11TH MARINES OPER DS SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

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Subject: 11TH MARINES OPER DS SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS              

Unit: 1 MARDIV    

Parent Organization: 1 MEF       

Box ID: BX600057

Folder Title: I  MEF  ACCOUNTS OF COMBAT ACTION                                                               

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               0359;   C-DAY AND H-HOUR CONFIRMED.

               0507:   TF RIPPER CROSSED LINE OF DEPARTURE (LD) ENROUTE FIRST OBSTACLE BELT
                       WITH 3/11 IN TRACE.


               0600:   H-HOUR; TF RIPPER ARRIVES AT FIRST OBSTACLE BELT BREACH SITE GRID
                       OS 72 77.


               0659;   CFL 2 IN EFFECT.


               0804:   3/11 BEGAN MOVING FIRST OBSTACLE BELT BREACH.


               0830:   5/11 RECU'4, SURVEY AND ADVANCE PARTIES DISPLACED THROUGH TF GRIZZLY
                       BREACH SITE.


               0930:   0-36 RADARS DETECTED FIRST OF DOZENS OF COUNTERFIRE TARGETS IDENTIFIED
                       DURING MORNING OF G-DAY. FROM 0930 TO 1331, IITH MARINES TARGET
                       PROCESSING CENT@R (TPC) CONSOLIDATED TARGETS AND REST FD-@ COORDINATED
                       ENSAGEMENT OF 42 SEPARATE COUNTERFIRE TARGETS CLEARED BY APPROPRIATE
                       MANEUVER UNITS. REGT FDC ISSUED FIRE ORDERS FOR ATTACK OF 26 TARGETS
                       BY ARTILLERY; 17 WERE COORDINATED BY IITH ARINES AIR OFFICER VIA
                       QUICKFIRE CHANNEL WITH TACTICAL AIR CONTROLLER AIRBORNE (TACA) FOR
                       ATTACK BY CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AIRCRAFT.

               0921:   IF PAPA BEAR COMMITTED TO CONDUCT ASSAULT BREACH, CLEARING TWO LANES BY
                       1018.


               0953:   3/11 COMPLETED OCCUPATION OF FIRING POSITION BEYOND FIRST OBSTACLE
                       BELT AT GRID OS 77 84; MISSION DS TF RIPPER.

               1025:   TF RIPPER BEGAN BREACHING SECOND OBSTACLE BELT.

               1100:   1/11 BEGAN DISPLACEMENT THRUGH FIRST OBSTACLE BELT AND OCCUPIED FIRING
                       POSITIONS NEAR GRID 96 83 79 FIRECAP READY AT 1400. DURING OCCUPATION,
                       1/11 JUMP CP TOOK INCOMINS MORTAR FIRE.


               1100:   1/12 ASSUMED MISSION REINFORCING 1/11 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS
       FIRE SUPPORT TO TF PAPA BEAR AS 1/11 DISPLACED FORWARD.

               0941:   3/12 BEGAN DISPLACEMENT BY ECHELON DISPLACING r/3/14 THROUGH BREACH IN
                       ORDER TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS DIRECT SUPPORT TO TF GRIZZLY. 1/3/14
                       OCCUPIED FIRING POSITION GRID OS 710 840 FIRECAP READY AT 1100.

               1130:   5/11 DISPLACED BY ECHELON WITH TWO BATTERIES THROUGH TF GRIZZLY
                       BREACH SITE TO FIRING POSITIONS AT GRID OS 76 87. INITIAL TWO
                       BATTERIES FIRECAP READY AT 1330; REMAINING TWO BATTERIED DISPLACED AT
                       1430; ENTIRE BN FIRECAP READY IN NEW POSITION AT 1915.

               1147:   3/11 FIRED 247 ROUNDS IN SERIES "RICK" TO NEUTRALIZE IRAOI POSITIONS



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File Room = oct96_declassified
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Box ID = BX600057
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Folder Title = I MEF ACCOUNTS OF COMBAT ACTION
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Subject = 11TH MARINES OPER DS SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVEN
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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 = 12-NOV-1996