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                                         

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                       2130: Screen line stopped along the zo north
                       south grid line
                       2200: TOC moves into the vicinity of the screen
                       line and links up with LTC Sharp and MAJ Hanson.
                       2215: BMP discovered to the near of A and E Troop
                       screen line, just forward of TOC. Both trooos
                       engage and destroy target. Enemy casualties: one
                       KIA, three litter urgent, two wtlking wounded.
                       Casualties evacld by A Troop medics to aid
                       station. KIR transported the following day by CPT
                       Slockhus.
              28 Feb   0100: WIPs ground evaced to lst Brigade TOC,
                       which is an impromptu ambulance exchange point.
                       0130: TOC received message "cease-fire temporary
                       and possible will come into effect 0800 local 28
                       Feb 91. Do'not initiate ground or air contact.
                       Defend oneself and return fire if attacked. Safety
                       and protection come first."
                       0730: Field trains leave 15 FSB for Ist Brigade
                       BSA and 115 FBB
                       0800: Cease-fire in effect. Squadron still in
                       position of previous night. Approximately
                       thit-ty-six miles from Basrah. C Troop goes on
                       mission to find a "T-55" to our rear. Turns out
                       to be CEV
                       1200: C Troop given mission to find another T-55
                       to our rear. Negttive contact. Casualties evacld
                       by A Troop medics covered by 3rd Plt A Troop
                       1400: Field trains arrive at site of where 115 FSB
                       will set up when they arrive.
                       1500: 11!@ FSB closes on-,field trains
                       1600: c and D Troop move to field trains I Man 91
                1 Mar  0700: C Troop captures two EPWs
                3 Mar  One EPW caught in combat trains
                5 Mar  False alarm that advance party W411 be leaving
                6 Mar  Advance party of thirty-one soldiers 1,ckves to
                       represent squadron in parades and ceremonies in
                       Kuwait/Saudi Arabia and to return to Fort Hood
                7 Mar  Squadron given FRAGO to assume 3rd ACR's sector
                8 Mar  A, S, E, TOC, and combat trains move out to occupy
                       screen line 20 miles southwest of Basrah, on edge
                       of At- Rumaylah oil fields
                9 Mar  1330: Advance party arrives Fort Hood
               ILA Mar Advance party leaves for assembly at-ea in the vic
                       of Hafer Al Batin, Saudi Arabia
                11 Mar Advance party arrives vic DREAR to the northwest
                       of Hafer Al Batin. Lead elements at field trains
                       depart 115 BSA for Hafar Al Batin



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