1-7 CAVALRY SQUADRON CHRONOLOGY

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Subject: 1-7 CAVALRY SQUADRON CHRONOLOGY                                 

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Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

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Folder Title: 1-7 CAVALRY SQUADRON CHRONOLOGY-ANNEX I                                                         

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                           reconnaissance, flew into Iraqi @nd    Kuwaiti air
                           space for the first time
                  31 Jan   A Troop captured three EPWs
                  3 Feb    Squadron captures four EPWs
                  4 Feb    am: Notification of possible letter bombs
                           addressed to soldiers in Desert Storm
                           pm: A/1-7 has a track fall into fighting position
                  5 Feb    E and B Troop move north to the berm to conduct
                           screen. D Troop assists in zone recon. D Troop
                           OH-58 ennaged with mortar fire. Overwatching
                           Cobra engages fifty dismounts (approx) with -@.75
                           rockets. Nine confirmed )JIP, many WIPS. E and B
                           TrDo'o capture eleven EPWs
                  6 Feb    After fifteen days of screenino the Division's
                           front alone, 1/3 of Garry Owen's screen line was
                           turned over to Ist Brigade.     Squadron goes to two
                           up, one back, allowing E Troop to stand down and
                           conduct maintenance for two days. E Troop
                           captured four EPWs
                  7 Feb    AN/TPS-25 ground surveillance radar unit of A/-133
                           FA attached to 1-7 Cavalry has truck and shelter
                           hit by air force missile. Two soldiers injured.
                           E Troop acquires targets, dismounts, and jeep in
                           the vicinity of a building in their sector. D
                           Troop Cobra and scout assist adjusting     fire and
                           providing battle damage assessment. D      Troop Cobra
                           engaces and destroys fleeing jeep with     TOW
                           missile.
Troop conducts captures eleven EPWS.      C Troop
                           conducts troop 9,jT,.ne)-y at range approx thirty
                           miles west of KKMC
                  8 Feb    Squadron commences "stand to" at BMNT.      2nd
                           Brigade conducts smoke operations in the Wadi Al
                           Batin. Squadron captures se'ven EPWs
                  IL7, Feb Squadron captures   thit-ty-nine EPWs by various line
                           troops at valni o,As t i-mes
                  11 Feb   Squadron captures   eleven EPWs by various line
                           troops at various   times
                  l@ Feb   Squadron captures   nine EPWs by various line troops
                           at various times
                  11, Feb  Squadron captures   twenty-one EPWs by various line
                           troops at vartious times
                           1800: Division conducts first MLRS raid, from_
                           Garry Owen's sector
                  14 Feb   Ten EPWs captured by various line troops at
                           various times.    Three Sc@tds fired at Hafar Al
                           Batin. One Scud hit auto parts store one block
                           away from division shower point.





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