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


          were.operating in the division area in my sector was my
          responsibility to support.

          MAJ HONEC: Okay. I wanted to point that out. [LAUGHTER]

          COL BEAUCHAMP: And also echelon above corps [EAC] units
          that were operating in our sector we supported as well when
          they were there. Transportation units, for example. If
          somebody was driving through and needed support, we wouldn't
          say, what unit are you or what unit are you from? If they
          need support, needed fuel, then we gave them fuel. If they
          needed food, we established a support relationship with
          them. If they needed maintenance, we established a support
          relationship and gave them that support. And we adjusted
          those supported boundaries in the defense phase, on one
          occasion that I recall specifically, because another support
          in the COSCOM, the area was based on where the preponderance
          of their capability was required, the support density. We
          adjusted the boundaries so I picked up part of the northern
          edge theirs, because I was deployed further north than they
          were, to optimize the capability of both units into COSCOM.

          MAJ HONEC: What unit was that? Which corps support group?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: The 171st Corps Support Group.

          MAJ HONEC: Okay. I guess we can move on to           Any
          other defensive issues?


          COL BEAUCHAMP: Let's talk about the defensive phase. of
          course, the distances are always a key factor in supporting
          over long distances.

          MAJ HONEC: In this operation, very significant. How did it
          affect your operation?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: In the defense phase, of course, we were
          supporting over about 150 miles, I guess, from the port up
          to the FOB at BASTOGNE until we began to deploy for DESERT
ed over into Rafha. Of course, a lot of miles
          driven. As I said before, you can quickly understand the
          magnitude of that challenge if you look at the number of
          miles that we drove over that period of time with our
          vehicles moving supplies and equipment and materiel and
          soldiers around the battlefield.








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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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Declassified = 01-OCT-1996