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96. CG 2d MarDiv, "Lefler of Instruction, for the Conduct of Training on the
Division Mechznized Assault Course," undated.
97. Keys intvi.
98. Ibid.
99. Shores Jnl.
100. Mroczkowski Jnl, 1Feb91.
101. Ibid.
102. Ibid.
103. Ibid., 2Feb91.
104. Ibid.
105. Swanstromi rpt.
106. Mroczkowski Jnl, 3Feb91.
107. Cavallaro telcon.
108. Williams telcon.
109. Mroczkowski Jnl, 3Feb91.
110. Swanstrom rpt.
111. Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance, The Second World War, vol.
III (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1950), pp. 557-558.
112. Mroczkowski Jnl, 3Feb91.
113. Asadoorian memo.
114. Keys intvw.

                    The Start of Offensive Operations

    Unless otherwise noted, the material in this section is derived from: oral
history interviews with LtCol Ray C. Dawson, 26Mar91, LtCol Keith T.
Holcomb, 17May91, LtCol Scott W. McKenzie, 9Apr91, and Col Leslie M.
Palm, 2Apr91 (OralllistColl, MCHC, Washington, D.C.), hereafter Dawson
intvw,  Holcomb   intvw, McKenzie  intvw, and Palm  intvw;      LtCol  Mark
Swanstrom personal conversation with the author 29May91, hereafter Swanstrom
percon; the 2d Marine Division COC Watch Officer's Journal, hereafter 2d
MarDiv COC     Jnl; LtCol Mark Swanstrom,   "2d Marine Division Breach
Operations During Operation Desert Storm," undated engineer report, hereafter
Swanstrom Ipt.

115. 2d MarDiv COC Jnl, (2130) 17Feb91.
116. CO 2d MarDiv, FragO 15-91.
117. 2d MarDiv COC Jnl, (1154) 18Feb91.
118. McKenzie intvw.
119. McKenzie telcon.
120. 2d MarDiv COC Jnl, (0345) 20Feb91.
121. Summary of Action for the Recommendation for the Award of the Bronze
Star  Medal to Sergeant William  D.  Bates; Summary  of Action       for the
Recommendation for the Award of the Bronze Star Medal to Corporal Michael