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Squadron, 4th Cavalry, Tape recording, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 25
January 1994.
14. MAJ William Wimbish, interview by John Burdan. 1st Squadron,
4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, 28 September 1993.
15. Morrison interview, 31 March 1994.
16. Bills interview; Morrison interview, 31 March 1994.
17. SFC William Molitor, interview by John Burdan. A Troop, 1st
Squadron, 4th Cavalry, Fort Riley, KS, 5 January 1994.
18. Ball interview, 12 August 1995.
19. Morrison interview, 31 March 1994.
20. Ibid.
Chapter 4
1. Morrison interview, 31 March 1994.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. The term “port” in this book refers to Ad Dammam where all of
the squadron’s equipment arrived. The United States also used the
port of Al Jubayl to unload equipment in Saudi Arabia.
5. CW3 Kirk Waymire, interview by John Burdan. C Troop, 1st
Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, Ft. Leavenworth, KS,
1 March 1994; Comment made to Burdan by Waymire after interview
session.
6. Molitor interview, 5 January 1994; Waymire interview 1 March
1994; Pope interview, 5 October 1993.
7. Pope interview, 5 October 1993.
8. Department of Defense United States, “Conduct of The Persian
Gulf War: Final Report to Congress” (Washington, DC: Government
Printing Office, 1992), 378–79; Michael R. Gordon and
Bernard E. Trainor, The General’s War: The Inside Story of the Conflict
in the Gulf (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995), 58–59;
Frank N. Schubert and Theresa L. Kraus, The Whirlwind War: The
United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
(Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1995), 80.
9. VII Corps, 1st Infantry Division (Forward) Desert Shield/Desert Storm
After Action Review of VII Corps Debarkation and Onward Movement,
30 May 1991, 24–26; US Army Central Command, 22nd Support
Command After Action Report, 1991, Vol. IVB, Charts A-5-1 and A-7-
2.