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File: 123096_aug96_decls1_0010.txt
Subject: NARRATIVE SUMMARY SECTION 2
Unit: 1ST MARINES
Parent Organization: 1ST MARDIV
Box ID: BX600005
Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1ST MARINES FEB 1991
Document Number: 5
Folder Seq #: 31
UNCLASSIFIED 0
]'he Task I-'orce reported its to I)ivi,-,,iC)n, and at
approximately 2300, Division directed that all movement be
stopped. At approximately 020E), 3/9 was or,der,ed to move back
outside the airport perimeter. L,Al had beer) ordered to seize
the airfield at 04()() and t@Piere was concern about "blue-on--
blue" fires. 3/9'.@ move was completed by 0430 and a defense
was e@itabi.ished (vic OT 86'@3S2).
By 0800, 27 February, organized resistance had ceased in
'.CF Papa BE@ar'E@ zone. The Task Force continued to clear its
zone, encountering numerous pockets of infantry and a T--SS t' A n I,-
all of which were either neutralized or destroyed. The wa
from 'PF Papa Bear'-- perspective was over.
During the tviree-day @@eri.od of active combat operatio
against Iraqi. forces, Task Force Papa Bear advanced over c
hundred kilometers from its assembly area in Saudi Arabia
the Outskirts of Kuwait International. Airport. HighlightiE
this rapidly unfolding attack were the assault breach of I
Iraqi obstacle belts on 24 February; the repulse of a maj<
counterattack at the Al Burqari oilfield on 25 February, wi
involved elements of at least three Iraqi brigades; and t@
conduct of a forty kilometer mechanized attack on 26 Febr---,
which resulted in the isolation and control of Kuwait Inter-
national. Airport.
Task Force elements are credited with the destruction of
102 tanks, 41 APC'S, and 62 other vehicles of various
types and descriptions. Over sixteen hundred Iraqi EPW's were
captured by the Task Force, while many others were bypassed or
disarmed and left to follow-on units to process.
ldron of A Company, 7th Engineer
Support Battalion was the only Task Force Marine to be killed
it) combat. His death on the evening of 26 February, in the
last major skirmish with Iraqi forces at Kuwait International
Airport, was a tragic loss deeply felt by his Marine comrades.
Fourteen Marines received wounds from direct combat with Iraqi
forces,
The rapid advatic(@@ and tacti(@ai successes which Task Force
Papa Bear enjoyed would not have been possible without the
Lintiri-rig efforts of the Marines and Sailors involved in the
combat service support arena. The Task Force combat and field
logistics trains and CSSD-11 provided the life blood needed to
propel Papa Bear to the o(.ttskirt-s of Kuwait City.
PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION
As t-he S-1 section prepared for the onset of a ground war,
it continued to perform its daily administrative functions.
These functions included a daily courier run from the Division
Support Area (DSA) to the Regi-merit's forward position. The run
was made easier by the use of a commercial vehicle asset, and
ENCLOSURE (1)
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Box ID = BX600005
Unit = 1ST MARINES
Parent Organization = 1ST MARDIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1ST MARINES FEB 1991
Folder Seq # = 31
Subject = NARRATIVE SUMMARY SECTION 2
Document Seq # = 5
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Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-DEC-1996