8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91 12 APR 91

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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 TANK BN 26 NOV - 31 MARCH 1991                                           

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               10 Mar 1991           Bth Tank Battalion detached from 6th Marines and retur  ned
                                     to independent battalion status under 2d Marine Division.

               il Mar 1991           Sth Tank Battalion moves to new position (vie QT 735335)
                                     southwest of Kuwait City, Kuwait.

               13 Mar 1991           Commanding Officer, Sth Tank Battalion visited by U.S.
                                     Ambassador to Kuwait.


               15 Mar 1991           Overnight visit by Stephanie Grebb, Syracuse Post
                                     Standard reporter.

               20 Mar 1991           8th Tank Battalion  key staff personnel interviewed by
                                     Headquarters Marine Corps Combat Assessment Team.

               24 Mar 1991           Sth Tank Battalion  visited by nationally syndicated
                                     cartoonists Barry McWilliams and Glenn Eure.

               31 Mar 1991           B Company detached  to 8th Marines to support stay behind
                                     contingency mission. 8th Tank Battalion conducts movement
                                     to Al Mishab, Saudi Arabia to off load ammunition and
                                     continues on to Camp 15, Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia.






































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