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


           value-added capability to the logistic support operations of
           a corps support group. And we need to continue to develop
           and exploit that capability.

           MAJ HONEC: Any other deployment or DESERT SHIELD issues
           before we go into (the] DESERT STORM offensive phase?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: We talked about Reserve Component elements
           before, and ...

           MAJ HONEC: To concentrate mainly--well, we actually have
           touched upon all phases.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: All phases is right.

           MAJ HONEC: But were progressing on. Go ahead. You were
           talking Reserve Components again.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: A question was raised earlier about whether
           or not we had worked with any Reserve Component before we
           deployed into Saudi Arabia, and the answer to that question
           was no. We met all those units for the very first time in
           Saudi Arabia.


           MAJ HONEC: That must have been a shock to both the units
           and you.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: Well, it was. There was some acclimation
           required I remember of the unit. One unit from Puerto Rico
           came in on Christmas Eve. It was very, very cold in Saudi
           Arabia and of course you go into the desert and some people
           don't understand it gets very cold in the desert during the
           winter.

           RAJ HONEC: Yes, sir. Did they have a problem with
           inappropriate equipment, being extremely light--without
           jackets perhaps. Did they experience any instance of ...

           COL BEAUCHAMP: Well, they got quite a shock of course when
           they came in; the weather was a lot colder. But everybody
           had sleeping bags and everybody has ...

           MAJ HONEC: Okay. So it really wasn't ...

           COL BEAUCHAMP: It was just the unexpected weather
sn't rain in the
           desert, but it does rain on occasion in the desert. We
           experienced some of those conditions as well.

           MAJ HONEC: Did the ground over in GUARDIAN CITY handle rain
           very well?

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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