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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





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                                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




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Box ID = BX600007
Unit = 8TH TANK BN
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Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
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Subject = 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91
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