AAR 1ST MARDIV IN SWA

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Subject = AAR  1ST MARDIV IN SWA                                          

Parent Organization = MCCDC       

Unit = WDID        

Folder Title = AFTER ACTION REPORT 1ST MARINE DIVISION IN SOUTHWEST ASIA   WDID SWA 0073                       

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX600145



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          Moro than fifteen minutes.    On his return he noticed that his
          vehicle some  how drove off on its own with his M16A2 and his
          personal equipment in it.    He notified his Platoon Sergeant, SSgt
          Gerald Marinke of Beaver Falls$ Pennsylvanial of the incident.
          They hopped in another vehicle to try and find it but the night.
          was too dark.

            They drove  to the Battalion CDC and 'made sure that they sent
          the word out  to be an thf- look out -For a ron*gade high-back
          MMMWV wandering through the desert# armed and dangerous.    No one
          responded to having spotted It, so Cpl Roggencamp and SSgt
          Marinke got a pair of NVOs and drove out to try and -Find it
          again.  This time LCpl Killy Morris, of Columbia, South Carolina
          was at the wheel.   Their tracking skills and desert savvy enabled
          them to quickly spot and recapture the wandering vehicle which
          was driving around in a circle several miles to the Northwest.
          So Cpl Roggonc#mp was able to get back In control of his vehicle
          and save it from the possible capture by wandering Iraqis
          defectors.

                                      H&S Company

           On 25 February 19914 LCpl Dunning from Roanoke, Texas spotted a
          Holstein cow roaming in the desert.    Seeing her bloated
          condition, LCpl Dunning took it upon himself to relieve her
          r-oncii ti on. He began milking her on the spot.


























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