Sinai
Desert, Egypt in 1973 - 1974
Hello,
my name is Tony Corrigan. I am a current member of IUNVA Post
20. I am seeking to make contact with anyone who served in the
25 inf gp in the Sinai Desert, Egypt in 1973 - 1974.
Just a short note to give some background to the history of the
United Nations Mission to the Sinai Desert in Egypt - Israel.
The 25 infantry Group left Cairo for the Sinai Desert at 07.00
hrs on the morning of the 9th of November 1773 on the orders of
the Secretary General of the United Nations to supervise the observance
of the cease fire between the forces of Israel and the Arab Republic
of Egypt. It was quite cold at this stage of the morning as we
wear seated in the back of Egyptian trucks heading for the Sinai
Desert. The route led through the heavily fortified positions
of the Egyptian 2nd Army on the road to Suez. As far as the eye
could see, on both sides of the road were artillery, self propelled
guns, tanks, half tracks, dug in platoon and company positions.
Missile bases and dummy bases were spread throughout the lines
and at the first halt spot, those at the rear of the convoy witnessed
the firing of some missiles at an Israeli aircraft, with some
accuracy. It was not long afterwards that IRBATT crossed into
Israeli occupied territory at what was later to become world famous
Kilometer 101.
Scenes of desolation and destruction were to be seen along the
route. Dotted all over the desert were burnt out tanks, half tracks,
lines of trucks utterly destroyed, crashed aircraft and roadways
pitted with bomb craters. The smell of death pervaded the whole
battlefield and a chilling sight was that of human
remains projecting out of a lines of shallow graves .All this
was indeed a sobering spectacle and brought home to the personnel
in the convoy just what war meant. What a way to celebrate your
21st year.
So if you served with one of the following groups ?
IRBATT, PERBATT, PANBATT, SWEBATT, FINBATT, INDBATT, SENBATT,AUSBATT,
NEPBATT,POLBATT, CANBATT. Do make contact if you can.
Do
you have any peacekeeping stories. Funny, serious, happy or sad.
Let us and everyone else know of the daily routine of peacekeepers
throughout the world. E-Mail us at mail@irishunvapost20.info.
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