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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
UNCLASSIFIED
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q e r,rr a cl r, c c-, :i a h e@ a ri ti:: !:,i.tr Left, rliriticsi
1-i r 1: i @, e III i @i e f ij. cl @ j, @i t 1-i P. i i, @i c, 8 t 1-- 1- E@ @i t t a I i c, @i f W e,l el t e
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1';re forward elements. 1-1-,L @@,,w of Lztip-igy FjOW's M,-,,vinQ the
o ji y .nc,kq,
simply 1-1 0 ti a - , i ri n i ti g A s ir! I g @ta in escort anJ them on t,-iwAt,@i
rear Gic,fi
A@ j.4/il,,, Cc,timan,J via,, cc@ritqc,6pd by !-Al Battalion of -,is @ @,i a
a@i,A role with 6@h rpqLLP5tiilg A.",F@iSt@,nee with
ca@, ta-l.tir@c, rc.11. over accident-, -r@-ic LAI vehicles nci@@in[i tire
rear were to come LLp on the L,;ittaii,-,rils
ci@', that they cc,L@.@d be qi@iile(i iiitc- c@LLr Bzittalic,r, Aid moving
v,itl-i ti-ie field trlilms.
At 1.447, clerqen-@.s of AT ('row) Cc@mpariv engagi@.J an Iraqi v 07
651-501) with missiles and mac@iin@gitns. At 1449, AT (I'OW) ll'c@jflpany reported t 1-1 2
Jestrc,yeci with seven enemy killed in action.
LI @ 1. I
@it 153LI, 6tli Marines decided tc, @i@)ld at their CL[rrent
deciding what and c,rientati-iri,., tc, take. for the At this
St]-i @lir%ities Ica,J elements were in the vicinity of Phase Lii;ie Bear. By
BP@j pc,sAtic,ning, Alpha Cr,mir,@tid was I.c,(,Ated at UT 539400 at 151--@9. I- @i 1 '.,
position represented the @ppr,jximate center -if mass I.)cation of the. btt",@,14 -, ri
at ti-i@t time. -'he battalion essentially held in pc@5itic,n awaititie'i @@rders,
IA,-jvj ier, 3tl-i I'atil@s (-) -Ji,d take advantage )f ti-ie paltse to bring its f4e'@.,j
train5 and Brayr@ Crmiqartd GrcLtp forward tr consolidate the battal.i.c-ri ii
'0440 grid sql:tare.
At 1754, Regiment ir]Str'LICted Bth Tank Battalion (--) to Nc@vc.@ '@ir 56@l
@%.@@,nt iti@J set in for the night. movement part the battalion L- @k
rock arid sand qLt@,ri-Y ab,jltt 10 kilometers sl-,Ltth southwest of 'the. Cit,,, c, l@ i @ h r i
And if PI-,asp Line Bear. Ari@icipatiiiq i final advance t@-@ tl-io- (,o@,5t tied,
next morning, the t,attalic@n posted its security and settled in for the nig@tt:
,,qith@:-Ltt incident. Qvprtiight, t]-ie battalion re(.,eiveJ i cl-ia@igE, )f Ij@)Ltnd@irips and
a nei-,, fral) c,rjei, from et@) Marine Reg@.rien,. -F@re @,C@Ltri,lary !:-r!Jer of battle.,
?i L--
aaE@ Line. Bear, trac,E., of sLir,py,@iiitiway from let' j@j';4'7'@ tc, Of
.1
755409 b) Phase Liiip Ox follows i-c,,ii-j' !:r,@fi UT 590515 ti-, C,!'!' 73'@'4-@B.
c) -[he 'tiger Brigade / 3/6 bc,Lt@@Jq.,,y @-Litis from UT 55V@1470 to D.'f
73@c-'458.
@J '[fie 3/E, Bit, T@ink B,@ttalc@n rt@ris from UT G05443 t-i (II-
e) Sti-i Ta@ik B@ittal.L--in/Btl-i t@iarine-I ii!)@tn@i';itv rltns from UT 665438 to UT
F,804C,@i. 8t[i 'rank Batt@i 1 i c,.-,i i @c, oe re i r-.f crcc@d @,qi t@l 1
21241 LA(.
Ti[C. (It]., arric-.cj to advance tk-ir L@r.@ ind tt-j!:, t.-ack,
rfp.s 11', .1
pi@Lttimil @-31;1-: Battalion on the right (E@i@3t) arf@, 3,iS -.ii the left aq the two
lead and '/E zlticl 21;--' mission
t@j,.is t@j the clear if Iraqi f,.,-refs, t,-- the sea coast
@itl-aelt was 11-c@ t@fgiiq chair
.i k, (, t @@, r i.,i m-)Yi@ig West to East s@..@,ep along Pi-iAfe
UNCLASSIFIED
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Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
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Subject = 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91
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