142                                    U.S. MARINES IN THE PERSIAN GULP, 19901991

City by Kuwait International Airport.  We had to move Task Force Papa Bear,
which was the division reserve, up adjacent to Task Force Ripper as Ripper
started getting heavily engaged with the 3d Armored Division.
    By the evening of G+2, we had sealed off Kuwait International Airport.
Task Force Shepherd--the 1st and 3d Light Armored Infantry Battalions--then
went around to the right of the airport after midnight and sealed it off on the
east side. They took their LAYs inside the airfield about 0430 and secured it-
--without going into the buildings-by daylight. That's when we brought up Task
Force Taro. They were right there to go on into those buildings and clear them.
We used infantry for that.

Proceedings: How long into the attack were you still concerned that- they were
going to hit you with chemical weapons?

Myatt: We had the Fox vehicle, a chemical detector, and it kept going off.   I
still have Marines who are convinced that we did get some mustard gas used on


                            8LOC~ING
    N                       POSITION


         IRAQ                                                -.
                            11UsMc


                                  2 ><>< I xx
                         GUARD


                $LAR\\


                                                MARCENTxxX


    I Marine Expeditionary                               I ARA~lA
      Force in Kuwait,
    24-27 February 1991

    KilometttttttttttttttttttttttttSAUDI ARABIA