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 began moving out. One of the issues we had to deal with
          again was the host nation support issue.

          MAJ HONEC: Oh, really?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: A problem once we began to redeploy. once
          the situation stabilized, it appeared to be, let's say,
          Iraqi civilians kind of started to come out of the woodwork.
          of course all the infrastructure had been pretty badly
          damaged. They didn't have fuel and couldn't get fuel. So
          we ended up dispensing a sizable quantity of fuel, in very
          small quantities, to Iraqis, you know, so they could support
          themselves. We were not engaged in large scale delivering
          food to them, but we did provide them some fuel.

          MAJ HONEC: Humanitarian support.

          COL BEAUCHAMP: Right, humanitarian support.

          MAJ HONEC: But you should get credit for that though.

          COL BEAUCHAMP: Well, it was important, we felt, at the
          time. We had to deal with the problem one way or the other.
          And, again, the host nation support people were deeply
          involved in that and helped set that up, and the logistics
          guys then ran the system. Sizeable effort involved.

          MAJ HONEC: Food and fuel. Did you provide transportation
          for Iraqi civilians to safe areas?

          COL BEAUCHAMP: No, we didn't provide any support for Ir,--qi
          civilians. We did move a few  poWS33 I think.


          MAJ HONEC: POWs?


          COL BEAUCHAMP: We were not deeply involved in that. In
          other words, we were very small, as I recall, But a lot of
          transportation support. We might not have moved any Iraqi
          POWs. We might have moved them on buses. 1 don't recall,
          but I know we provided a lot of transportation support of
          supplies and materiel and that sort of thing. A big issue,
pend a
          lot--as much ammunition as we thought--moving that
          ammunition back now prior to division and back into the
          supply system, back into Log Base CHARLIE initially, back to
          KKMC. And the ammunition companies that were with the group.
          were deeply involved in that effort as well.



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Box ID = BX001608
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Subject = DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW
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