507th Maintenance Company

The 507th Maintenance Company provided maintenance support to 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) (PATRIOT), based at Fort Bliss, Texas.

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A trail vehicle convoy element of this unit was ambushed during the rapid advance towards Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 23, 2003. The 507th was last in a march column of over 600 vehicles from the 3rd Infantry Division. This element which included the the heavier, slower vehicles of the 507th, made a wrong turn into Nasiriyah, a major crossing point over the Euphrates River northwest of Basra.

Related Topics:
Operation Iraqi Freedom - March 23 - 2003 - 3rd Infantry Division - Nasiriyah - Euphrates River - Basra

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A U.S. Army investigation concluded that this wrong turn was the result of a navigational error compounded by a lack of rest, limited communications and human error.

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In the summer of 2005, the 507th was disbanded and re-formed as E Battery, 5-52 ADA.

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