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List of Photographs List of Photographs after Page 184 1. Squadron HHT, fuel tankers 2. B Troop arrives in Saudi Arabia 3. B Troop at firing range 4. C Troop in the desert 5. Final rehearsal by squadron commanders and staff 6. Squadron commander and staff after final rehearsal 7. 2LT Gruenig and CW3 Schullo 8. Iraqi positions near OBJ 15K, 25 Feb 1991 9. C Troop Cobra supporting A Troop attack 10. MAJ Burdan after the attack on Iraqi positions 11. Iraqi bunker 12. MAJ Burdan and EPWs 13. Basra Highway, 28 Feb 1991 14. CPT Pope and LTC Wilson on the Basra Highway 15. Basra Highway 16. A Troop, Safwan Airfield 17. D Troop at Safwan Airfield 18. CSM Cobb and LTC Wilson 19. Squadron S3 Staff Section, Khobar Towers 20. Ken and Mary Pope, Marshall Army Air Field
Page 2: THE ROAD TO SAFWAN
Page 5 and 6: ©2007 Stephen A. Bourque and John
Page 8: Contents List of Illustrations . .
Page 14 and 15: Introduction In the early morning h
Page 16 and 17: Introduction 3 mating the enemy. Ba
Page 18 and 19: Introduction 5 the ultimate in prim
Page 20 and 21: 1 The Quarter Horse to 1990 The mil
Page 22 and 23: The Quarter Horse to 1990 9 and all
Page 24 and 25: The Quarter Horse to 1990 11 had be
Page 26 and 27: The Quarter Horse to 1990 13 Comman
Page 28 and 29: 2 Preparation As LTC Robert Wilson
Page 30 and 31: Preparation 17 Quarter Horse headed
Page 32 and 33: Preparation 19 the army’s manuals
Page 34 and 35: Preparation 21 sion. The army detac
Page 36 and 37: Preparation 23 to reintroduce this
Page 38 and 39: Preparation 25 The M1A1, with its 1
Page 40 and 41: 3 Deployment On November 27, retire
Page 42 and 43: Deployment 29 and vehicle shackles;
Page 44 and 45: Deployment 31 The squadron leaders
Page 46 and 47: Deployment 33 the chief of the divi
Page 48 and 49: Deployment 35 15. Their task was to
Page 50 and 51: Deployment 37 most an hour to retur
Page 52 and 53: 4 The Port Headquarters and Bravo T
Page 54 and 55: Figure 1: 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry
Page 56 and 57: The Port 43 each apartment, toilet
Page 58 and 59: The Port 45 attacked into Iraq, the
Page 60 and 61: The Port 47 balization, was general
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The Port 49 cut the locks, found th
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5 Operations in the TAA The squadro
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Operations in the TAA 53 only a few
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Operations in the TAA 55 ficial “
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Operations in the TAA 57 leader, 2L
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Operations in the TAA 59 contents o
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Operations in the TAA 61 preferred
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Operations in the TAA 63 were set f
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Operations in the TAA 65 when fired
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6 Security Operations Nothing in MA
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Security Operations 69 The troop di
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Security Operations 71 “troops mo
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Security Operations 73 was at Junct
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Security Operations 75 briefed the
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Security Operations 77 an outpost n
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Security Operations 79 ficer (G2),
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Map 2 BORDER AREA and COMBAT COMMAN
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Combat Command Carter 83 With Gross
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Combat Command Carter 85 spective,
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Combat Command Carter 87 watchful e
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Combat Command Carter 89 the squadr
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Combat Command Carter 91 sound and
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Combat Command Carter 93 shut throu
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8 Task Force Iron The 1st Infantry
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Task Force Iron 97 a ridge. A quick
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Task Force Iron 99 movement of an a
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Task Force Iron 101 was identified
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Task Force Iron 103 and watch his s
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9 Final Preparations On February 18
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Final Preparations 107 strength, an
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Final Preparations 109 in army term
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Final Preparations 111 eve of battl
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10 The Breach We now know to what e
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The Breach 115 best troops, the Rep
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The Breach 117 on his flight suit a
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The Breach 119 even in an age of so
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The Breach 121 division commander.
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The Breach 123 ble positions, while
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The Breach 125 ald Kovach and SSG W
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The Breach 127 firing into each and
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The Breach 129 tween the 1st and 2n
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The Breach 131 The thousands of veh
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The Breach 133 Meanwhile, 1SGT Park
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Objective Norfolk 135 earlier, had
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Objective Norfolk 137 that no longe
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Objective Norfolk 139 denly pulled
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III Rumaylah Oil Field UMM HAJUL 3A
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Objective Norfolk 143 nated by 1-4
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5 4 II 3 7 18 II II X 5 OBJECTIVE C
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Objective Norfolk 147 Colonel Magga
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Objective Norfolk 149 Shortly after
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Objective Norfolk 151 but opted not
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Objective Norfolk 153 possibly a th
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Objective Norfolk 155 line of troop
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Objective Norfolk 157 tics area, wi
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12 The Basra Highway From Kuwait Ci
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The Basra Highway 161 now wanted Rh
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The Basra Highway 163 ing the borde
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The Basra Highway 165 encountered d
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The Basra Highway 167 2nd Brigade a
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... 1 B Figure 5. Squadron Cuts Bas
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The Basra Highway 171 hold off the
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The Basra Highway 173 troops were t
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The Basra Highway 175 how the perim
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The Basra Highway 177 was there, in
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The Basra Highway 179 instances ove
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The Basra Highway 181 man’s land,
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The Basra Highway 183 had hindered
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Squadron HHT, fuel tankers preparin
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Final rehearsal by Squadron Command
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C Troop Cobra supporting the A Troo
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Basra Highway, 28 February 1991. JO
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D Troop at Safwan Airfield, Iraq, 2
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13 Safwan By the early morning of F
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Safwan 187 The previous day, SSG Wi
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Safwan 189 spending the night with
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Safwan 191 mar causeway. 13 Since o
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Safwan 193 and it was to move to an
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Safwan 195 Around 0830 hours, Wilso
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Safwan 197 colonel approached the A
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Safwan 199 Soon the division tactic
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Safwan 201 arrived at the dismount
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14 Recovery During the cease-fire n
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Ahvāz As Samāwah Tigris River Eup
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Recovery 207 normally used for pump
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Recovery 209 glowing reports on the
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Recovery 211 lated enemy soldiers m
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15 Postwar Operations Even before t
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Postwar Operations 215 march and ma
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Postwar Operations 217 took out som
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Postwar Operations 219 son and Burd
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Postwar Operations 221 It was to no
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five and eight years old, approache
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Postwar Operations 225 Iraqi agents
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16 Coming Home Then it was time to
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Coming Home 229 vehicles’ movemen
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Coming Home 231 point, small theate
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Coming Home 233 ing unbearable. Fin
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Coming Home 235 Huebner and finally
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Coming Home 237 There was also a se
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Coming Home 239 Home.” Once on po
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Conclusion Those were dramatic days
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Conclusion 243 cers, noncommissione
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Conclusion 245 tensive security ass
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Notes Introduction 1. Robert Wilson
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Notes 249 itary History, 1963; repr
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Notes 251 17. Fort Riley, “After
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Notes 253 10. 22nd Support Command,
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Notes 255 22. Bills interview, 26 A
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Notes 257 2. Army, VII Corps, Comma
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Notes 259 or other regions that fav
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Notes 261 2. Squadron Tactical Comm
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Notes 263 16. (1ID) U.S. Department
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Corps, Commander’s SITREP (Combat
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Notes 267 Desert Storm,” in Jim S
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Notes 269 Corps, FRAGO 129-91 VII C
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Notes 271 Morrison, HHT, 1st Squadr
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68. Bills interview, 3 February 199
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Notes 275 43. 1st Squadron 4th Cava
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Notes 277 17. Burdan notes. 18. Way
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Notes 279 9. Esplund interview, 23
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Glossary 281 Basra Highway Main roa
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Infantry Division was commanded by
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MP Military Police. system that spe
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T-72 A late-model Soviet tank. TA-5
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Bibliography 289 flected common tho
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Bibliography 291 ational Analysis o
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Bibliography 293 ———. “VII
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Bibliography 295 War. Fort Leavenwo
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Index A Troop, 1-4 Cavalry: Activat
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Basra Highway: 161, 163, 166-168, 1
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219, 221, 223 4th: 1st Squadron: 9,
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Friendly fire incident: 99-100 Fuel
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Iraq And chemical weapons: 3, 118,
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Molitor, SFC, William: 36, 44, 125,
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99, 103, 107, 115, 119, 163, 259 Re
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Training Exercises Gauntlet: 19, 20
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