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61. 1st Light Armored Infantry Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
62. The term "hog" was a slang word used by tracked vehicle and LAV personnel for
their vehicles.
63. Pollard, "OP 4," p. 49.
64. Ibid., p. 50.
65. Unless otherwise noted, the accounts of OPs 5 and 6 were based on TF Shepherd
COC journal, 29-31Jan91.
66. 1st Light Armored Infantry Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb9 1; 1st Battalion, 25th Marines
ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
67. 1st MarDiv Commanders' Meeting, 16Mar91.
68. 1 MEF ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
69. 1st Reconnaissance Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
70. Unless otherwise noted, the Khafii account is taken from Admire, "3d Marines"; 1st
MarDiv COC journal, 29-3 1Jan91; 1st MarDiv Commanders' Meeting, 16Mar91.
71. 1 MEF Co'ndC, Jan-Feb91; Myatt, "The 1st Marine Division in the Attack," Naval
Thstitute Proceedings, Nov91, p. 74, hereafter, Myatt, "Attack"; Boomer, "Special
Trust," p. 49.
72. 3d Tank Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb9l; 4th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb91; 1st Tank
Battalion ComdC Jan-Feb91; 1st Marines ComdC, Jan-Feh91.
73. "Meals Ready to Eat," but sometimes referred to as "Meals Rejected by Ethiopia"
or "Meals Rarely Edible."
74. Sgt Charles G. Grow, USMC, daily journal, lOlan-22Feb, hereafter, Grow journal;
observations by author 14-20Feb91.
75. Grow journal.
76. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
77. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Mar91.
78. 3d Tank Battalion ComdC, Feb91.
79. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
80. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feh91; 1st MarDiv Commanders' Meeting, 16Mar91.
81. 1st MarDiv Commanders' Meeting, 16Mar91; 1st Battalion, 5th Marines ComdC,
Jan-Feb91; 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feb9l; Myatt, "Attack," p. 73; author's notes, 1st
MarDiv CG's morning briefings.
82. Unless otherwise noted the pre-G Day account was drawn from the following
sources:  1st MarDiv  Commanders'   Meeting, 16Mar91;  1st MarDiv  Synopsis    of
lleadquarters and Task Force COC journals for the period 21-28Feb, Mar91; author's
notes for the period 15Jan-20Mar91.
83.  1st Reconnaissance Battalion Operational Chronology, Jan-Mar9 1, hereafter 1st
Reconnaissance Ba Chronology.
84. 4th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
85. 1 MEF ComdC, Jan-Feb9l; Boomer, "Special Trust," p. 49.
86. 1st Marines Summary of Action for Operation Desert Storm, 18Mar91, hereafter,
1st Marines Summary.
87. Author's observations, 22-28Feh91.
88. cf. 3d Tank Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
89. cf. 11th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
90. cf. 1st Light Armored Infantry Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
91. 11th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9 1.
92. 11th Marines record of call signs for ground offensive.
93. Author's observations, 20-22Feb9 1.