The Road to Safwan: The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 ...
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264 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Road</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Safwan</strong><br />
<strong>Squadron</strong>, <strong>4th</strong> <strong>Cavalry</strong> (#4), Tape record<strong>in</strong>g, Fort Leavenworth,<br />
KS, 6 April 1994.<br />
28. Bills <strong>in</strong>terview, 26 August 1995.<br />
29. Burdan notes.<br />
30. Burdan notes. Reconstruct<strong>in</strong>g such <strong>in</strong>cidents after a battle is difficult.<br />
<strong>The</strong> squadron command post was mov<strong>in</strong>g forward at <strong>the</strong><br />
time, and many orders and transmissions are not recorded.<br />
31. Swa<strong>in</strong>, 236.<br />
32. Department of <strong>the</strong> Army, VII Corps, Commander’s SITREP #38<br />
(232100Z-242100Z Feb 91); LTG Frederick M. Jr. Franks, Interview<br />
by Peter K<strong>in</strong>dsvatter, VII Corps Command (#3); Ground War, His<strong>to</strong>rical<br />
Office U.S. Army Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and Doctr<strong>in</strong>e Command, Corps<br />
Tac, Iraq 11 April <strong>1991</strong>; MG Thomas Rhame, Interview by Thomas<br />
A. Popa, <strong>1st</strong> Infantry Division Command, Desert S<strong>to</strong>rm Oral His<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
Collection, Fort Riley, KS, 26 July <strong>1991</strong>.<br />
33. Maggart and Fontenot: 33; 1LT Matt Vanderfeltz, <strong>in</strong>terview by<br />
John Burdan. Support Pla<strong>to</strong>on <strong>1st</strong> <strong>Squadron</strong>, <strong>4th</strong> <strong>Cavalry</strong>, Tape<br />
Record<strong>in</strong>g, Ft. Leavenworth, KS, 9 January 2000; Bills <strong>in</strong>terview, 29<br />
August 1995.<br />
34. Parkey <strong>in</strong>terview, 1 March 1994.<br />
35. <strong>1st</strong> Brigade, <strong>1st</strong> Infantry Division, Operations and Intelligence Net (24<br />
Feb 91); Corps Commanders SITREP #38; <strong>1st</strong> Infantry Division,<br />
Chronological Summary of Events, 26 March <strong>1991</strong>.<br />
36. Burdan notes; Philbrick <strong>in</strong>terview, 12 February 1994.<br />
37. Moli<strong>to</strong>r <strong>in</strong>terview, 6 April 1994 .<br />
38. Ibid.<br />
39. Bills <strong>in</strong>terview, 29 August 1995.<br />
40. Burdan notes.<br />
41. VII Corps Headquarters, Daily Staff Journal, VII Corps Tactical Command<br />
Post (25 Feb <strong>1991</strong>), Army, 25 February <strong>1991</strong>; Moli<strong>to</strong>r <strong>in</strong>terview,<br />
6 April 1994; Burdan notes.<br />
42. Burdan notes.<br />
43. David Shade, “Tactical Intelligence <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Devil Brigade Attack,” <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>1st</strong> Brigade Desert Shield/S<strong>to</strong>rm His<strong>to</strong>ry, ed. James S<strong>to</strong>ckmoe (Fort<br />
Riley, KS: <strong>1st</strong> Brigade, First Infantry Division, 1992), 49.<br />
44. Parkey <strong>in</strong>terview, 1 March 1994.<br />
45. 1LT Matt Vanderfeltz, Interview by John Burdan. HHT <strong>1st</strong><br />
<strong>Squadron</strong>, <strong>4th</strong> <strong>Cavalry</strong>, tape record<strong>in</strong>g, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 11<br />
December 1999.<br />
46. Maggart and Fontenot, 33; Army, Department of <strong>the</strong> Army VII-
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