DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW

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Subject: DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW                                   

Box ID: BX001608

Unit: 101ST ID    

Parent Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title: DSS 101ST ABN DIV INTERVIEW CDR 101ST SG - C                                                    

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                     OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM
                            7 August 1990 - 15 May 1991

                        Oral History Interview DSIT AE 103


           MAJ HONEC: This is a DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM interview.
           My name is MAJ Robert B. Honec of the 116th Military History
           Detachment. I am here today at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, at
           the headquarters of the 101st Combat Support Group ... Corps
           Support Group?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: 101st Support Group (Corps).

           MAJ HONEC: Support Group (Corps), thank you, sir. With COL
           Beauchamp. Sir, would you for the record state your full
           name, Social Security number, your position, and how long
           you've been in the position.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: My name is COL Roy Beauchamp. I am
           Commander of the 101st Support Group. I have been in
           command since 29 June 1990. My Social Security number is


  (b)(6)   MAJ HONEC: Your middle initial, sir?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: E. Roy E.

           MAJ HONEC: Okay. Starting from the very beginning of
           deployment, can we go over the major issues you faced
           getting ready for the DESERT SHIELD effort? And we can go
           on from there to the defensive ... further defensive phase
           over in Saudi Arabia and the offensive phase and retrograde.
           So could you discuss some of the key issues we have here,
           starting with the fact that the [XVIII Airborne] Corps was
           going into an immature theatre--brought a lot of problems, a
           lot of communication problems from what was required from us
           over at the Middle East to get ready, perhaps. Why don't we
           start from there, sir?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: Obviously, the first problem that we faced
           was deploying from Fort Campbell to the theatre of
           operations. And the first challenge in that regard was
orne Division and its deployment out
           of Fort Campbell. The 101st Support Group was a provisional
           organization at the time, a TDA' organization at the time
           this deployment began. And the first mission that we had
           was to assist in deployment of the division.



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File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-22
Box ID = BX001608
Unit = 101ST ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = DSS 101ST ABN DIV INTERVIEW CDR 101ST SG - C
Folder Seq # = 83
Subject = DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Declassified = 01-OCT-1996