ANNEX I 1 7 CAVALRY SQUADRON CHRONOLOGY

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Subject = ANNEX I 1 7 CAVALRY SQUADRON CHRONOLOGY                         

Folder Title = COMMAND REPORT-DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM-10 APR 91                                         

Parent Organization = VII  CORPS  

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                        reconnaissance, flew into Iraqi and Kuwaiti air
                        space for the first time
              3! 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 t-ack fall into f2chting 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 engaged with mortar fire. Overwatching
                        Cobra engages fifty dismounts (approx) with 2.75
                        rockets. Nine confirmed KIP, many WIPS. E and B
                        Troop 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'lst Brigade. Squadron go-es 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/333
                        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
                        engages and destroys fleeing jeep with   TOW
                        missile.
                        A Troop conducts captures eleven EPWS. C Troop
                        conducts troop gunnery 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 seven EPWs
                ILA Feb Squadron captures  thirty-nine EPWs by various line
                        troops at various  times
                11 Feb  Squadron captures  eleven EPWs by various line
                        troops at various  times
                12 Feb  Squadron captures  nine EPWs by various line troops
                        at various times
                13 Feb  Squadron captures  twenty-one EPWs by various line
                        troops at vartious times
                        1600: Division conducts first MLRS raid, from
                        Barry Owen's sector
                14 Feb  Ten EPWs captured by various line troops Rt
                        various times. Three Scuds fired at Hafar Al
                        Batin. One Scud hit auto parts store one block
                        away from division shower point



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