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Subject: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JAN TO 13 APR 91            

Unit: 2ND MARDIV  

Parent Organization: 2 MEF       

Box ID: BX600014

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2ND MARINE DIVISION 1 OF 10  JAN - APRIL 1991                                

Document Number:          4

Folder SEQ  #:          4


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        27 FEB          0400 Division links up with Tiger Bde rep and JFCN
                        forces at QT482464 for coordination of JFCN passage'
                        of lines into Kuwait City.

                        0720 JFCN passage of lines begins.
                                                      5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)
                        0900 Routine Medevae of SSgt                Co C, 2d
                        LAI Bn for broken ankle.

        28 FEB          0645 Gtb Marines capture 150 EPWS in Kuwait City.
                        Engineers with 6th Marines checking Kuwait City
                        water plant for booby traps.

                        0800 Forty-eight hour cease-fire takes effect.
                        Concentrated maintenance and logistical effort
                        ongoing.

                        0945 6th Marines report small arms fire at
                        QT513461.

                        1147 2d Tank Bn requesting engineer support to blow
                        captured ordnance and equipment.

                        2045 2d LAI Bn reports AAA fire north in the NPAC
                        zone of Kuwait City.

        1 MAR           1030 3d Battalion, 23d Marines commencing clearing
                        operations of agricultural area of Kuwait City.
                        Area appears to have been a major bunker and
                        command complex.

                        1400 Oth Marines report finding a large stock pile
                        of antitank mines at QT718419.

                        1500 2d LAI Bn reported explosion in back of LAV
                        vic QT474347. Hand grenade is suspected, one
                        killed and three injured.

                        2308 Directed to detach ANGLICO Det and return them
                        to Camp 5, Al Jubayl.

nes request to use Kuwaiti Army
                        maintenance facility at QT6246 for maint of
                        equipment and tanks.
                                            5 U    552
                        1206 Sgt            Dli 3.s n NB@)(6k)illed by Iraqi
                        landmine while investigating possible chemical
                        storage area.

        2-4 MAR         Joint Combat Camera Team recording sites of battle
                        engagements.

        3 MAR           0930 Three Marines from 2/12 injured while
                        attempting to remove primer from Iraqi 122mm shell.


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