This page is published from the Lightning
Force server as a public service for vets of the Gulf War, including the
2nd Battalion, 34th Armor.
It can be found at the D.O.D.'s Gulflink website at
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil. If you were with one of the units listed below
during the period of 10-13 March, 1991, you should have received a letter from
the D.O.D. dated 24 July, 1997. For information on this and other matters
regarding the Gulf War, visit the
http://www.gulfweb.org/ Web Site.
NOTE: 2nd Battalion, 34th
Armor is number 98 on the consolidated unit list.
On July 24, 1997, the DOD and CIA completed the analysis of
the demolition at Khamisiyah which occurred on March 10, 1991. The analysis
includes:
The Department of Defense Public Affairs office
press release, July 24, 1997
Four maps depicting the direction and extent of potential
low level chemical nerve agent fallout for March 10,
11, 12, and
13. Each area of
fallout is linked to a consolidated list of units possibly exposed to a low
level of nerve agent.
Five maps depicting the first noticeable effects fallout
areas immediately around Khamisiyah, March 10, map a and
map b; March 11, map a and
map b; March 12. No
units have been identified as being located in the first noticeable effects
fallout areas.
A consolidated unit list
of potential low level chemical nerve agent exposure for the period March
10 thru 13, 1991.
