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File: 970107_aug96_decls1_0038.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
By this time, the company had been broken into its
I,Dqistical components. Commlini(,Ai-,i and taff Officers became the A & B
Command groups. The remainder of H&S formed into Combat and Field Tra--ns
logistics Actually, every @,rissille configuration for Combat
Service at,pi:,c,rt was implementc,j at c-r;L time or artr,ther.
Task crQ,Aiiizatiriii was in ever-ul-iztngikiq 3iti,Lati,)n, the-i@ef,@re the sltpi'c,rt
picture ch@in@]c@,J with it. A maic@r factor was the creation of a Divi@,Jc,l--
level breach force. This force was centered around Head@lt-tar'p-rs
Tari@(,, and A@@t-B's with c@@@@ratic@nal at @.d Combat Engineers
This )rQaniz8ti,)n reqLtir2d maintenance slices from ld&S C-)mFiary
as well as slices to AlphA and Charlie t nl( tqh,j were attached
to Infantry Battalions.
Aside from the daily r,c@Lttine of resupply of w@i@Pr, food and arrim,:@,
counties on witches, Performed
miracles in the maintenance areas. W@ietYipy, i@ was tariff trucks,
,,.r, @,jear@,ins, our technicians mechanics and i slip@?rb
n
n kc,.E,.ping t ILIeBRtt@ilic@rt's equipment extra sr.,Pf@ial
effort was turned in by the Tank Maintenance They inherited the
res[),:,nsit,ilit-Y of fnaintpnarict@ s@t.@@pc,rt for every titik in .d Maririp.
Division zone F@id they performed admirably
The ground c-ffe@risive betiari on Sunday @"4 i'i9' at Of-.,LAO.. H&@-
followed in trace of the maneuver through the minel@ie'ri@,
c,t,@,tac@le L.@elts at the Kutqikiti border. took places? by
m4,1-,iav )n the north side -,f the I)Plt jf nines. qt this juncture we
were nearly -@verrLtn by sLtt,rpndereEs. z@97 EPWI , passed thrc@@iph our hands
that day - all without incident.
That same e%,Piiirig, an errant Army vehicle s the P.,@.r
the C'iid which was on our immediate 'L E,. 1: t-lh.,,!
were submitted for Silver Stars for ;-i,@lkinQ into the
r
.q.LnefiL' J in r,r-@pr to aid the i@iiured soldiers
(1) HMI-5 Mark CLAYTON
(0) HM@' Eric MARTIN
(3) LCpl Robert WALYER
( 4 ) Sgt ',R,-)b(-rt W(ILLFICE
(') Sgt Bryant YOUNG
Mc@ridity the '@"Oth c@l: FeLrLtar@, was day two c@T- rjrr,tirill
Cc,mm.@And Group f@-'I.-@@wed in tra@e of lst BatLa"irzn, 6tl-t order,
the Lc@gitics Train to its
Lir .3
f i tia I p@-@, i t i on for the day , we enc,)Li@)t :,f EPW3 '3
L@ipre,. seizc.,J and searched. Due to the amount of territory gained 'clia'
day, we were forced to h@ilj the EPW's @)vLrtiinht. By this time, our
Marines had developed an extremely systertatic-- method :@f @FIW
Tuesday the 2Fth --,f I--el)riAarv saw the Train @ieliver its EPWI@
to z@ point and -,Irc,ceed further ric@rth to link tkD with the rest
c,f 2-itt-ili,jvi. The overall pace :,f the attack t@asi svqil@t I@ii the
ir, trace
of l.i, lth Marines, with the imil
UNCLASSIFIED
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File Room = aug96_declassified
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Box ID = BX600007
Unit = 8TH TANK BN
Parent Organization = 2 MARDIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
Folder Seq # = 11
Subject = 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91
Document Seq # = 1
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 02-JAN-1997