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The troop moved in a formation that placed one scout platoon in the lead with three scout sections of two cavalry fighting vehicles each in a V-formation. Just after 1600 on the 26th, E Troop received orders to advance to the 67 Easting, a north-south grid line on the map. The fog eventually lifted, only to be replaced by a sandstorm that limited visibility to very short distances. It had rained very hard during the night a heavy fog remained in the morning. The 2nd Squadron’s E Troop-130 soldiers equipped with nine M1A1 Abrams tanks, 12 Bradley fighting vehicles and two 120mm mortars-was the first to make contact with the Republican Guard. The 2nd ACR’s mission was to establish contact with the main Iraqi Republican Guard defenses, determine the enemy’s strength, find or create weakness and pull the following Allied heavy divisions into the fight under advantageous conditions. 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment were part of the Allied effort to retake Kuwait from Iraq. 26, 1991, the three ground squadrons of the U.S. What We Learned: from the Battle of 73 Easting Close
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