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73 Easting Document

Post by Bru328 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:58 pm

Hello,

Does anyone here have or know where to find a PDF copy of this:
The Battle of 73 Easting, 26 February 1991, a historical introduction to a simulation. Krause, Col Michael, US Army Center of Military History, 2 May 1991
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by Dagger X-Ray » Sat Jul 10, 2010 7:46 pm

Welcome to the forums, Have you checked out the4 Desert Storm group on Facebook? Rather large membership, you might fond something there as well as checking out on Military.com?
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by FA1SGret » Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:06 am

I'm going to look for it also.
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by Bru328 » Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:12 pm

I sent a request to U.S. Army Military History Institute for a PDF or a hard copy. Will let you know how it turns out.
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by Dagger X-Ray » Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:04 pm

FA1SGret wrote:I'm going to look for it also.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2 ... 692&ref=ts

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=246861175210
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by redfish » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:36 am

Get the units involved and look up their After Action Reports. That where I got a lot of info about 24 ID
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by FA1SGret » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:50 pm

Bru328 wrote:Hello,

Does anyone here have or know where to find a PDF copy of this:
The Battle of 73 Easting, 26 February 1991, a historical introduction to a simulation. Krause, Col Michael, US Army Center of Military History, 2 May 1991
May I ask why you are looking for this particular document?
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by Bru328 » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:55 pm

FA1SGret wrote: May I ask why you are looking for this particular document?
Personal military curiousity. ODS was and is a personal interest of mine.
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by FA1SGret » Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:37 am

I gotcha ... I found some good info on the battle and was wondering if some of it might be of use to you, but you probably already have it.

I actually fought with 2nd ACR and 1 ID during the ground war, so it tweaks my interest as well.
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by Bru328 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:49 pm

FA1SGret wrote:I gotcha ... I found some good info on the battle and was wondering if some of it might be of use to you, but you probably already have it.

I actually fought with 2nd ACR and 1 ID during the ground war, so it tweaks my interest as well.
Whoa! Thank you for your service and I'll take a look at your info. Greatly appreciated.
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by FA1SGret » Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:39 pm

I'll gather it up and post some links.

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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by redfish » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:49 am

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vet ... 5961/posts

**This is a pretty good account.


http://www.history.army.mil/books/www/www8.htm

Pretty inclusive for combat elements of 7th corps and 18th airborne corps. (Good Read)

http://www.history.army.mil/search.html

This link has a number of things one of them is a PDF but not exactly what is being looked for.
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by FA1SGret » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:40 pm

I've read those, they have some good accounts ... they're accurate from my perspective.
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by redfish » Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:17 am

I love when the accounts are accurate. I enjoy the actual real documents and hearing what other units were doing while we were doing our own stuff.
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Re: 73 Easting Document

Post by haze » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:03 pm

its a rare thing when they actually get it right...
72nd. ENGR. CO.
197th. INF. BDE(m)(s)
24th. INF.DIV
18th AIRBORNE CORPS
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