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File: 970107_aug96_decls1_0016.txt
Subject: 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91 12 APR 91
Unit: 8TH TANK BN
Parent Organization: 2 MARDIV
Box ID: BX600007
Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
Document Number: 1
Folder Seq #: 11
UNCLASSIFIED
On the 2Ct@i .:@T- FeLri-tary ti'ic., its ri
'I-ie attzic[l iiid moved to a p,)siti,),@i 10 @c@l.ith
t@ie city of L@all-t@ilic.[i was in a F,Ps@et,ye giis@,ic@ri,
n t i i i @t @?,J to c t 1 a i, q P @l Lk IV@ 1-i e @' ii @:1 E @" L4 ' S I'l-i P S 0 C: r c @:1 r. t i @l Lk L @l t C@
travel in ttil@ HM"WV with to @ianclic, 'tie 1-1--,W I jn
ti-ie @trid t@ie a,@van,-,e,J 200 Met2rs ii @tt s J e the perimeter i@@f
t@@ip battalions perimeter aid apprp.@tenrjed an entire irc@,qi Mortar
that ir, r-iass, ;ticILt@Ji@ig -jne Iraqi c I 1-@ t @i i ri By 18,Dv@
a 75 EPWI@, @ia!.] been ca@,ti-trc,.d, aricl more filtered j..-i
@ii@pht.
-2, S-@@, r_l-r C@:!,@l,arly
and the 1)@ittali,)ri CO qic@vej forward to Ist battalion, Cth Mli.I.Lr;es
-sitic,ii tc, C,jl,l@:lLtct i c-' the City of 1) ti r i ri @, t'
reconnaissance a Li-@D@tp of three Kuwaiti resistance fighters in a
C@ievrc,).P.t C@,,Ilri,e Lip ind informed the S-2 t@tat the pr@tiv@e city @4,@c ,.Iz-iin
of enemy pers,).ri;iel. 'This was immediately, passed on to the Battalion Commander
of lst battalion, Ftti Marines.
After the 2"th of Feb.,,tt,@r V the L,attalic,ri stood h.@, to the ,ttac.,k
itit@j Al--Jahra, l@,Ltt by the 29ti-i c@l' Febri-kary it was clear that the er,.Pmy was ir.
flill withdrawal itnd at) attack wc@Ltld not L-e necessary.
The S-2 reiiiiitipu' wit@i t@ie battalion as it diplice@,4 to viri,-,i_ls
locations s,@@Ltt, -@f the city of nl-Jihra. However, it was not @tntil the ercl
llart,l-i t@iat t@ie 8ti-i Tank Battalion actually left KLtwait @itij returned tt@ the
city of Al-J@t@lail, SaLLdi Arabia for then embarkation t@ack to Cam,,,
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1. 28 NOV--- 22 I)t--C-90, ACTIVATION AND-MO-VEt,!.EN.-i- TO Slf)
A. KEY BILLE -F Llot-DE.RS n'F SIP,-
( I s - '12 a Major @"tLpl-ien J. NICHOLS
(21, Nc-v 199L7, 23 Dec
b) MAi,ir Jeffrey G. TEGZES
(24 Dec 1990 @,resc@ri'b)
(2) S-3A a) Captain TI-i,imas B. AMES
(26 N@,v 1990 - 30 Nc,v i'@19L7j)
t@ C@aptaiti John AHERN
(I Dec -- 14 Jari 1991)
(3) 3-3 Cl-iief a) Master Sergeant John CALLAGEE
(C'F Nc@v i9S'O -- Z',-2 Dec 19')O)
(4) AirO a) Major Frederick OTT
(5) FS[' a) Captain Neil J. O'CONNOR
(6) @ieco a) Car.,taiti Ei.tqeiie T. O'DONNELL
ary training fc@clt, at Car@i@.
M@it,iii@2 directed Asia orientation pacliage T-1 b,j o
included; NBC eneiqy wE@ar@c-ns orientation, orientation tc,
Arabia. Wpiipc,ii5 traininq "Fr)MFIRE"' and
missile firing halted d@tE,. to err@atic! c@'@ old missiles. N!r@
tanl@ gi.kntiorv was attempted. Staff traini@il includinq
twc, days in t@te Cc@ntini.ted Arm,, Staff TrairE,.r.
2" DEC I JnN 91,_q@lP@t@5,JIJB(L E@ T P.
A. KEY BILL-ET CHANGES.
( I Nla
.jc-r NICHOI-S relipved L,-y Ma.- c, p -1 G,"-
( MSot '-fl[.LAGEE relieved L,y i@l'-y'@gt MS@4t WERNE,
fR j-jined as
Assistant Dr,5 C@ilc,.f.
( @la .1 I
.-jrr O@F,:(-Jf@NE. j-@ineci i- '3-3A, C@Ar.,, Oj'(@ of tanps aiici
UNCLASSIFIED
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Unit = 8TH TANK BN
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Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
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