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Subject = NAVY TALKING POINTS OFFICE IF INFO DESERT STORM
Folder Title = MAJ GALLOWAY S MATERIAL
Parent Organization = MARCENT
Unit = 1 MEF
Box ID = BX600094
File Cabinet = Week-51
File Room = dec96_classified
UNCLASSIFIED
3 Feb DOD announces that over 41,00 sorties have been flown (2,500 today), 480
solely against Republican Guard fortifications, in addition to airfields
and hardened aircraft shelters. The latter targeting has resulted in the
destruction of 68 additional Iraqi aircraft. Also, 25-35 major bridges
have been destroyed or damaged resulting in continuing resupply
interdiction.
The Navy's battleship USS MISSOURI fired eight 1.25-ton shells from its
16-inch guns at a prefabricated concrete command and control bunker
Iraq was moving into Kuwait, destroying the bunker. The barrage,
totalling 18,000 pounds of high explosives- marked the first combat
firing of the MISSOURI's 16-inch suns since the Korean War, and
was in sWort of Marines and coalition ground forces,
U.S. has lost three additional aircraft in non-combat operations, a USMC
AH-1J Cobra, a USMC UH-1 Huey helo, and a USAF B-52. The two
crewmen of the AH-U, which crashed in Saudi Arabia while returning
from an armed combat escort mission on February 2, are listed as
killed in action. The 4 crewmembers of the Huey are listed as killed
in action. Three crewmen of the B-52, which crashed in the Indian
Ocean while returning from a combat mission have been recovered,
while three other crewmen are missing.
DOD announces that evidence concludes that a U.S. aircraft accidently hit
a light Armored Vehicle killing 7 Marines during the January 29
battle at Khati. This "friendly fire" accident is ascribed to the
mis-identification of the USMC vehicle and its close proximity to
comparably-configured Iraqi armored vehicles during "very intense,
very close" combat. The four other Marine KIAs, in another LAV,
are believed to have been hit by Iraqi fire.
Enemy prisoners of war are 800 to-date, in U.S. and Saudi EPW compounds.
No hostile naval activity, reconfirming IraQi naval opabilily has been neu-
tralized,
4 Feb DOD announces that over 44,000 sorties have been flown - 'that's approxi-
mately one bombing sortie for every minute of the DESERT STORM
operatiod'-- (2,700 today), including 250 sorties and six B-52 strikes
on Republican Guard troop positions.
U.S. aircraft also hit targets of opportunity, including a USMC AV-8B attack
with Rockeye anti-tank bombs that destroyed or damaged 25 Iraqi
tanks, and a strike on a truck convoy detected moving at about 0400.
In addition, 3 SCUD missile sites were hit and several support ve-
hicles were damaged.
There has been no hostile activity by Iraqs naval forces.
TWo U.S. personnel and a Saudi national were injured when unknown per-
sons fired several 9mm rounds at the bus they were riding in Jid-
dah, Saudi Arabia. DOD states this shooting was 'a possible terrorist
attack."
UNCLASSIFIED
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File Room = dec96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-51
Box ID = BX600094
Unit = 1 MEF
Parent Organization = MARCENT
Folder Title = MAJ GALLOWAY S MATERIAL
Folder Seq # = 207
Subject = NAVY TALKING POINTS OFFICE IF INFO DESERT STORM
Document Seq # = 10
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 24-MAR-1997