specializing in electronic warfare. After release from active duty, he served in the Selected and Individual Ready Reserve as a staff officer and pilot, flying OV-1O Broncos and A-4 Skyhawks. He also completed a number of service schools including the Command and Staff College and the National Defense University's National Security Management Program. Colonel Quilter commanded Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 134 at MCAS El Toro, California, in the mid-l980s. He joined MTU (Mist) DC-7 in 1986 when he wrote a soon- to-be published history of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 53], the Corps pioneer nightfighter unit. His current project is a monograph in this series about the 3d Marine Aircraft Wing in the Persian Gulf conflict. In civilian life, he is a captain for Delta Airlines. The author wishes to thank Lieutenant Colonels Cureton, Ronald 0. Brown, and Dennis P. Mroczkowski for their assistance in Southwest Asia and in the preparation of this work.

Unless otherwise noted, the material in this monograph is based upon the command chronologies of I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1 August 1990-30 April 1991 (hereafter cited as I MEF ComdC), which are located in the Archives Section, Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 20374. Other primary sources include the I MEF Combat Operations Center journal, situation reports, transcripts and transparencies of the I MEF daily staff briefings, as well as notes taken and oral history interviews conducted by the author in his capacity as Command Historian, I MEF, 9 November 1990-8 April 1991. All such material is located in the I MEF file held at the Marine Corps Historical Center.

E. H. SIMMONS
Brigadier General
U.S. Marine Corps (Re(ired)
Director of Marine Corps History and Museums

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