1-7 CAVALRY SQUADRON CHRONOLOGY

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Subject: 1-7 CAVALRY SQUADRON CHRONOLOGY                                 

Unit: 1ST CD      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001102

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

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                                         UNJCLASSIFLF-D           '7







                         I MAJ. iR LTs, and 3 EMs@
                         0730; lst PLT/A Troop captures forty-eight EPWs
                         and equipment including four 120mm mortar tubes,
                         twenty-one AKM'S, one W5@ truck and artillery
                         target list and information. 3rd PLT/A Troop
                         captured nineteen EPWs as squadr@n beginning move
                         north.
                         103LA: Ground troops leave screen line and move to
                         assembly area to the south. Squadron lined up in
                         Six March units, it is raining

                        .Awesome            Headt-ii-inter        Bandit
                         Cbt Tns              TOC                 Cbt Tns
                         CPT Wenger                               CPT Curran

                         IPOLA: Squadron leaves assembly area
                         13OL7): Squad)-on moves through ROM points Sparrow
                         and Robin. Field trains leave 2nd Brigade BSA to
                         head north. C, D, and AVUM moves with field'
                         trains
                         1400: Air crews depart old field trains site for
                         CAB, 21km southwest of 15 SB's BSA. SMO remains
                         at field trains site. Squadron moves into Iraq.
                         Squadron passes throuoh breach lanes N and K.
                         1600: Field trains ar;ive in holding area to the
                         south of ROM site Spat-row
                         2100: Field trains ROM at Sparrow
                         2230: Squadron closes on assembly area (secured by
                         E Trp) to the northeast of Objective Lexington at
                         Objective Lee. Squadron moves into coil formation
                         and YefLiels.
d trains cross border into Iraq
                27 Feb   O@@30: Main body of squadron departs from Lee, as
                         it rains
                         06Q"@: Combat trains depart Lee. Squadron moves in
                         six march units northeast with march units/troops
                         in either column or double column.


                                                     /E/1-7
                                          TOC/      /A/1-7
                                                   /B/1-7
                         CPT Shanahan
                         Aid station        Remainder'of combat trains
                         Air FARP          CPT Curran, CPT Wenger,, CW2 Cook

                         Rate of march 10-20 mph. There are many units
                         moving at the same time, in various routes of
                         march. March un,its are usually not in visual







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Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 28-JAN-1997