Task Force 1-41 Infantry was a U.S. Army heavy battalion task force which took part in the Gulf War of January – March 1991. It was also known as Task Force Iron.[1] Task Force 1-41 Infantry was the first coalition force to breach the Saudi Arabian border on 15 February 1991 and conduct ground combat operations in Iraq engaging in direct and indirect fire fights with the enemy on 17 February 1991.[2] It was the spearhead of VII Corps.[3] The Task Force served at the Battle of 73 Easting and the Battle of Norfolk where it was assigned to the U.S. 1st Infantry Division.[4][5] It engaged and destroyed elements of 11 Iraqi divisions by the end of combat operations.[6] This includes a significant role in the destruction of 4 Iraqi armored brigades at the Battle of Norfolk.[7] Task Force 1-41 Infantry was awarded a Valorous Unit Award for its accomplishments during combat operations.[8] It consisted primarily of the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, and the 4th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment all being part of the 2nd Armored Division (Forward), based at Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Bremen, in the Federal Republic of Germany.[9][3] Task Force 1-41 was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James L. Hillman.[10]
- ^ Bourque p.153
- ^ VUA Citation.
- ^ a b VUA Citation
- ^ Bourque p.325-337
- ^ Bourque p.332
- ^ Lingamfelter p.190-191
- ^ Bourque p.337
- ^ "Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM: Valorous Unit Award Citations | Unit Award Orders & Citations | U.S. Army Center of Military History".
- ^ The Road to Safwan: The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 Persian Gulf War
- ^ Hillman 1993, p. 6.
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