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

UNCLA-SSIFIED

Division attack on MEF Objective C no later than
Elements of all four battalions were firecap ready by 1400.
Enemy resistance was generally light during the advance, and
little artillery support was required. Several 11@@h Marines
units captured prisoners and seized large amounts of
abandoned Iraqi equipment. As TF Taro was directed to move
forward to assist in the clearing of MEF Objective C, 1/12
(less A/l/12) moved forward and rejoined the lith Marines on
the outskirts of Kuwait City. Specific noteworthy events
included:

0213: A/l/11 REPORTED POSITIVE READINGS FOR BLISTER AGENT DETECTED ON TWO
SEPARATE M256 DETECTION KITS. MAJORITY OF 11TH MARINES ASSUMED MOPP
LEVEL 4. AFTER FURTHER DETECTION EFFORTS WERE NEGATIVE, ALL CLEAR
WAS SOUNDED AT 0245.

0327: A/l/11 AGAIN REPORTED POSITIVE READINGS FOR BLISTER AGENT DETECTED ON
M256 DETECTION KITS. MAJORITY OF IITH MARINES UNITS ASSUMED MOPP LEVEL
4. SUBSEQUENT DETECTION AT 0410 WAS ALSO POSITIVE. DETECTION
EFFORTS WERE NEGATIVE AT 0421, AND AFTER SELECTIVE UNMASKING, ALL CLEAR
WAS SOUNDED.

0412: DIVISION REQUESTED 11TH MARINES TO ATTACK IRAQI ARTILLERY POSITION
IDENTIFIED BY 2D MARINE DIVISION IN IST MARINE DIVISION'S ZONE. 5/11
FIRED 79 RAP ROUNDS FROM 3 BATTERIES.

0630; TF RIPPER CROSSED LD (DELAYED FROM 0600 DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY) AND
BEGAN MOVEMENT TO CONTACT TOWARDS KUWAIT CITY WITH TF SHEPHERD
SCREENING ON THE RIGHT FLANK AND TF PAPA BEAR FOLLOWING IN TRACE. 3/11
DISPLACED BY BATTALION IN TRACE OF TF RIPPER UNITS WITH 3/12 PROVIDING
FIRE SUPPORT TO TF RIPPER.

0630: 5/11 BEGAN DISPLACEMENT BY ECHELON TWO BATTERIES AT A TIME. R/5/11 AND
T/5/11 OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR GRID CT 82 13, FIRECAP READY AT
0938.

0700- H/3/11 TOOK APPROXIMATELY 150 IRAQI EPW'S. 11TH MARINES COORDINATED
WITH TF GRIZZLY TO TAKE CONTROL OF EPW'S.

0830: CFL 5 IN EFFECT.

0858: 3/11 OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR GRID CT 76 17 WITH ENTIRE BATTALION
FIRECAP READY AT 0905. 3/12 THEN BEGAN DISPLACEMENT FORWARD AT 0858.

0910: 5/11 TRAILING BATTERIES DISPLACED WHEN FIRST LEAD BATTERY REPORTED
FIRECAP READY. AND 3/5/11 LEAPFROGGED PAST LEAD BATTERIES AND
OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR GRID QT 83 25. ENTIRE BATTALION WAS
FIRECAP READY IN NEW POSITION AT 1315.

0927: REGIMENTAL AMMUNITION TRUCK HIT ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE NEAR FIRST OBSTACLE
BELT AT QS 701 803. TRUCK SUFFERED MINIMAL DAMAGE, NO CASUALTIES.

0930: 1/11 BEGAN DISPLACEMENT BY ECHELON WITH A/l/11 AND H/3/14 MOVING ON
LEFT FLANK OF TF PAPA BEAR AND 1/3/11 REMAINING IN POSITION TO SUPPORT