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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      prisoners included the battalion commander, eight other officers            N

      and one warrant officer. Four of the prisoners had to be
      Medically evacuated for injuries. 139
            Major General Peay instructed Aviation Brigade to bring
      back samples of enemy equipment and weapons, as well as
      exploitable intelligence. They were to destroy all other
      ca?,otured equipment in place. The division's Explosive ordinance

      Detachment and a detachment of engineers were sent in to aid in
      de-zolitions. Major General Peay authorized the operations to
      e)ctend into the hours of darkness. i4O

            Brigadier General Neal of CENTCOM presented an overview of

      our mass capture of the Iraqi battalion during his nightly brief
      to the media. In response, Radio Baghdad quipped that "that sort
      of thing only happens in American movies.', 141

            In a continuation of the 20 February combined arms strike,
      Aviation Brigade returned to the same bunker site on 21 February.

      1-287th Infantry was again under its operational control.
      Thirteen additional Iraqi soldiers were captured. Also taken
      were four anti-aircraft guns, six 120mm mortars, twenty radios

      and several dozen each of RPG-7 anti-tank rounds and AK-47
      rifles. 142

            Also on the 21st, the 2-17th Cavalry continued its aerial

      route recon of MSR New Market up to Phase Line Ram. One aircraft
      was fired upon, possibly by an RPG-7. The attempt was
      unsuccesful, and two enemy soldiers were captured at its site.  143



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