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                                        8+3

         ~s the sun rose~Kuwait -City stood amazingly Ln +ront 0+ the
    Battalion.   Becausero+-restricted visibility the day prior many 0+
                          1 ~Vj--~~
                                   ~p~~~~nd~~u~t how~close we were.
    Company C awo~I.etv%J~~d..~-+oWr,e.+u..l ly~functiona1-~butntbaDdo~ed zpu
    2~-4 ~4~~8Ufl5,.jdirectly.~.t0~th~ir: +ront.-.-
       4.-. Blow~i~~-horns ~nd~.ran~omt~hots could be heard throughout our
    po~i.tion'as.~ubilant.~Ku.waiti~--wayed,Kuwaiti, British, and ~merican
    flag5.in~celebrati0fl:O+~theirl~berat~0n        Great:pride was written
    across the +aces .0+ Our:Sai~or£s and Marines.      Remarkably we `nade
    it -with -no deaths ar~d pnly~.~~nor~injur-ies&-  ~t 08C'O CSSD-17 linked
    upand conducted a +uel, wa~ter,.and ammunition resupply and 1/7
    held in its blocking positio~n +or the remainder o+ the day.       Our
    presence sent a de+inite message.      1/l+ound..itsel+~n.a strange
    pdsition as several EF;W.Is turr~ed themselves into us so they would
    not be killed by k'uwaiti -Re. %1 ~tance Forces.   We wer~-now
    prote~ting the Iraqis.   -
        - Some howr.e.ver did.p(?t~~n.t~~ur~protection.   45 Company 4 1/7,
    our detached-in+antry company with Tiger 3, was conducting a sweep
    in zone, they came.across 4 wounded Iraqis.        While Cpl kerry Lee
    was searching one o+ them, the Iraqi lunged at Cpl Lee, and was
    i~~~stantly ~il)ed ~y the.tiari~;~tandifl~9 cover +or him.
    Ov~rall OLL  BD~ was 1.9 T-~4/~5'-s,  1S.-T----~2~s,- 2 T-72's, 2 82mm
    Mortar Fosit~ions, I Radar Dish,    17 Trench Systems, 2 BMF's,   1 4F-C,
- - -* 1 4stros Launcher, 2 ~31~s,  16 BTR 50/605, -1 T-12,   1 MTLB, -1 OP
    Tower, 6 4rtillery Pieces, and the uncovering 0+ well over 2000
    EPW `S.

                                        8+4

         The big news is spr.ead -throughout the Battalion swi+t~y; a
                          ~+`i~t~~~          Nevertheless,~-the Battalion
     ontinued its normal routine.      Five wounded EPW'-s were helo
    medevaced +rom 1/7's B~S byCH-4~'s to a rear area hospita~.         4
    Marine +rom Company C, Lance ~orporal 6omez, was struck by a stray
    round in the upper arm and slightly injured.        4srL'-~utenant1
      ~~nel ~attt~s r~i~~:~ed,~~~o~ne *~t ain't over til the ~at lady
    5L~fl~~5~ ar)d4UcnJ..th~~f~t.~~d~tt~~~dJ 1-- ain't suWg yet..~1
         The ~attalion subsequently moved +urther south 0+ the city to
    avoid possible terrorism and stray +i-re f6r celebrating kuwaitis.
    No +urther enemy contact was made by the Battalion.
         Our comrades +rom Charley Engineers were detached at this
    time in order to commence d~struction 0+ enemy equipment in zone.
    Shipmates since March 1'9~0, we hated to see them go.           -
         On 8+7 1/7 mounted up and with Task Force Ripper began its
    so~th~ard movement towards Saudi    4rabi a. Our mi Ssi on was
    comp~ete.  We would be home soon!


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