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                                                    

Folder SEQ  #:         83

Document Number:          2








           DSIT-AE-103: COL Roy E. Beauchamp


           M-AJ HONEC: With as many miles as you've traveled, what was
           your safety record like?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: It was excellent, as a matter of fact. We
           lost three soldiers, all from the 553d Corps Support
           Battalion, due to traffic accidents in which the third
           country national was found to be involved. I lost one
           soldier in November and a truck ran into one of my deuce-
           and-a-halfs" from that battalion and killed a soldier. We
           had another accident in late March, I guess, at GUARDIAN
           CITY where, again, a truck driven by a third country
           national ran into a CUCV.35 There was only one incident
           involved in which a soldier was at fault, in one of the
           Reserve units, in which a local national was killed. There
           Were some accidents--we were very fortunate--a limited
           number of serious accidents. We didn't lost much equipment.

           MAJ HONEC: But this was over millions of miles traveled?
           Six million miles traveled?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: That's right, a whole 6 million miles.

           MAJ HONEC: That's quite an impressive record.

           COL BEAUCHAMP,. Yes.

           MAJ HONEC: It shows discipline on the part of the
           individuals.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: Of the soldiers, that's right. It was due
           to the safety consciousness and.the proficiency of.the
           drivers under some very difficult circumstances, as you
           know.

           MAJ HONEC: How did you train for the Saudi driver?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: You couldn't. You just had to be careful,
           in other words.   We just kept talking about that, you know,
           kept the issue very much alive to drive safely and drive
           defensively, and be careful. We tried to have a system
           where the soldiers got enough sleep. And that was always
y when we began deploying the
           entire corps.

           MAJ HONEC: I'm glad you're pointing that out. (LAUGHTER]



    34 2.5-ton truck.

    35 M-1008-series Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle.

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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
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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