One of the American company commanders at 73 Easting was CPT H.R. McMaster who gained a lot of attention when he wrote of the battle in Army professional magazines. He is now COL H.R. McMaster, comander of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) at Fort Carson, getting ready to deploy to Iraq next month. McMaster gained a lot of attention within the Army again a couple months ago when he said he was taking all his armored vehicles to Iraq with the regiment. The Department of the Army guidance was to take 1/3 of his armored vehicles and mount everyone else on wheeled vehicles--primarily HMMMWVs. McMaster found the Army bureaucrats were more tenacious than the Iraqis--they fought for months, but he just won that battle, too. The 3d ACR will be deploying with all its tanks & Brads.
Thanks for sharing the info on Col. McMaster.
The 3d ACR will be deploying with all its tanks & Brads.
:-) As it should be.
Thanks Mark. It's good to know!