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File: 970313_sep96_decls12_0002.txt
Subject = HISTORICAL REPORT 2 JAN 91
Folder Title = 68TH TRANS BN GEN HISTORICAL CORRESPONDENCE
Parent Organization = MISC
Unit = MISC
Box ID = BX005606
File Cabinet = Week-48
File Room = sep96_classified
SUBJECT: Historical Report (continued)
o"@ on 26 Oct in the late Te
We landed at Dhahran International Air r
P
next morning found us sleeping under.the warehouse canopies of King Abdul Aziz Port
of Dammam. By late in the afternoon the'513th wa's moving to -i@s:firsE b'ase.-,at 'the..-:.-.
-miles-south--of t-he-Port-,of--Zammam.-.-We-recei@.ed-6.tii.-@@ 1-rig;;@@
Dhahran Expo 15
from our BN CDR andwas warned of the inany'changes that we would,face.. - F14ix@ibilicy.-,--,.
.. 13.y-_Ag.. Q@; @ e@@ coml)anlt@
.was-the way of life,bgrt@. _pla@qon leadtr§ ihpd
been on route recons to h-e io St rne --a7TgMC@-
i",- -iug,;,--an r-c)gi
Logbase Pulaski logging over a 1,000 mil.es in--two days. The first convoys left on
31 Oct to Half Moon Bay and King Fahd International Airport to acq uire and fill our
new loads: SMFT'S. The month of November.-invoLy-e-d-l-convqy-pgK--4;ky
_.ppnlaining 20
loads traveling either to Bastogne or P.ulaski.-'The cbpp@ny.hauled over 1,653,000
gallons of potable water and loiged,'6iiei 178';-753
November.
It was a day in mid November that the commander, his NBC.officer.and.driver-..L-
visited the 370tb QM BN appK6xima@ely 40 miles -away @-f rom -the Expo; - -wherr,titey
art-me contin
arrived at the gafe, the entire 370th weie'wearing.their w 1 .-gency MOPP.
gear. Once inside the commander was informed of a SCUD'alert. His small party
immediately opened and donned their protective.gear only to be "awarded"_§y the "all
clear" signal and "oh it wasn't fired in this direction". The rest'of the day was
spent trying to find out the NBC Threat Con, Terrorist Threat C6n and who t-o:i-d-these-,-
people about an "incoming" SCUD.
Mid-November also brought about-concerns that 513th would be removed from,the
80th Ordnance BN and brought under operational control of 7th Group/68th Trans BN.
out of Ft. Carson, CO. The 513th's mission is primarily, long haul of Class V,
however we were tasked through the 37jath Q@! R),@ to haul SMFTs since their
medium truck companies were not yet in-co6-n@ry.- ' By 'th'd -f irs C- of Deceinb6F 'Ehd- 'iWo7ed
became official and.the 513th beg@!q its-ip-W@@@:.pqqroination with thL,%t.@.
We were t o irri t ia I ly move to - t he. Port o f Dammam -un t i I dbri s tmas then to - KKMC a bove-
9 r e to
the 28th parallel. On 6 Dec, we e r marchin"'o rs' disregard
rec ived ou Por
of Dammam plan and commence movement to Eskan Village.in the capital of.Riyadh...The
company sent its advanced party who reconnoitered Eskon, TTP, and Logbase A. Once
the company arrived in full, we began 40-truck convoys which were complimented.by
rve/natiorial-guard medium truck'.com -------- 6.60-07@i@j"
three-rese _pariies. The.. convoys.. lef t.,a.t
-d@'ly from the TTP at the-Qamel-Race Trark-and.-proc d..
1700 eeded--north-t-o eli,.ye@r..@
V to Logbase A. In mid-December Logbase B just south of KKMC, becam operational and
our convoys were including Class -1 'supplies al.so.
Around 17.Dec, the 513th relocated along with the entire battalion to an area
behind the TTP at the Camel Race Track. The Class V mis6idng-'glack6d'-'Uf-f' due
lull in the ships arriving at Dammam." Howi@v@r 'oi@-ChiFi-st7mag' 0-a@@'@h4-,513'th
Class IX north to Logbase B. On 30 Dec, the 513th relocated to the King Kaled
Wildlife Research Center approximately 25 miles north of the TTP and.5 miles off the
MSR. The information from our higher headquarters.reported that we would remain
here unless the offensive caiied for us to surg&"s'u@@lies fbi,@ard@l' @'e-@w-o"u- ICT
relocate according to the planners' needs. On I Jan 91 the 513th led-a 40.vehicle....
convoy north to Logbase B to deliver Class V.
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