HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S                                                

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       witnessed Patriot anti-missile missiles streaking up to engage

       the Scuds and destroying them in tremendous explosions of
       light. 92

              The division continued its relocation to the northwest

       over the next several days. Third Brigade TF closed in TAA

       Campbell on 23 Jan 91. Two days later, Second Brigade TF was

       released from the Ist Cavalry Division's tactical control and

       began moving by ground convoy from Al Qaysumah to TAA
       Campbell. 93

             On 25 Jan 91, the 101st assumed responsibility for

       screening along Phaseline Razor, which ran northwest to

       southeast, north of and roughly parallel to the Tapline  Road.

       Elements of First Brigade TF positioned on the left while Third

       Brigade TF secured the right. The defacto border, which is where

       the actual Saudi and Iraqi guard posts were located, was

       approximately ten kilometers to the north. The XVIII Airborne

       Corps line of departure ran roughly along the defacto border.

       Elements of Second Brigade provided security for division assets
       in the rear half of TAA Campbell. 94

             First Brigade TF closed into TAA Campbell on 26 Jan 91. As

       lst Brigade was closing, the division continued its focus on

       upcoming offensive operations with the first in a series of

       subordinate commander briefbacks to Major General Peay. The

       brigade and separate battalion co=anders briefed the Commanding

       General on their concepts of operations, as derived from OPLAN
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       90-5.

             The movement of the division's combat power forward to the

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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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