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 Ray E. Beauchamp


           COL BEAUCHAMP: For us it will. In fact all of the division
           equipment was railed in--it's being railed and some is being
           brought in by line-haul--by commercial line-haul. But we
           are not road marching anything back to Jacksonville. It's
           all coming by rail. All of our equipment went to
           Jacksonville by rail also on the deployment for the group.
           The division convoyed and did line-haul. Mine was rail and
           some line-haul also. Containers were line-hauled.

           MAJ HONEC: I think that was important to point out. It's
           going to be a little bit different. Of course the route
           that your folks took was commercial airline?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: That's right.

           MAJ HONEC: Various routes back to CONUS from ...

           COL BEAUCHAMP: That's right. We came back deployed from


           f4AJ HONEC: How did your route go?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: From Dhahran back into Fort Campbell.
           @J  HONEC: Straight flight?

           COL BEAUCHAMP: Into Fort Campbell, yes.

           MAJ HONECT It was a 747 service?

           COL BEAUC.'iAMP: 747s. L-1011s were refueled. Some stopped
           in Rome and Gander and wouldn't even deplane in most cases.
           But commercial contract airline right back into Fort
           Campbell Army Airfield. Tremendous reception on the part of
           the post and the families and family support groups again
           played a major role in the operation.

           MAJ HONEC: Talk about that.

           COL BEAUCHAMP: Well, it was a tremendous, tremendous boost
           for the soldiers who came in to arrive  at the airfield and
           see 500-600 or 1,000 people there with  the flags waving and
           the bands playing. Families were just   delighted. I said in
           remarks when we arrived really what we  felt, the joy of
y be felt; it
           could not be spoken. You couldn't put   it into words. It
           was a feeling that was overwhelming support for the
           soldiers, the families--that kind of welcome. And of course
           it made even better by the fact that we had so very few
           casualties. But none in the group from Fort Campbell.


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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