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


           of that. But that was not visible to us as far as the
           source was concerned. It's possible.

           MAJ HONEC: That calls to mind another question. How long
           did it take for your support group's (on average) ... for
           the ships coming in, how long did it take for you to get
           unloaded at the Port of Dammam?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: It went very quickly. We were spring-loaded
           to receive that equipment.

           MAJ HONEC: Did you have a lot of roll-on and roll-off
           ships, or did you have a variety?

           IZOL BEAUCHAMP: No, we didn't have, for the group. Mostly
           break bulk, as a matter of fact,'for the group.

           MAJ HONEC: It's important to document that.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: of course, that takes a little longer, a
           little more difficult to unload those vehicles. But we were
           prepared for their arrival. We were anxious to get our
           equipment and anxious to get it Timbered up and ready to
           work and to prepare it. It had been on a long sea voyage.
           We didn't know what we had to do. But a very harsh and
           different kind of terrain. We had to establish our
           maintenance activities, our organizational maintenance
           facilities and so forth. So we were anxious about that.
           Anxious to get it and anxious to get to work with it. So
           that went very quickly, once the equipment arrived.

           MAJ HONEC: Did you have enough support to set up your
           operations? Say, for the engineers to build ... did you
           have enough Class IV to protect your equipment, set up the
           necessary protective berms and wire and whatever?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: We deployed of course with basic loads, with
           what we could get. We had a big area to cover. And of
           course it was a period of uncertainty. We didn't know what
h respect to terrorist activities and things
           like that. But that was one of the first responsibilities,
           to get into our location and to set up our defensive
           operations so that we could secure our equipment and our
           people. And I won't say that we always had enough of what
           we needed.. We bought some stuff on the local economy and we
           were fortunate in that Saudi Arabia has a very well-
           developed economic infrastructure. It is not a Third World
           country where materials and supplies are not available.

           MAJ HONEC: Did you have particular suppliers that worked
           well with you?

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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