OP DESERT SHIELD 483RD MED DET VS JB 6 AUG 90 16 JAN 91

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Subject: OP DESERT SHIELD  483RD MED DET  VS  JB  6 AUG 90 16 JAN 91     

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000481

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS 422SD MED DET  VETERINARY SVCS COMMAND REPORT                                   

Document Number:         17

Folder SEQ  #:         17







          warning order to prepare to move to Kuwait to support injured
          animals in the Kuwait City Zoo and at local dairies. On 4 March
          MST B moved out for Kuwait City.

               Early on the primary mission was to feed, water and clean up
          after the animals. Many of the animals at the zoo had been shot
          and eaten or left to die. Animals at both the Zoo and the dairy
          were starving, dehydrated and living in filth. MST B drove water
          trucks and carried food to the animals.        They also procured
          vehicles to remove dead animals from the Zoo and cleaned the hippo
          and bear tanks which were seething bodies of feces and urine.

               Minimal food inspection was required and consisted of receipt
          inspections of A ration for the Wolf mobile and some operational
          ration inspections at the Air Base and the Port. An EAC class I
          point was established in early April on 6 ring road on the
          outskirts of Kuwait City to support the troops located in and
          around the Kuwait city area. Initial attempts to assist 7th Corps
          units (3rd AD, Ist AD and ist ID) with veterinary support were
          rejected as these units wanted to use their own veterinary assets,
          resulting in the decision on 4 April that only one 9IR was required
          to remain to support the KTO.









          NOTE:

               Personnel attached to the 483rd were also stationed at Jeddah
          and Riyadh but because they did not report to the Commander of the
          483rd and did not submit reports or workload through the 483rd no
          historical report for these areas can be completed. All reports
          were submitted through the 320th EAC Vet HO.

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File Room = aug96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000481
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS 422SD MED DET VETERINARY SVCS COMMAND REPORT
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Subject = OP DESERT SHIELD 483RD MED DET VS JB 6 AUG 9
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 11-OCT-1996