ANTHOLOGY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY                                       141


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    I Marine Expeditionary
      Force in Kuwait,
    24-27 February 1991

    Kilometers 9    .              SAUDI ARABIA


    Then we started moving Task Forces Grizzly and Taro through the first
obstacle belt.    They were on foot; when they finished that mission, they had to
walk a long way.       I moved Task Force Grizzly by truck in to clear Jaber
airfield, which was MEF objective Alpha, so that I didn't have to tie up our
mechanized assets. I moved Task Force Taro, which had infiltrated on the right
flank, by truck all the way up to Kuwait International Airport on the morning
of G + 3 so that they could clear all the buildings and the airport.     They
probably captured another 150 Iraqis hiding inside with all the weapons. Taro
is what you'd call the lucky plant of Hawaii.  It turned out to be a good name
for them.

Proceedings: What happened at the airfield?

Myatt: We had Task Force Ripper, the division's focus of effort, in the lead,
more or less on the divisional left flank and tied in with the 2d Division's right
flank. They were heading north to seal off the western-most exits out of Kuwait