110                               U.S. MAR1NES iN TilE PERSIAN GULF, 1990-1991


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                                        1/11: DS PAPA BEAR
                                              DS RIPPER
                                         1/12: DS TARO
                      * 1~             :1    A/1/12: DED GRIZZLY
                                         S/12: REIN 3/11
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Movement of task forces during d~eflnal attack to seize the Kuwait lnfrrnational Airport
on 26Fehruarv J991.

   At l~545, the battalion encountered an obstacle belt consisting of three bands
of double-strand concertina wire set in a line running east to west, parallel to
Phase Line Margaret. Momentarily stopped while notifying Colonel Fulford and
awaiting clearance to proceed or find a way around the belt, Lieutenant Colonel
Mattis organized 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, for a hasty breach of a defensive
line. Though halted, firefights continued across the battalion's entire front. The
sound of tank, machine gun, and TOW fire could be heard above a persistent