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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       MT274910. Aviation Brigade brought up a platoon from C/3'1 5C(2d

       Infantry to secure the EPWs and search the area. The platoon

       from C Company had been on standby for any downed aircraft
       recovery missions. 126

             2-17th Cavalry sighted a third enemy position. This

       position was bypassed. Meanwhile, other helicopters conducting a

       recon of the FOB Cobra site, encountered and destroyed an Iraqi

       truck. It is believed that at least one Iraqi soldier in the
       truck was killed. i27

             The forty-one prisoners were from the 2d Company, 2d

       Battalion, 17th Border Guard Brigade of the 45th Infantry

       Division. The 45th Infantry Division was a composite unit of

       border guards and regular infantry. From its previous duty

       against Kurdish dissidents, the 45th had gained a reputation as
       an effective counterguerrilla force.  128

             The prisoners were in good shape. They wore serviceable

       uniforms and claimed to have had an adequate supply of food and

       water. They were cooperative with the Arabic speaking
       interrogators from the 311th Military intelligence Battalion.. 129

             The captain captured in the group of eleven prisoners

       stated that his man had not been paid in two months and that the

       only communications he had with his higher unit was via vehicle

       courier. The Iraqi company was irregularly resupplied by

       vehicle. The captain readily gave information on Iraqi troop,
                                                    130
       command and air defense artillery locations.





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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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