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Subject: 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91 12 APR 91
Unit: 8TH TANK BN
Parent Organization: 2 MARDIV
Box ID: BX600007
Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
Document Number: 1
Folder Seq #: 11
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ii e c,. c,@ s s; @t ry The @'C,s it i c it t i c@r, RC Dart i in Q IQ
t ;-I r C. 1-t Q 1-i c, it t 1-i e al v a 11 c I' i,, c. L ii a t [-I L fi a t t i I i I', @i @ii navigate by
P.-.,j.tic,@iirig Syster@i (GP'@) and @i-itclings.
,JLtritig the. advance were Thick smc@ke fr@:,m b@irtiitiq jil @Nells,
an,:] c-:-mbincd tc, turn day in-,:. deep twilight and reclLtc(-.' vi.,.;
t,@@ a few hundred ni--ters )r less.
At I,F,10, ',rDW Cc,m@,,@@iy re.@,cr,@p-d Das;s;@iiq stir,@at,L@ a
pipeline (v@ c 1.800 W. Grid @Lkrface laid were
e,,l c, c, Lt II t E, r, e,j r , ri ii t LI E@ ad v a ri o @i @ r- z@ us e -1 h P. b a t t ai c, @i n c: a @ Lt a I t i e d ,t p
the care )l@ and c,c,nma@i,lers h passed
c-r
while apparently attemi-.tirig tri withdraw fr,@m IL@fensiye positions. T112
battalion nc,ted with satisfaction that t@ie ma I .1
jc@r ty c!i@ these kills ,,4f?r2 1 -.4@
by the tAnk,3 cf Alpha and Charlie Ccm.Fatiies attached t,@! 1/6 and '/2
r, e @, E? c, t i v e I ,, @
Based c,ri GF'S (.,,:.rqriarid I'@rC!Lt@-
' 65@, -08 rdo - a ti k s n f @n e
,At At L I -red Bth I t,:, 1 t, ti,:, h
night arij ic@t set in any P.IpTqc@nt ric,rt@i c,i- ti. ic@ t:lr%iri line. -1 h E,.
1-1 1 4 .@ n 7 s @)lppie,,its withdrew iljoktt 800 the s,-,itth tc@ a y c, J. c,
d i t,,
T i rj i v e h R- y
GPIS, the b@ittali-:,@lls li@isiti,)@i for the night was OT Th e I),?, t t , I I,) II I @
f i (,. I --I t I, a i ri track v c,. d f c, raise r d '@ c, c, 4 n t h P. b a t t a). I s LI e I c, ri i I a ri d t, -c@ t i n
f,Dr the night. Nup.(-r@-.,tAs air n,J artil lery strikes tqf,,rp heard t,-@ the n,irtit -,r
t@ie @jatt@ilir!ti, L@Ltt Sth Tanks (--) s,llerit the Ltridisti.ir,L,C.,cj.
Or the !.if 26 Fpbri-tdirv 1.@l, gth B,?,ttal4,-,@l (--) received a new
frag c,r@ler. The 6@h MitrinLs @i a rj' I:, c pn directed tc, r.c,jitir,Lic their iclvziric,t,.
tr, attack and seize their sectnr :@f IEF OL,
.jL,ctiv@2 B, tl-,c- s,),-ktherti
the city Jahra. The r,rc]Lr c@f battle remained th- ;,AMC as c@i) the t@%,C@itv
fifth with Tiger Brigade advancing )@i the left flank and 8th Marines @)n the
right. ALitin, regiment wc@i-tlj advance with tWr
@ reCfLl@trtized battalions tp, @,r!-:1
t-,q., ba(,]<@ 1/6 advance cn the left half -if the regimental with
Tan@@ in trace and 2/ c,ti the right (fqc@tc,rized) in
trace . OLti- far the were set af3
Eastern t)CiLltlJar -y w@t@ the trace c@t the @4c@i-th/Sc,@itti orid 14.np- nc,rtri
t,:, P.T E.304,t@O then Nc-rtlieast bc, PhAs(@ line Bear at f,'.T GG,5438.
b) Western t,c@Litidary was the trace c@f the '@4 Nc;rt@i/Sc,ut@i gri@l irc@pt
LiriL tri OT 544E,, then running N@Drtl-ieast tc- OT 570475.
C) -r@,F battalic,i,, bc@Ltndary separating 1-@je regimental zc@np it,c@vp int,:- e@,i t
and wpt f,)11!3w@d the 58.5 Nc-i-th/S,-juth gri7i lint-. through
PI-ias;c L.@riE@ Hc@.,-c.e ittid El@e@,,r@
d) F,L aSC. the rzLce. c-f the @'E East/West uri,4 lir@p..
11
Line #4 f,@ll,:,wp-d the 30 EAst/West Eiri-I
lirip. f Fllia5e Line Wr,l@- ttic,. t,-%acc? :,i@ the @;E@.5 Easf:/Wc---;'I-
gri-I linp@
g) Flhise Line Ele,@r (al.sc@ r'SCL 4t5) fczllc,wed the (@:th R4;ig Mr@tc,i-tj.--v
S,jLttfi Df the city Df Al--Jal-irA and t@@-,iAld serve as the day's limit !@f
advance.
The li@Etd c,i@ t@ip r@gir@icirit were tc. the Line. !-f er.'artlirci at
c-00. 1-1-ie 8t@!. m,)verL,.,it was t,a5p@J @j@i the speed c,f advance r-f
C,:@mp,@@,.y c:rc,sse-cl the 1-irie c,f Dc-,c@aF%tLire at &pF,rc@ximatel y I l-"@ 5 . A- c,ii
the previ.c,l-ts Play, ti-il bittali@)ii's f4eL,:' tr@,,iiis iric,ved by b-)Ltnds behind the
battalic,ril,i cc,mt@Rt elements. The r@f March remained the samp. aT, it Fiat
t h r,:@ ik -@it the rirl-j!.;,i@l viar t@Jit@i
.qh@: m.r, a t,. IDY
this. h'@-
that th@. Ir-i@, 41,iv ill 1.
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