73 EASTING*
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United States Army Assault*
__________vs.*
_______Iraq Defend*
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Date: February 26, 1991*
Location: Iraq*
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After suppressing enemy troops in a small village, Eagle Troop, 2nd Cavalry Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, was given permission to advance to the 70 Easting line. Reports of enemy tanks to the front made the American Captain McMaster decide to order the troop forward to assault the best the Iraqis had to offer: the Tawakalna Division of the Republican Guard.
