European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 1, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3cavalry earned sure colonel by Vince Crawley Niernberg Bureau Nornberg Germany a americans from the and army Cav regt Tell a Story about an iraqi colonel who was in tears As he was captured by e troop on Day three of the ground War. His Republican guard battalion numbered 40 tanks at the Start of the persian Gulf War the iraqi officer told his captors. In 38 Days of the air Campaign coalition aircraft took out eight of his tanks and killed a handful of his men. Then the . Cavalry came. E troop a with eight my tanks and a dozen Bradley armoured vehicles a crested a Ridge and ran straight into the iraqi battalion. Within 15 minutes the iraqi colonel said his remaining 32 tanks were destroyed and hundreds of his soldiers Lay dead. No one in e troop was killed or wounded. A these things Only look easy in retrospect a said col. . Holder who commanded the 2nd army Cav regt during the stunning Allied ground Victory. Holder who was selected to become a general before the War began is scheduled to give up his command today at the regiments Niernberg Headquarters. A one of the lessons drawn from the War is the army needs its three cavalry regiments a Holder said. The midsize combat units numbering 5,000 soldiers have a roughly equal helping of Bradley scout vehicles my tasks and attack helicopters. Small enough to travel fast but with enough weapons to be versatile the cavalry regiments fill a Gap Between the army slightly armed rapid deployment forces and its sprawling mechanized divisions that Are the size of Small cities. Holders troops began moving equipment to ports within three Days of the Pentagon a november announcement that the unit would be sent to the Gulf. More recently Europe a other cavalry regiment the 11th army Cav was sent on Short notice to peacekeeping duties in Kuwait a move that Holder called a a further illustration of what the . Cavalry can do. Like others the 47-year-old texan never thought the wars ground Campaign would be Over in just four Days. A my first estimate was two weeks of fighting and about two weeks cleaning up which would involve some shooting a said Holder who was born in san Antonio. A so maybe a monthlong  in the Days before the ground assault was launched some army officers in saudi Arabia pre dieted that frontline units like holders could expect at least 10 percent casualties which would have been something like 500 soldiers killed in the 2nd army Cav regt. Instead the regiments task Force lost six men killed in action and. 19 wounded. A i never estimated that wed take High casualties but. There a always a Chance that you re going to a Holder said. A the Normal Job of corps cavalry is very amps Effie Bathen col. . Holder a surprised and heartened by the enthusiasm difficult and its potentially very  father died in Vietnam in 1968 while commanding the 11th Cav regt. During the planning for the ground assault a some War games ,. Estimated that we would lose As much As 70 percent of our strength in that operation a Holder said. A we never came close to that and i never thought we would lose that Many  still a i Felt better about the operation the closer we got to it and the farther we got into it a he said. A shortly after we started moving into Iraq i got a lot More comfortable about the nature of the  it became apparent to him a that the iraqis artillery was not As Good As wed been told that the obstacles that might have slowed us up were not there that the chemical threat was exaggerated and that we were moving Well. And i was  the regiments Job was to Lead the heavier a. Mored forces of Vii corps in a secret drive through Southern iraqi to hit Saddam Hussein a elite Republican guard from behind. After crossing into Iraq on feb. 23, a Day before the ground War officially began holders regiment spent three Days treading through Southeastern Iraq. His troops did their Best to bypass lightly armed iraqi infantry units guarding the Border. A a lot of our concern was to make the thing fluid and go fast. We did not want to get Hung up on the flank guard divisions Way Down on the Border a Holder said. A by design they were to slow us Down and let the other Guy know we were coming and where we were coming  the cavalry regiment snuck up to the Republican guard during a sandstorm on tuesday feb. 26, and Holder s approximately 150 my tasks began slugging it out against much larger iraqi forces. By Midnight Vii corps 2,000 tank Armada was crushing every Republican guard unit in its path. A i Don t think there was any Point after december in which the enemy could have beaten us a Holder said. By Early january Allied Armor outweighed Iraq s former military advantage on the arabian  the Gulf crisis the army relearned its world War ii skill of moving in massive formations something that had been neglected during decades of preparing for a set piece Quot Battle with the soviet Union Holder said. A we had really gotten locked on Small unit opera tons a the colonel said. A the Assumption was you re in place. You were responsible for an area from that tree to that building and you will not Back up More than 20 Kilometres about 12 Miles in fighting a defensive  it leaders a never gave too much thought to what if we be got to pick up the whole corps and Send it someplace Quot Holder said. A we found in Southwest. Asia that we re really under structured to do those  the army also has to improve its ability to move Quot within Europe As nato forces make plans to cover a a a a a More ground with fewer soldiers Holder said. Among the wartime accomplishments that Holder was most proud of were several potentially dangerous Convoy Maneu vers lie shifted his forces in the Middle of the night to make room for the British 1st army div near his sector. He pivoted his formation while engaged in combat. And he negotiated a passage of lines in which the . 1st inf div moved through his own columns and entered the fray while he was at the height of his regiments most violent Battle. The army told Holder that he could bring Only 36 of his 5,000 soldiers to the huge stateside Victory parades in Early june so he picked three dozen men from his 3rd so out of Amberg to March with him. A i was surprised and heartened by the enthusiasm of the american people a the commander recalled. A there in Europe 1 think we missed out on some of what the background was in the states in support of All  the colonel who helped write the army a airland Battle doctrine found it hard to describe Dhew scene saying he was almost overwhelmed by a the noise. The cheering. It was a once in a lifetime experience particularly for a Vietnam Veteran such As  his Only wish he said was that the other men from 2nd Cav could have marched with him As they did in  tapping governor s fund for personal use by Jeff Gerth the new York times Concord . A Money from a $230,000 political fund left Over from John h. Sununu a tenure As governor of new Hampshire is helping cover his personal expenses As White House chief of staff and Public records show that payments from the fund have stepped up in the last eight months. New Hampshire Law allows Money raised for state races like Sununu a for governor to be used for the personal expenses of a candidate or a candidates family. When Sununu went to Washington in 1989, however his aides said the balances in the fund would be used Only for political purposes. But now Sununu a financial disclosure report shows that with much of Sununu a personal holdings of More than $1 million tied up in real estate the new Hampshire fund which is called the Sununu committee has been tapped. A review of the Sununu committees records filed Here with the new Hampshire Secretary of state shows that Money from the fund began covering Sununu family expenses in july 1990. At that time a $3,768 Check was drawn to the United states Treasury for a travel and miscellaneous  since november there have been another four such payments to the United states Treasury totalling $3,232. According to Sununu a financial disclosure report filed in May with the White House and released in june the committee paid for a variety of political personal and official trips by Sununu or his family to Boston Newark new Hampshire and Florida among other places. The treasurer of the Sununu committee Edwin d. Duvall a longtime business and political associate As Well As a neighbor of Sununu said in an interview that tha committees disbursements were handled by Paul Collinsjr. Collins who was finance director of the committee when Sununu was governor is now a special assistant to the president on political affairs. Collins did not return a phone Call from a reporter on wednesday seeking comment. In an interview in february 1989, however he discussed what would happen with the committees leftover Money. A when the governor decided last May that he would not be running for a fourth term which is what he would have used this Money for he said he would let the Public know whatever happened to the Money a Collins said then. A when Sununu announced he Wasny to going to run again that was one of the first questions a what would happen to the Money a Collins continued. A the indicated it was not his intention to person ally put it in his pockets a Sununu Collins said in the interview cannot write checks on the account. Sununu did not return a Call from a re Porter seeking comment on the matter. The committee raised about $1 million from 1984 to 1988/the records show. In addition to the travel payments the committees other recorded payments in the last six months totalling less than $10,000, went for postage gifts cards catering services and Federal taxes on the interest earned by the committee. Duvall said he was not aware of any payments by the committee since the latest report was filed. Duvall runs the Lake Sicle insurance Agency based in Salem ., and Wakefield mass. He owns about 60 percent of the Stock and mrs. Sununu owns the rest according to Duvall and Sununu a financial disclosure statement. Duvall says that he approached Sununu in the Early 1970s about investing in the Agency and that mrs. Sununu wound up making the investment. Sununu a wife Nancy who works As a fund Raiser for the Republican National committee also earned directors fees last year from the insurance Agency