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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
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UNCLASSIFIED
AD @i I '.\@i
17 @Iflar
Fr,im; A Company Commander
Tr, @ Battili--@ri Historical Officer
@j-kb@j i (0@l@IAND CHF@ONOL.OGY
Ref; MCO 575L7i.'F
A. C-.6 November 1990-- 14 February 1991
Company A was actiiitL,J @@ti 26 N,-jiember 19')O, to C;,imij Le@jel-ttie, NC
r,n 28 Nov eML _r 1990 f,jr% processing @inJ SWA t-a:lrjlr.Q. Der,ai-te,J Cherry
P,,,,int, NC 1 December l)90 l@lyiiiq to Ji-ibail, Saudi After drawing
tanks, performing RijLiritenarice, and training, Ft began moving to
training was including
tactical exercises and live tank main gi-tti training in the -F@iLiticit@rbc@lt R,@nqp.
complex until 14 February 1991, when the company moved irit,j the final
attack position.
During t@i,@ the c,im,-.any moved nine times. -F@ :@mr,any
1. i le C'. tq2ts
attached tEj 21'@' c@ti 2 FeLirLtary 1'39.L. ec!ri istcd -,,l: tactical
exerc.,ise5 with '2/2, tana gunnery, breaching
stan,idowns, and crew The company il@-i part of the JP-fO@i-,c
,Jj,trin-, art @fra,4i attack in sector fr.r,m 31 J-@,-j,,tltry 19@,'l to 7
Fphrtar@1'3'31 - 16 rlarch 1'391
On 23 February 1991, after dark, A Company m!jvE.-U' the lead
30, 24
Fe.L,r@izit,y 1991, P. Company moved through the te-m Kuwait, reaching ti C'.
first obstacle belt at dawn. The first minei:lelj V,,,,t,,ic:hed (u5inq
t,,,,c,ners
attached engineer asset5) and A Company captured ir-t@
immediately. The ir@inel:iel LI was L,rekchL@,@ by 'QIOO and A Company A Q @,l
led the atta-K, north, st-:@V,pin 'Vi I it@ii 5
i 1. -q for twc, to allow fc,llc or -- t
T,:!t@e through the @b5tacle belts and to c,in,;,jl4.date prisoners M,2,i i Fig @i t-j 'u
ag a @ n , P Cc@mpany sclea@,headed the itcack on a L@piracle si-.rctigpc,irit c5@ 'ILTF @F.
infantry, tanks, and artillery. All jpp@isiti,-jti v;a- eli it, t 4 by j, i
n a L., Ar.@ ,
alth@@IL[g@l prisoners continued tc, be Paper well next riay@
On -1!4 19')I, visibility tqis very @5eii-Li meters
the morning the attack was continued rtr!rtti, with (I Company
I--"2 and that bid rlce.@itly moved into An extensive
built up -area was Ar,,J the as @ Cr,gipajiy G
tlir-@,ljqh the after Numerous prisoners were !-@ijnkers de,.itr,@j,;ed . One
Liri @ 'L was captured The v isitt@i I ity t@t@c@,me much 7,C? at @JLtsk and soon
irtillery flarE?I; )@l
-as; gLti-@cs, ;:! Company continued to i,!'i ri c, v e f,-. c?!-, t north until
@l;e It-@il- i,, a, wi re i defense wa@ l@,j the remainder
the Several targets were engaged t- i'l F4 c, r d 1-i r @ri rl t 1-1 e
-i jt @ v I Oj'@ I , A C c@ m p @i ii v icved t,-- @i @@lijcl
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File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-34
Box ID = BX600007
Unit = 8TH TANK BN
Parent Organization = 2 MARDIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
Folder Seq # = 11
Subject = 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91
Document Seq # = 1
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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 = 02-JAN-1997