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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

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

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit  = 101ST ID    

Box ID = BX001611

File Cabinet = Week-48 

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        of Iraqi soldiers. The bunker complex was located vicinity

        MU251047. After taking fire, one of the Apaches engaged the
        bunker with its 30mm cannon. The Apache crew aiso fired on what
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        they believed to be a BRM21 multiple rocket launcher.

              Either sensing they were outgunned, or merely lacking the

        desire to further challenge the Apache, ten Iraqi soldiers threw

        down their weapons and surrendered. Aviation Brigade called

        forward the Pathfinder Detachment to stabilize the situation. The

              Pathfinders arrived in UH60 Blackhawks and quickly secured

        the prisoners, searched the complex and destroyed enemy

        equipment. In their search, the Pathfinders discovered    an

        eleventh Iraqi soldier. This eleventh EPW was an enlisted man

        who had been injured, likely by fire from the Apache's 30mm

        cannon. The suspected BRM21 turned out to be a truck loaded with
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        mortar rounds.

              The prisoners, one captain, one non-commissioned officer

        and nine enlisted men, were flown in the Blackhawks to the

        Division Rear Command Post. The Blackhawks landed outside the

        Command Post's perimeter, where brightly painted civilian buses

        waited. The prisoners, with their hands behind their heads and

        the Pathfinders' rifles at their backs, made the short walk     from

        the Blackhawks to the buses. The buses transported them to      the

        division's EPW cage, where they were soon joined by several
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        comrades.

              Thirty additional Iraqi soldiers surrendered when the

        2-229th AATK discovered and engaged a second bunker complex near



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Box ID = BX001611
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Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S
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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-MAR-1997