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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




                                                                                    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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                                                                              UNCLASSIFIED

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