ROUTE FROM    LINK-UP NOT SECURE,
 AT
                           CUSTOMS POST WAS NOT THERE. AIRFIELD SECURED BY
                           TWO AR BNs, ONE INF BN, AND   DIV CAV SQDN.

           8     2200      UPDATE ON MEDICAL PERSONNEL   CASUALTIES. ARCENT
                           RPTS THAT A DOCTOR, DRIVER,   AND PASSENGER (IN A
                           CUCV) FROM 142ND MED CLEARING COMPANY WERE
                           INVOLVED IN EXPLODING LANDMINE INCIDENT. VEHICLE
                           WAS IN A CONVOY. DOCTOR GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE
                           AND WAS WALKING AROUND. DOCTOR STEP ON LAND MINE
                           AND WAS KILLED. DRIVER THOUGHT THEY WERE RECEIVING
                           INCOMING ROUNDS AND DROVE THE VEHICLE OVER ANOTHER



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Subject = GROUND OPERATIONS DUTY JOURNAL
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Declassified = 20-SEP-1996