HUt~~~N INTEREST.STORY FOR CMC

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     Fro~:  *Co~~anding Officer
     To:    .Conp:andin~ Officer.,. 11th Marines

     Subj:   HUt~~~N INTEREST.STORY FOR CMC

     Ref:    a   Phonecon between Lt.Col. Stewart and Maj. Graus on 13
             ?~1ar 91

     1.  Per reference   (a) the following hu~an~interest story is
     subw:itted0'
                Late afternoon of ~6 February 1931, 3/1~ ~as Ir jtr.
                firing positions 6 ~iles southwest c'f Kuwait interna-
                tional Pirport.   The battalion had taken 26 Ene~y
                Prisoners of War that day and was ~akin~ preparation.:-
                to turn the~ into the EPW co~pound located in the
                vicinity of Task Force Rippers Connand Post.
                The afternoon was cold and t~e winds fro~ the north
                guaranteed a further drop in the te;nperature.                    The
C               oily s~oke fro~ the ci ii f I e id f I r~Ł lept the "n'~c 1 ~a
                winter" effect in notion.                 Rain was L~eginnin~ to fall
                The EPt4s were exposed to the weather a'~i litok~r(
                absolutely ~iserable.  W~ile they were ~~in~ ~e~~ a;'.:'
                ~ I ven water, the Batta Ii on Com~ander1               c:orc~.rne d for
                their welfare, ordered our only tent set up to house
                the~ and to provide shelter at:ainst the weather.
                The Marines gave then nats to sleep on, coats to wear,
                and 1:1 ankets to keep the;'; war~.            O';r tr;ar , nes cont~ r1~e:.
                to live in their fighting holes.
                The guard S noticed that the Iraqi pr i ~ 0fl es were
                cons1;;';ing 1 art~e a;';ounts ot water.         The Doctor was
                called and after a cursory exa~ination, ~ ot the
              --prisoners were tak&n to the Battalion Pid Station
                for further treat~ent.  Two of the prisoners were
                conpletely dehydrated and one had to be given an IV.
                The others were treated 1:or inf~cted we;' w':unds,
                dysentaria, bruised ribs and a urinary stone.
                The ~ en ii:' r e n e my p r I Sc' n tar  a Ce p t cl?, ~e    ~ I rats,'? d t':
                observe the ned I cal care rendered to his i-~et'..
                Pn Iraqi Lieutenant, who spoke e'i~lish,                   interpreted
                the `Doctor1 S explanation of the nedi cal aid his nen
                were r e c ~ iv i ng in order to ass;-;;' e t~~e Ca ~ tt" in that his
                nen were Lel ng treated properly.
                Medi~'al cards were filled cut on ~ach ?nan in ord~r
                that a tenporary hi story of ~ed i cal tre at~ ent could. t~~
                ~iyen to the aid ~tatic'n at the ne~t EPW ho1dinr
                co~pc'un~  The Iraqi Capt~ in co~;';ented th,..?t th' eJ
                b e t t e r C. a r e t h a n h I ~ `ne n h a d ~`~ e r r e c e I Y e d t -. ca r~. t h r i
                own Pr~y.  The Iraqi soldiers thanked everyone ti~e and
                again for the care they had received.
                The foll~in~ ~ornin~ the EPWs were transported to the