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File: 970107_aug96_decls1_0046.txt
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
Cin 1.6 Fetr@k@,t%y 1991 , El
Valuables in t@i,@ iti:!Pcr, riq!-it lag @j@ their i@lO@.EX. We
re-bc,resighted. The bc@mblrlqs very and CCIF)5;tant.
On 21 February 10,91, we taking Agpnt pills and
,Fi IIs.
On 22 FeL,.-tizkr-y WE, FLCLiv-@@tl C'@ir fir5t c@
C@r,jei- , Witl.ILi -LCl by ) Lk r L@,14 t a I i,.!rl X0, LtCc, 1 MO fiOP, . @ll c.,a-19L, away kn,)V@inQ
their A nervc@@i,, exc!iternerit sweet the
are n,:iw mt@re se,)erp t@:, ji-Lr ti,)rtli,-;.ist And ri-:,rth. B-521 s , a rtillery, @IRL-@,
tqitig @iirl @lattlps@iip5, are all T,,@Lttid@rig targets. we
1-iaye t.:E We will m,jve ti@ir@)ugh 'axis Rej 1.
On Fet
19'31 @t L@FJOC, we ef t c,clr ct@,sent! area At @'2@, c,,-t.-
lead elevioiit entered "Ltw@it. It vja,i A cc@r@l, w.Lti,"y Cray vii-ti-I light raii-i@
We fiti-@,ed in the breach Ic@riger, than desii,ecl, and @ticc-plinL]
artillery U@,F:,@i tijc,,)irig ti-io breach, eyeril !.'F,Wls werp
They stienf,..j Qia.J tc, see us 'Fw,:, rq Cc-iopan.y t@ariiie@ Madrid
into, i Chinese T-6@911 t,-@ it. t.,i'pr, B Ci.,smpitiy suppressed a
trench line ,esLtl@@ng in tt!c capture c!f 3 @'P,Wls@ a !-tCr@l, an
Brigade Cc@r!iiii@indE-r. The r,Dmpany its battle p")siti@ins,
vjhlc,h Was by sev8rjtl
@:!I: 'C"PWI,3 were eri.CC@LtnterL,@
af 'Uc - setti t,.Q --IFi a Jef L,,,i,ii ve per @ irl-ter , we vi@
f-!;@p I @j-. l,i!r, i HU@4@",lWIJ 4 P. the niinef ip I t4,. D.t!- CL@P'l"- ON
and SL@t5- UAL[-ACE anr'i YOLING, went the
i @i T@i P q e@J ip. h i t, I p c,) ti t a i n,?,J 3 U . S . F@@,m y i!-. l,i i er s . One died
tiger A s@,t@pririg e,
On i-5 1991 (APt gri,j 'JG510'@), t,4,2 t,,;@rtht4est As
@l ll-,:@ @ti arn-:@re,J fc,@,c,e
Ci @,@ 4 trri rii @ilti@s caiiaoe, T@ic day Ypry di@r@k. At 1 '@ Cfj
@l W a F, ]A @l 1L' !-I t
- y @ " fz. v@ , 1 @j I i t P i, I I 1 y n c, t 5 L' e a 1-1 a @l -@i
N i g t y i. @; inc? s; iq c, - .1 f@ f c. c t i v e d Lk c., i. @i
i-@ TI-i P 1-i t s s p en t i ri k r3a t,.i 1 i -D ri (.,,j @ 'L , c re- @qm an i n t he i r se a t'3
oil 1 991 , C@50c@. RC.,v .1 ). I e ( C!:F",. J. . f-y",@E-me iarktie s
caused by burning jil fi(@l-is ind severe'
@f W5 s we t- t.@ic@
VI-iw;kit City !!:-Ife@p end c@,@itiit)Ld
I @ie:rc ffi@tc%'@ cc,r;c,crn tL e L- trll prS @irij tarP.5 ' E,@ rig bc.@:,by 11rapped
ii
WE-! ii:,pe@: ef,' @@:, be art Iraqi t.@rtlire chan,.L,erA Z,,i the latidf i I I
sE@ T@le -,,v,.- with. E@ktnke@s t@@pi c, c,tiE-cke,l
e. -
On I-'B F@bt,-Ltaf@@, IP91, we t,-Ild tc@ tie prepared
t,j engage s,jfp, E@@,Pls and T-'7L-'Is@ Ti-ie 4.,Pevis Were exciteij, but t@ie missi,-jti
was At 1800, Ept BOMBARD and c-PL@j c,ine tc, C,Ltr p@,sitic@r,. after
haviiic, bF,-@i '!-,@;t fear 1:ive They left L,,,, the engineers in t@ie
breach -ilirle, They @@erfcrmed s@iperi@lti.
D.
45
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