HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S                                                

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              On 2 August 1990, tank led Iraqi troops stormed into Kuwait

        after -months of arguments over oil pricing. Kuwait was overcome

        in less than a day. On 6 August, the United Nations Security
        Council im posed economic sanctions against Iraq. On 7 August,

        President Bush ordered U.S. armed forces into Saudi Arabia to
        prevent further aggression.I

              FORSCOM issued its operation Desert Shield deployment order

        to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at 0023 Zulu on 10

        August 90. The 101st was going to war for the first time since

        Vietnam. The division issued FRAGO 90-1 at 0445 Zulu. This

        FRAGO provided guidance to the division's units on leave

        cancellations and the postponement of permanent change of station

        moves. Also on 10 August 90, the division's Assault Command Post
        (ACP) personnel began processing for deployment.2

              Before deploying, the 101st had to pull back to Fort

        Campbell numerous units from far-flung training exercises. The

        division had an aviation element supporting the US Southern

        Command with Joint Task Force Bravo in Honduras, the 2-187th

        Infantry task force at the Jungle Operations Training Center in

        Panama, and the 3-327th Infantry task force training cadets at
        the United States Military Academy.3

              A third battalion task force, the 2-502d Infantry, was

        preparing to deploy as part of the United Nations' peacekeeping

        force in the Sinai. Additionally, the 101st had air defense

        artillery soldiers from A and HHB/ 2-44th Air Defense Artillery



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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
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Declassified = 06-MAR-1997