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29. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Dec90.
30. CG I MEF msg, subj: CG I MEF Order 006, 201221Z Dec90.
31. FragO 20-90 to 1st MarDiv OpO 290, 29Dec90.
32. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Dec90; 1st MarDiv ConidC, Jan-Feb9l.
33. 1st MarDiv OpO 1-91, 16Jan91.
34. Boomer, "Special Trust," p. 49.
35. FragO to Op0 1-91, n.d., Feb91.
36. Ibid.
37. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
38. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feb9l; MajGen James M. Myatt, USMC, `The 1st Marine
Division in the Attack," Naval institute Proceedings, Nov91, p. 73, hereafter, Myatt,
"Attack"; Draude intvw.
39. Applegate intvws.
40. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Oct90.
41. BGen John H. Admire, USMC, "The 3d Marines in Desert Storm," Manne Corps
Gazette, Sep91, pp. 67-69, hereafter, Admire,  "3d Marines"; 1st MarDiv ComdC,
Oct90; Draude intvw.
42. Ibid.
43. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Oct90; 1st MarDiv ComdC, Nov90, Maj Drew Bennett intvw
dtd 7Dec90.
44. 1st MarDiv CorndC, Dec90.
45. Ibid.
46. Draude intvw; 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
47. Boomer, "Special Trust," pp. 48-49; Brabham, "Training," pp. 52-54; BGen Charles
C. Krulak, "A War of Logistics," Naval institute Proceedings, Nov91, pp. 55-56.
48. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
49. Draude intvw; 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
50. "Artillery Surface Raid SOP," enclosure to "11th Marines Significant Events, Desert
Storm," dtd 2Mar91.
51. 1st Light Armored Infantry Battalion CorndC, Jan-Feb9l.
52. Capt Roger L. Pollard, "The Battle for OP 4: Start of the Ground War," Marine
Corps Gazette, Mar92, p. 50, hereafter, Pollard, "OP 4."
53. 1st MarDiv, "Significant Events Report, 2100-0216, 29-30Jan91."
54. Marty Kufus, "Eyewitness to Friendly Fire," Coniniand 46, March-April 1992, p.
15, hereafter, Kufus, "Eyewitness"; Sgt Barry F. Bell, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion
After Action Report, 3Mar91, hereafter, Bell AAR.
55. Pollard, "OP 4."
56. 1st Light Armored Infantry Battalion ComdC, Dec90.
57. The account presented here on the OP 4 engagement is primarily drawn from the
aufl~r's interview with Capt Roger L. Pollard, commanding officer, Company D, Task
Force Shepherd, on 5Feb91, and from Task Force Shepherd's Command Operations
Center (COC) journal. Subsequently, Capt Pollard published an account in the March
1992 Manne Corps Gazette that varied slightly from what he stated to the author.
Another version of the engagement came from Sgt Thomas Manney, 2d Platoon,
Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, in the March-April 1992 issue of Command.
Unless otherwise cited, this account is from the author's interview and TF Shepherd's
COC journal.
58. Kufus, "Eyewitness"; Bell AAR.
59. Kufas, "Eyewitness"; 1st Reconnaissance Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb9 1.
60. Team Debrief Report, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1Feb91.