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Desert Storm, 101st Style by Peter VarisanoCounterattack, troops of the Tiger Brigade raced north on the left. In themorning, the brigade cleared one bunker complex and destroyed sevenartillery pieces and several armored personnel carriers. After a middayhalt, the brigade cleared another bunker complex and captured the Iraqi116th Brigade commander among a total of eleven hundred prisonersof war for the day. In the center of the corps sector, the marines overranan agricultural production facility, called the Ice Cube Tray because ofits appearance to aerial observers.By the end of operations on 25 February, General Schwarzkopf forthe second straight day had reports of significant gains in all sectors.But enemy forces could still inflict damage and in surprising ways andplaces. The Iraqis continued their puzzling policy of setting oil fires—wellover two hundred now blazed out of control—as well as their strategyof punishing Saudi Arabia and provoking Israel by Scud attacks. Theylaunched four Scuds, one of which, as mentioned earlier, slammed into abuilding filled with sleeping American troops in Dhahran and caused thehighest one-day casualty total for American forces in a war of surprisinglylow losses to date.Day Three: 26 February 1991On 26 February, the XVIII Airborne Corps units turned their attacknortheast and entered the Euphrates River valley. With the French and the101st and 82d Airborne Divisions protecting the west and north flanks,the 24th Infantry Division spearheaded Luck’s attack into the valley.The first obstacle was the weather. An out-of-season shamal (extreme49