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94.  11th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9i; author's observations of division Marines'
reactions to the order to start taking the pills. (Up to that point the reality of the
offensive's dangers had been distant and imaginary; so much training had taken place
that even the events of the past several days seemed part of a familiar pattern rather than
signifying the start of the ground offensive. The taking of the pills dispelled all doubts.)
95. 1st Reconnaissance Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
96. cf. 4th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
97. cf. 11th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb91; 4th Marines CorndC, Jan-Feb9l.
98. cf. 4th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
99. Ibid.
100. cf. 1 s& Battalion, 25th Marines CorndC, Jan-Feb9l; 1st Marines ComdC, Jan-
Feb91.
101. 11th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
102. cf.  1st Reconnaissance Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb9 1; 1st Reconnaissance Bn
Chronology.
103. 4th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9I.
104. The use of lights in that manner by allied aircraft was standard procedure. Only in
the critical moments of an actual strike did the pilot turn off the plane's identification
lights.
105. 11th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
106. The Engineer Task Force (Detachment, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion) account for
the events of 23 February is from the author's observations and notes, 22-28Feb91.
107. William Shakespeare,  The Complete Works (Oxford: The Shakespeare Head
Press/Omega Books, 1968), p. 508.
108. 1st Marines Summary.
109. Battery E's parent unit was 1st Battalion, 12th Marines.
110. 11th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9 1.
111. Papa Bear S-3 Summary of Action, enclosure to 1st Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
112. cf. 11th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
113. Grow journal.
114. 1st Combat Engineer Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb9 1.
115. Marine Corps Lessons Learned System Long Report, "inadequate Control Measures
for Passage of Lines During Actual Combat Operations," 14Mar91.
116. 4th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb91.
117. 11th Marines ComdC, Jan-Feb9l.
118. 1st MarDiv COC journal highlights, 21-28Feb91.
119. GySgt Paul S. Cochran, USMC, daily journal, Dec90-Mar9l, hereafter, Cochran
journal.
120. Author's observations, 24Feb91.
121. 1st MarDiv Code Word Checklist, n.d.
122. 1st MarDiv G-6 input for ComdC, Jan-Feb91, n.d. (Mar91); Marine Corps Lessons
Learned System L~ng Report, "Land Navigation in Desert Operations," 14Mar91.
123. "Operation Desert Storm Maneuver Synopsis," prepared by 1st Battalion, 7th
Marines, 14Mar91, hereafter, 1/7 Synopsis.
124. Ibid.
125. 1st Combat Engineer Battalion ComdC, Jan-Feb91; Company C input to ComdC,
11Mar91.
126. Author's observations of 1st Combat Engineer Battalion Detachment operations in
support of Task Force Papa Bear's breaches, 24Feb91; "Chronology of Events During