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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        Virginia. Though damaged, the aircraft managed to safely land in

        FOB Cobra. Maintenance crews on site in the FOB were able to fix
        the Apache's damaged tail rotor and hydraulic li'nes. i6o
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              First Brigade TF reported FOB Cobra secure at 1039.   With

        a secure operating base, First Brigade TF continued to push its

        force north. The 96 aircraft used to deliver the first lift had

        made a turn around flight and arrived with the brigade's second
        lift by 1156.162 At the same time a massive convoy of nearly

        2000 soldiers in 632 vehicles was flowing north along MSR

        Newmarket.

              The ground convoys had been pushed early due to the speed
        in which both the FOB and the MSR were cleared. 163 The first

        serial of the convoy, Team Citadel with 31 vehicles and Task

        Force David with 184 vehicles, departed the starting point at

        1125. They were followed by Team Oliver's 218 vehicles at 1205

        and the 199 vehicles of Second Brigade's Team Smith at 1418. The

        last of the day's convoys had closed into FOB Cobra by early
        morning on the 25th. 164

              The Second Brigade TF, with the brigade headquarters,
        3-502d Infantry, 1-320th Field Artillery, and the brigade's

        combat support and combat service support slices, began to
        reposition into the FOB to posture for future operations. Poor
        weather conditions prevented the entire task force from moving

        into the FOB on the 24th. The movement of 95 soldiers and ton

        CH47 loads of equipment was postponed until the morning of the
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        25th.

              Thirty CH47 loads of DISCOM equipment also had to wait

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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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