GRAVES REGISTRATION REPORT

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Subject: GRAVES REGISTRATION REPORT                                      

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Parent Organization: 1 MEF       

Box ID: BX600057

Folder Title: vol 13 - graves  registration  report                                                           

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             upon receiving a mission, they quickly organized and were

         helicoptered to the site. They searched about 300 bunkers and

         tasked with eight recovery missions. Searches were conducted

         tactically in close proximity to manuever units, minefields, booby

         traps and unexploded ordnance.

             The last set of remains on March 10, the Observer in an OV-10

         Bronco spotter airplane.

             The Graves Registration unit processed a total of about 150

         sets of remains -- 60 Prior to the war. The Iraqi remains were

         initially turned over to the Saudis, but later buried at the site

         they were found in rows of 10.

             They lost one member from the original 12, around the 17 of

         January, after it was concluded that he wasn't handling it well.

         By 13 March, Fleet Hospital Five was packing gear and the Graves

         personnel were packing as well. Their mission had been transferred

         to the reserve crew at Fleet Hospital-15 also in aubail.

             (NOTE: See also Interview with LtCol Cassady attached to

             November Command Chronology.)















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File Room = oct96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-42
Box ID = BX600057
Unit = 1 MARDIV
Parent Organization = 1 MEF
Folder Title = vol 13 - graves registration report
Folder Seq # = 37
Subject = GRAVES REGISTRATION REPORT
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 04-NOV-1996