11TH MARIES OPER DS SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

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Subject = 11TH MARIES OPER DS SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS               

Parent Organization = 1ST MARDIV  

Unit = 11TH MARINES

Folder Title = 5TH BN-11TH MARINES-   COMMAND CHRONOLOGY   JAN-FEB 91                                          

Document Number =          4

Box ID = BX600180




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                   11TH MARINES OPERATION DESERT STORM SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

           16 February         Battery 'IE" 2/12 (3/11) attached to Task Force (TF) Troy to
                               support Division deception operations and occupied assembly
                               area position at grid TM 073 471.

           18 February         Battery "E" 2/12 participated in combined arms raid with TF
                               Troy firing four missions destroying bunkers and an
                               observation tower and marking for air attack on a police
                               post. Battery fired 76 rounds HE and 2 WP marking rounds.


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           19 February         Operation Desert Storm B-5. lith Marines units continued to
                               move forward to occupy positions near the southwest corner
                               of the Saudi-Kuwait border. llth Marines engineers began
                               preparing revetted and bermed positions near the border to
                               be occupied by the firing batteries, regimental and
                               battalion command posts, and logistics trains. Battery "E-0
                               2/12 conducted two separate artillery raids as part of TF
                               Troy firing 110 rounds of HE and destroying several
                               buildings and outposts with secondary explosions reported.
                               Other specific noteworthy events included:

           0615:   E/2/12 OCCUPIED FIRING POSITION AT GRID US 805 510 TO CONDUCT ARTILLERY
                   RAID ON ENEMY COMPOUND. PLAN CALLED FOR BATTERY TO MARK TARGET FOR
                   AIR, BUT LIMITED VISIBILITY PREVENTED AIR ATTACK. BATTERY FIRED 40
                   ROUNDS HE DELAY AT 0827 DESTROYING BUILDINGS IN THE ENEMY COMPOUND AT
                   QS B09 607 WITH NUMEROUS SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS REPORTED. BATTERY
                   DISPLACED AT 0835 TO RETURN TO ITS ASSEMBLY AREA POSITION.


           123@':  5/11 OCCUPIED POSITIONS IN ASSEMBLY AREA NEAR GRID (2S 52 49; MISSION
                   GENERAL SUPPORT (GS).

           1440:   E/2/12 RECEIVED FRAGMENTARY ORDER (FRAGO) FROM TF TROY TO CONDUCT RAID
                   ON POLICE POST ACROSS BORDER AT 1530. BATTERY IMMEDIATELY DISPLACED
                   AND OCCUPIED FIRING POSITION AT GRID TM 102 506 AT 1610. BATTERY FIRED
                   70 ROUNDS OF HE AT 1714 ON TWO OBSERVATION POSTS AT GRIDS TM 171 606
                   AND TM 17? 609, DESTROYING BUILDINGS WITH SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS
                   REPORTED. BATTERY DISPLACED AT 1715 AND REOCCUPIED ASSEMBLY AREA
                   POSITION,


           2008: 3/12 COMPLETED OCCUPATION OF FIRING POSITIONS AT GRID QS 54 62; MISSION
                   DIRECT SUPPORT (DS) TF GRIZZLY.


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           20 February         Operation Desert Storm 6-4. llth Marines units continued to
                               move forward into assembly areas in preparation for the
                               ground offensive. The engineer effort continued to prepare
                               improved Positions near the border. Specific noteworthy
                               events included:


           1030: VERBAL FRAGO ISSUED TO 1/12 TO DISPLACE TO VICINITY GRID QS 73 51 IN


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