On this date in 19991, elements o the US 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment slammed into elements of the Iraqi Army's Republican Guard divisions at a place on a map called 73 Easting. It was a classic Armor/Cavalry battle that destroyed several divisions of the Iraqi army.
Your humble scribe was not there. I was on active duty as an Operations Officer at Fort Polk, wishing I was there.
It doesn't seem like 30 years, does it?
I retired in 1993. Some days it feels like yesterday and other days it feels like the day after the Ark. I hear you.
ReplyDeleteI think there is an extra 9 in that date.
ReplyDeletei was at polk...many moons ago
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