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Wrull THE 2D MARINE DWISION IN DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM             101


consolidates its positions outside of Al Jahrah and Al Kuwait, and clears the last
pockets of Iraqi resistance.

28 February--Ceasefire is ordered for 0800. Division units remain in position.

23 March--The Tiger Brigade returns to the operational control of ArCent.

30 March--The division main CP displaces to Saudi Arabia. The 8th Marines
(minus) remains in Kuwait under the operational control of Marine Forces
Southwest Asia.

Mid-April to mid-May--Division units return to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

S June--The division participates in the national victory parade in Washington,
D.C.

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