DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW

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Subject: DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW                                   

Box ID: BX001608

Unit: 101ST ID    

Parent Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title: DSS 101ST ABN DIV INTERVIEW CDR 101ST SG - C                                                    

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          DSIT-AE-103: COL Roy E. Beauchamp


          structure of the Army and the rear  detachment and the rear
          detachment commanders at battalion  and company levels, and
          also the family support structure to work that.
               The wives of the NCOs and the soldiers and the officers
          just did yeomen's work in working at it. A much more
          difficult process to execute than could ever be imagined if
          you had not been through that before as a person trying to
          coordinate and facilitate those kinds of family support
          functions. Clearly, it has to be said, that that was a key
          element in our overall success of this deployment. We were
          able to communicate with family support groups. We were
          able to deal with problems. It didn't solve all the
          problems, and I don't want to mislead anyone that it did,
          but I think it's fair to say that we were more successful
          lthan we've even been before in bringing in that structure
          into being and having it function effectively in support of
          soldiers and family members at this time and point. It was
          a tremendous asset for the Army.

          MAJ HONEC: Okay, I guess we can move on into arriving in
          Southwest Asia. Where did you arrive and how did you
          arrive?


          COL BEAUCHAMP: We ... of course we ... the soldiers flew
          over. Equipment was moved from the port of Jacksonville,
          Florida, to the port Dammam in Saudi Arabia. The group had
          an installation which we christened "GUARDIAN CITY" which
          was about six miles from King Fahd International Airport
          where the division was encamped. It was a 1,000-acre farm
          which had been leased just prior to our arrival there. I
          was the mayor of GUARDIAN CITY. At one time we had ... on
          the initial phase prior to our deployment north and into
ing on the installation.
          of course most of those did not work for me directly. They
          were from other units. And on the redeployment bank, we had
          upwards of 7,000 soldiers at one time on the installation.
          And we were providing a full range of installation support
          functions for those soldiers, in addition to bringing our
          own soldiers in and continuing our training in preparation
          for deployment. We began to receive our equipment I guess
          in early November or early to mid-November.

          MAJ HONEC: Did you experience any shortages?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: No, there were no significant problems.

          MAJ HONEC: How about the ships? Did they all arrive on
          time or did some of them break down?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: No, we didn't have any major problems with
          the units that deployed from Fort Campbell. There were some

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Box ID = BX001608
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Folder Title = DSS 101ST ABN DIV INTERVIEW CDR 101ST SG - C
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Subject = DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW
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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 = 01-OCT-1996