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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            Second Brigade TF attacked by air assault to sieze and

       secure Objective Tim at 0923 that morning. There being no enemy

       contact, the objective was quickly taken. The next item was to
       establish a tailored forward operating base,oto include forward
       area refueling and rea=ing points for the aviation brigades.  207

            Once FOB Viper was secured, the 101st Aviation Brigade

       began screening the XVIII Airborne Corps' northern flank. From

       1430 Until 1830, four AATK battalions, the 2-229th, 1-101st and

       two battalions of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade attacked enemy

       forces in EA Thomas. The helicopters destroyed fourteen Iraqi

       armored personnel carriers, eight BM21 multiple rocket launchers,
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       four MI6 helicopters, 56 trucks and two SA6 radars. They also
       damaged a major bridge across the Euphrates. 208

            The satisfaction of this success was dampened by the combat

       deaths of five of our soldiers. A Blackhawk from the attached

       2-229th AATK was shot down during a search and rescue mission.

       The Blackhawk, with a crew of seven, went down in the 24th

       Infantry Division sector (vicinity PU8688) as a result of small

       arms fire from Iraqi infantry.

            The aircraft had been sent to recover an F16 that was

       believed to have been shot down in the 101st sector. Further

       research showed that the F16 actually went down outside our

       sector. The Blackhawk was diverted and then recalled. The crew
       was on their way back to our sector when they were shot down.  210

       An escorting Apache barely managed to escape being shot down
       itself. 211                                  5USC552(b)(6)

             Five soldiers,

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