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


          MAJ HONEC: Elevated, so that they basically do an arc.

          COL BEAUCHAMP: That's right.

          MAJ HONEC: In sending the water out.

          COL BEAUCHAMP: That's right. We modified one of those and
          used it as a vehicle cleaning station. We had 33 stations
          on it. But lots of water. That was a key factor on the
          installation. So it served us very well.

          MAJ HONEC: The quality of the water--it wasn't brackish?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: No, it was very high quality water, as a
          Aiatter of fact.


          MAJ HONEC: High quality of water?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: Very, very high quality of water. We had no
          problems with it.

          MAJ HONEC: You didn't need to process it?

          COL BEAUCHAMP:   It was processed. We had water production
          units on post.

          MAJ HONEC: But   I mean extensively processed.

          COL BEAUCHAMP:   No. With regular ROWPUs .16 With probably
          some acclimation you could probably drink it. But it had a
          high salt content. It wasn't brackish; it wasn't salt
          water--it was fresh water.


          MAJ HONEC: Mineral.

          COL BEAUCHAMP: Yes. Mineral content. It was like taking
          a dose of Epsom salts. It would loosen you up a little bit,
          that's what I'm talking about. [LAUGHTER] It was not to
          the point of making you sick as brackish water or that sort
          of thing. In fact, the water coming out of some of the
          artesian wells was about 91 degrees, in the coldest months.
          If you could get water directly out of the well--we did it
          in some cases--it was warm enough to shower. We had outside
          showers. There were some excellent resources on the
          installation.
               Of course, there's some baggage that comes with running
          an installation with 6,000 soldiers. You've got security;
arbage collection, road maintenance,


  16  Reverse osmosis water purification units.

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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
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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