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


          if you picked units at random anywhere else in the Army.
          Some of them were very good. You had some that were not so
          good. And in most cases, that resolved around the
          leadership of those units and the kind of training and
          experience ... the kind of standards those units had. All
          in all, the Reserve Component units worked very hard. Some
          of them performed with great distinction. Some of those
          units I would not hesitate to go into combat with at any
          time. Some others require a lot of work.
               But, again, I think that is true across the board and I
          think the same can be said in varying degrees of Active Army
          also. Some units are just better than others. And that was
          no different than in the Reserve Components. We had some
          that were simply outstanding in every respect. High
          :§tandards, highly motivated, superb command structure,
          superb noncommissioned officer structure, leadership
          structure in the unit. Soldiers who were interested and
          motivated to do their jobs, took a lot of pride in what they
          do. Much of our association with Reserve Component units
          was good.

          MAJ HONEC: Was positive overall?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: Yes. And we had units from all over, as I
          said, performing all kinds of service. We had
          transportation units. We had supply and service units. We
          had field service units.


          MAJ HONEC: Was their equipment up to date?

          COL BEAUCIIAMP: No, it was not in all cases. We had some
          units that they told me they had taken equipment out of
          PDO 12 yards as a matter of fact. They had old series
          equipment, vehicles. Some of the laundry and bath equipment
          was old vintage.   We reissued some new equipment once we
ey did not
          in all cases have up-to-date, state-of-the-art equipment.
          But neither did we, as a matter of fact, in our corps
          support group. That added to the challenge of course of
          supporting in that kind of environment.

          MAJ HONEC: Of course. Did you receive any supplies from
          the preposition stock ships that were out there?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: No, not that it was visible to us. There
          could have been something that entered the theater stream
          some place. But we were not direct recipients. I'm sure
          ammunition and things like that, we might have gotten some


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Document 64 f:/Week-22/BX001608/DSS 101ST ABN DIV INTERVIEW CDR 101ST SG - C/desert shield-storm interview:10019616504029
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File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-22
Box ID = BX001608
Unit = 101ST ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = DSS 101ST ABN DIV INTERVIEW CDR 101ST SG - C
Folder Seq # = 83
Subject = DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW
Document Seq # = 2
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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