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potential weak zones in the defense, and an opportunity for attacking
forces to exploit.
17. Bourque’s notes 16 February 1991 entry for 2230 hours. During
this phase Bourque was 1st Infantry Division G3 Operations duty
officer, responsible for monitoring the engagement in the tactical
operations center.
18. 177th AR S2, The Iraqi Army, 112–13; VII Corps TAC, Staff Journal,
17 February 1991; Bourque’s Notes; Hillman, “Task Force 1-41 Infantry,”
9.
19. Hillman, “Task Force 1-41 Infantry,” 9.
20. VII Corps TAC, Staff Journal, 16 February 1991; Author’s Notes;
Vogel, “Hell Night,” 15; Robert Johnson and Caleb Solomon,
“Chilling Tapes Show How Soldiers Died in ‘Friendly Fire,’” The
Wall Street Journal (7 November 1991), A1; Wilson interview; Hillman,
“Task Force 1-41 Infantry,” 9.
21. Chronology of 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division; VII Corps TAC,
Staff Journal, 17 February 1991, entry #7; Hillman, “Task Force 1-
41 Infantry.”
22. Robert Johnson and Caleb Solomon, “Gulf War Casualty: ‘Friendly
Fire’ Downs Career of a Gung-Ho Colonel,” The Wall Street Journal
(10 September 1991), A1; Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division,
Chronological Summary of Events, 26 March 1991; Rick Atkinson,
Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War (Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Co, 1993).
23. Vogel, “Hell Night,” 15; Atkinson, Crusade, 320; VII Corps TAC,
Staff Journal 17 February 1991.
24. Burdan notes; Tedesco interview, 29 June 1996.
25. Burdan notes.
26. Tedesco interview, 29 June 1996.
27. Bills, interview, 26 August 1991.
28. Notestine and Grimes interview, 18 December 1993.
29. Pope interview, 5 October 1993.
30. Burdan notes. The SWTs were often made up of a mix of aircraft
from both troops. Among other things, this allowed CPT Smith, E
Troop Commander, to better control the helicopter maintenance
schedules.
Chapter 9
1. Colin Powell and Joseph E. Perisco, My American Journey (New
York: Ballantine Books, 1996), 500.