9ECDEF PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT FINAL REPORT TO CONGRESS

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FM:  940 AREFG/CC/DO/PA

   TO:  AFRES/DOX

   SUBJ:    9ECDEF PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT     FINAL  REPORT   TO   CONGRESS

   REF;     AFRES/DO E-MAIL   DID 28 AUG 91, SAME SUBJ

   1.  IN   RESPONSE TO REF   COMMUNIQUE, THE 940TH AIR REFUELNG GROUP,
  MATHER AFB SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING.  VIGNITTES ILLUSTRATE INDIVID-
   VAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS HALLMARKED BY NOTEWORTHY DEGREE OF PERSIST-
   ENCE UNDER ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

   2.  INPUT IS FIXED DIRECTLY TO YOUR OFFICE IN ORDER TO HONOR 
   SHORT SUSPENES.  POC AT 940TH IS 1LT CENTRY, DAO, DSN 674-
   2900/4476, 0630-1530 DAILY

         "MAZOR JOSEPH THORNTON, 936 CES/CC, ARRIVED IN JEDDAH, SAUDI
   ARABIA  JUST  EIGHT  DAYS  AFTER  IRAQ'S   INVASION   OF   KUWAIT.   THE
   LARGE AND SUDDEN INFLUX OF AMERICANS AT JEDDAH RESULTED IN
   CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
   HAD YET TO EVOLVE.

        UPON ATRXVAL, MAJ THOANTON VOLUNTEERED TO ASSIST THE-ARMY
   COPRPS OF ENGINEERS UNLOAD A SHIP DOCKED AD JEDDAH WHICH WAS FULL
   OF WAR RESERVE MATERIEL (WRM) VEHICLES AND EQUPMENT, MAJ THORN-
   TON  WAS-THE  ONLY  INDIVIDUAL  ON  SCENE  TO   POSSESS   THE   EXPERTISE
   REQUIRED  TO  SAFELY  UNLOAD  THR  SHIP, WHICH   CARRIED   TRUCKS,   K-
   LOADERS,  FUEL TRUCKS, ALL TERRAINE FORKLIFTS  AND   OTHER   MOTOR
   VEHICLES CRITICAL TO THE WARTIME BUILDUP.

        MAJ THORNTON DIRECTED THE ENTIRE OPERATION, SUPERVISING
   SHIP'S CREW, ARMY PEROSNNEL, AND DOCKS WORKERS TO COMPLETE THE 
   MISSION.  AS VEHICLES WERE UNLOADED, HE SUPERVISED THEIR INSPECT-
   TION,  SERVICING  AND  CONVOYING  TO  ENSURE  THEY   ARRIVED   AT   THEIR
   DESTINATIONS READY FOR SERVICE.  TO COMPLETE THE MISSION, MAJ
   THORNTON OFTEN WORKED 3 TO 4 DAY SHIFTS WITHOUT REST, UNTIL THE
   SHIP WAS COMPLETELY UNLOADED AND VEHICLES HAD REACHED THEIR
   OPERATING LOCATIONS.


        CMSGT DONALD STEGGAL, 940TH CES STRUCTURAL SUPERINTDENT,
   ARRIVED IN JEDDAH SAUDI ARABIA JUST EIGHT DAYS AGTER IRAQ'S
   INVASION OF KUWAIT.  THE LARGE AND SUDDEN INFLUX OF AMERICANS AT
   JEDDAH RESULTED IN A CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LOGISTICS
   SUPPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAD YET TO EVOLVE.
 
  OF PRIMARY IMPROTANCE WAS PROCURING SAFE, SECURE AND ADE-
  QUATE BILLETING FOR THE RESERVE, GUARD AND ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS
  POURING INTO JEDDAH.     THE  THOSE  FIRST  CRITICAL  WEEKS,   INCOMING
  PERSONNEL WERE BILLETING IN LOCAL HOTELS, WHICH LACKED THE SECU-