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File: 970107_aug96_decls1_0058.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
-r@; v c i-,, 5@ re F tw, MTLD,,
Seventy of the Cap'L.LLreCJ were? c,l@ j@cc c
I BL@DM Arid six LArme-J I:,Ltiike@,s were deFtr,.,yek@ by Ai- (TOW) p i n y Five tricks
arid a si.t@.I:.ly trailer, viere also deetrc, -yecl. -rhri?e T-C,,-.@ t@inks, one ti'4,:-
@)F,Cs, And two l@TC13s @.jE?rp caliti@kre-Jz One @ikitidred And sixty enemy blinkers werl
cleare,J. Forty-fc@l-tr TOW missiles tipre fired, twenty--tt,4c@ hit their i7,@rgets,
thirteen @q.@re I;il-tki(,h LxcLtrsi@)ns (ba,J missiles), and mine t@ere misses. F,jl-tr
tiktridre,.d sixty two Iraqi 6.LttC.MatiC arid RP,Gs i.-jere seized destroyed.
D. IP-nHjnic'L)'E-l V :- 1 Mar -- 16 Mat, 1991 Static Defense :,f Kuwait City
1 to.@ir - TOW Cc@tvpari -y moved with the batt@ilic-ri iFit,:, Kuwaiti. army barracks in
B,irr,ack,i ii Al j@Ahr@i. Frc@m ti-lere the bittalic@ti moved position S,jLttl-i r@4:
Phase 11
Line Bear (t@te Pi Jahra mijtc@rv4ay). First Iittr,r,rt retitrne,-) frclq F@@@t
Second Sec,)ti@J Plat,),jri ret@trne@J fr,@m
Battalion, Secori-J Marinpf-,. Third Section, Sec,c@tid Pl"-@trlrlyi rp@i@tr@-jed frc@,i
(:SSD-L@.E, . The TOW Company Marines attached to C&SD-'C-'E were Recognized 4@ir
ra,Dt!.tri @ig an irc,,q i Major General 'rh@ s E@IW MEt.@,,r Genera). the slni or Ira-li.
I:icer c I
captured by 'd AarDiv @inits and was the C,jmmirifj i tig Ge@irra c,' the
Iraqi 14th jzed Inf aritr-y Di @,isi on @
@Q 'Flat - TOW (-clm'dA@ly PIC-V@,j With the battitli,-,ti t,j @ie,.@ @lefL@i,3ive positions s,Dljt@i
of Kuwait City and kqt-,st of Kuwait International
11 Mar - '1'01,4 C,-@mr,,iny c@)@.@r,JimAte,J two LJ.6. Army 11--GO helicopters fc@@,
t,y battalion Plarlti-.E;. These Marir;e@, were given a battlefield tc-Ltr
,in -@vertieati @ievi of the Jefe@nses in ir,)un@J City. 330 Battalion
Marines were lifte.,:! by the U.S. Army'@ '-,J Aviation E@rigacle, out of the TOW
Company liel@, pa@-J,.
13 Mar - TOW Cc@m@,,Ariy hosted the AtqpriQari Aiib2,s5a,@,,jr @.:. Kuwait, ArQba@ia@Ic-r@
E-Iward Gne@im. P, statil weapon display co@ii5i@ti@ig of an @i-60 tank, in M-60
bla@le., taril< that @e-:1 the way t@irc,Ltu@i the Uiqiii GLidair minefielcl, a AVLB vi@@ti
two TOW missile launchers arid Ira@li raptured gains,
was put together l@,:@r the visit. Amb@is,,a-J,-,r Gnp@tri thanked the @ssemt,led
Reserve Marines for -io@Jicati,@ri arid sltperiii@ivt@ effc@rts in the light to
free Kuwait.
14 - 15 Mir - -r@,L TOW Btli lung( Datt@-@'@ic,n Mitriries have
rpc@:,r,ipleiided for a@,4a.,,,Js as i resl-klt of their icti!-.tis in combat against Iraqi
l@c@rcc@s in the Errir,a'e of Kuwait:
Silver Star@ L'@pl Walker,
Bron--e Star: Mit,j,jr Radtl@e
(wrath combat V) Capt Miller
Lt Add i s
@apt Davis
@vie e t i n g
..,gt Caceres
a
S.qt Cace-es
f,icc I'c@ I,jz a
Navy Commendation Me-J@l:
Ma.-4or Pagel
is@Sgt Perez
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