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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
-y @Aie@-[@ preik-' amc@riki the
refueled and rearmed t @j
following Sixth Marine Regi!retit i.Lrits: First 1-0t@J Company was
attached tc, First Six@@i Se.C,:@tICI TOW (-,c,pi.Fany i@iai
attached to Second Battalion, Second Marines; First Section, Third
TOW Company was attached to @ec@@nd Battalion, Second Marines; First Section,
Third OW Company was AttacheJ tc, ]'I-iir,J Battalion Sixti-i Marines;
Third Sections Second Platoon, Tow C,jn[:,an via@ attite@ipd to Cciqb@it-. @3ervic@e
Si.tpl:,,-jrt Detachment (CSSO) - 26 thr;@ttgl-ijLtt all C",J MarDiv combat operations in
KLiviait.
'C'5 Feb -- 'row company engaged a tank @,.iitti MK--19 --i@icl .5L?, cill fire in
@it its northwest -if t@ie Umm r@lt@Jair rjilfiel,l %i-, first light. T@-i i rl
Platc,c,r, C,:,qjiq-rider integrates "Eir-avc," Company, 8th -,'@s @(itc, @,csitir,ri as @@ar4,, r-i@
,a ri " I "shaped @tmt,i.tsh, directej by TOW Company. ,-,tiqaQement netted 17
EPWS. The tank was bypassed. 'row '@'c,mpary r@cve?d with b@,ttz,,Iion intc, new
attack positions No@@@j throlioh the "ice cLtL,e tp,ay" arei, the smoke from the
b@krning oil@iel@3s ot,@cured vision tc, less than one tti-trtlred TOW Ccmr@arty
pssiiiq EPWs and set in S!JL[th ,@f
the i@'i grid by TOW Cc@,.n@,ariv then moved s,:,Ltt@i tc, eicircle and g@ic,,rfA
the battalion command gr@)up. TOW C,DmpAny pr@Dvid@d e-,jjifj Section, Third
platoon as ,Ierimeter SeCLirity for the Cc,mrr@andirit] C-d MarDiv, whose,
four LAV forward command kia@s ir,, the Area. Bc@ili ,q,@ves were
in rain anl Zero
Vj.,@iLility cc-ri,litic-ris tl'IrC-Ligh ,,rea@ -f @iand laid mines aid
-. LI
were performed in TOW Company' s typical Q@tistaniJir)g D@tring all
periods :,f low visibility and @ic@ ilILtlvirtati,--,n, TOW sinners; Ltsinq their 'row
ti,iermal were the only "Pyes" if the battili)n. 1,@L@ar(,hing and
traversing forward of St@j -rank, Battalicn's pc@sitic@t,,s, these -.roW gunners
maintained vigilance to radio any enemy .fl,@vement and protect the rest --,f
&,'6 -v Tl@.rires ca@,ttLrc, a 45 man Iraqi E W EPWF,
were searcher' and tl-,,rtipJ Dyer to the Battalion @@'--2. Ai- 12OVI, TOW Company
crossed t@ie Line :,f DLr,artLire and proceeded -rOW '.,.[.qpa@,ly CCIltinLte,
forward in the aFsaL(It with I'D" Company. TOW D)npany ,tn4ts engaged and
t I
-,:!Yp,-l an i.-Acii Brigade Headq!tar@ers and twc, T,@c@,ine gain tankers sc@Litti :,I-
d
.i,latcic.ti netted sf-@ve@i Iraqi KIA, 2-@s EPW, 3 I T-7@', c,vlr -@'OC@ aLLtrMati('
4
aii@, items of intelligence value. TOW Company then
coiled into security and reftelod and TOW Company
L,attaii,)n security th,-c@ijgh,@,-jjt the night.
2'7 Fe b OW Company remains in dei:eF!SiVC C!jil positions city of:
Jahra. G-jmljany Commander @riJ execiative Officer along with Battalion
Commanding Officer nd S-3 recc,n fc,@-warl attack positions in preparation il@i,
Bti-i 'I'ank Battalion ittick and @iperati,--ris. C,,)mpany Commander and
Expei-ttivE, Officer Again, Batt--Iic@i-i CcmpTatidi.n,, and S--6 recr,@i
forward attack in prcpir,@ti,j@i for Sth Battalion attack an,'
clearing Cc,5@@@any encountered and fire,', slots -It
Ill-ias@ -I Marine Rpg ,qent's ii !i),
filed personnel at L-ine Bear, tile Sixtl
28 Feb CABOC@, fire was a@inc,uriced. -@,JW fl,:@npany remained in
defensi,)e the City )f C@l Jil-ira. In da -is -,f
-FOW Company wa@ 1,@r 37 KIl- t@iE@
one se,)eniy ti-iree Pv)emy @f war
UNCLASSIFIED
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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
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