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  Oil Field.    Frovided EFW's with MRE's, water and medical treatment.
- 22.0, 6-'. directs TF Taro to hold at present position in B~trqan Oil
  Field and contin~e move north at +irst light.    B Co departed (approx
  0800).    Retrieved 1,122 EFW's +or transport to EFW camp #4.   ~pprox
  1200, B Co (+) detached and chopped back to TF Taro vic workers camp.
  TF XRay capt~red    `C) EFW~s.

T~SV.. FORCE GRIZZLY
- 0700,     /7 attack on ~l Jaber 4ir+ield contin~~es.
- 0710,     /7 contin~es MOUT at air+ield1 2/7 begins clearing o~ttside 0+
  air+ield.
- 0700-1400,    /7 clears ~l Jaber in  one, n~tmero~ts bLtnkers and
  b~ildings cleaFed.    Enemy weapons, doc~ments and vehicles capt~tred.
  2 T-54/55 tanks arid S MT-LBS are capt~red.
- 1500, TF secL~res I MEF oLj ~.
- 1741      /7 reports ~m-'rican and ~~iwait +lags +ly again over ~l Jaber
  ~i r+ I e~ d.

T~S~'f FORCE XR~Y
- Relieved 1st Tanks 0+ blocking position.

T~Sr:. FORCE TROY
- Detach remainder B 1/25 and F.SYORS.   Depart ~O as directed.   15 EF'Ws
  s~rrender and are t~rned over to     /1.  Troy deploys into ~.`~twait and
  join= the Div Main CF. vic OS 795920.

VINE
- c)21T.    ~` 1/11 reported positive reading +or Blister ~gent detected on
  two separate M25~~detection kits.    Majority 0+  11th Marines ass~med
  MOFF'-4.    ~ll clear so~tnded at 0245.
- 0.27, ~ 1/11 reported positive reading +or blister agent detected on
  M25~ detection kits.    Majority 0+ 11th Marines ass~tmed MOF'F-4.
  S~tbseq~tent detection at 0410 was also positive.  Detection e++orts were
  negative at 0421, and a+ter selective ~inmasking, all clear was soLLnoe~.
- 0400,    1/11 reported gas, all clear so~nded at 0415.
- 0412, Division reqLested 11th Marines to attack Iraqi artillery
  position identi+ied by 2d MarDiv in 1st MarDiv's     one.  5/11 +ired 79
  R~F. ro~nds +rom    Batteries.
- 06.0, 5/11 began displacement by echelon two Batteries at a time.     "R"
  5/11 and `1T" 5/11 occ~~pied +iring positions near grid OT 821~, +irecap
  ready at 09.6.
- 06.0,     /11 displaced by battalion in trace 0+ TF Ripper, ~Lnits with
   /12 providing +ire sL'pport to TF Ripper.
- 0700,    "H" `/11 took approximately 150 Iraqi EFW's.  11th Marines
  coordinated with TF Gri==ly to take control 0+ EF'W's.
- 0S.~'.0, CFL 5 in e++ect.
- 0855,     /11 occ~pied +iring positions near grid OT 7617 with entire
  Battalion +irecap ready at 0905.      /12 then began displacement +orward
  at 0858.
- 0~10, Trailing 5/11 Batteries displaced when lead Batteries +irecap
  ready.      "0" 5/11 and "S" 5/11 leap+rogged past lead Batteries and
  occup'~d +~r~~n position near grid OT 8.25.    Entire Battalion was


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