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


           we can now make the system work better in support of
           soldiers.


           MAJ HONEC: Yes, sir.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: And it may have been unique in the vast
           outpouring of support from the American people. But then
           again, the American people had more information about this
           war than ever before. They saw it on their TV screens every
           day. And the great support we had was absolutely key and
           essentially vital to our success there--a great, great
           impact on soldier morale. Those soldiers knew then were
           appreciated. They know the American people understood what
           they were doing. So there were countervailing issues
           associated with this issue of "any soldier" mail and
           packages.

           MAJ HONEC: Yes. Would you say the volume of mail certainly
           did show the support back home.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: Absolutely. There's no question about it.
           There were hundreds of tons of mail every month in the
           theater.


           MAJ HONEC: You have to have a tradeoff there somewhere.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: That's right. There are both sides to that
           issue.

           MAJ HONEC: Okay.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: Host nation support. We talked about that a
           little bit.

           MAJ HONEC: Also did you have any dealings with the allied
           forces?


           COL BEAUCHAMP: No association with the allied forces at
           all; very limited association. So limited I would say it
           was almost nonexistent. We did have substantial interaction
           with local people in the theater.

           MAJ HONEC: You had contracting.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: Contracting, that's right. Buying repair
           parts and materials from the local economy.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: As a matter of fact when we moved into the
, one of my units
           was the first one in there. My host station support officer
           made contact with officials in the City of Rafha who ran the

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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