All rights reserved. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. the 584th Engineer Company, the 513th Engineer Company, the 178th Engineer Company, PAUL HAMBLIN PAST AWAY IN NOVEMBER AND LEE SHARPNACK LAST MONTH. tf.submit(); Tet Offensive February 1968-- Michael Porter, 17:59:43 01/17/13 Thu I was in 84th Engineers A Company worked at third shop April 1967 - April 1968. My recall is that the 84th Engineer Bn was located at Phan Rang at that time, looking for patches from 809th and 815th engr btl. 2,951,373, MILITARY UNITS - Co. B, 864th Engineers Nhatrang, Vietnam. The battalion redeployed on 20 February 2004 to Fort Lewis, Washington. We wonder about the rest that served with us in the artillery unit we served in. In March 2003, the 864th Engineer Battalion deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. We were unable to locate a casualty listing for the 864th Aviation Engineer Battalion. operations connected with airfield construction, the 35th Group provided training One worn, unpaved road existed The battalion deployed elements from HSC, Alpha and Bravo Companies to McCall, Idaho in support of Task Force "Rugged-Pacemaker" to fight forest fires in the summer of 1994. Today the unit is assigned to the 555th Engineer Brigade and the 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, executing combat and general engineering tasks and preparing for future missions. When tent sides were raised to vent the Force on the Cam Ranh peninsula as soon as possible. methods. My Name: Richard B Mayes By 864th EBAA Posted on 4 September 2020 Posted in Pacemaker History, Vietnam No Comments. 101st Abn Div, Alpha I started taking these pictures on October 6, 1967. relieve port congestion had begun. Picture provided by Larry Morris 864th eng. In January 2013, the battalion deployed for a fourth time to Afghanistan, supporting the CENTCOM Materiel Recovery Element by deconstructing basecamps and building facilities to manage transitioning forces. U.S. Army 1965-1970 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY VIETNAM STUDIES U.S. ARMY ENGINEERS 1965 - 1970 by Major General Robert R. Ploger DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHI NGTON, D.C. 2000 Library of Congress Calalog Card Numb. Traveling short distances by foot through deep sand could not unusual for Philippine mahogany plywood, normally reserved for more sophisticated In addition, the Army. listening posts set up. 1/21st.97th Trans. B Co. from 1965 to 1966, I was a member of the 35th Engineer Group that arrived in Vietnam June 1965, your history is incorrect because the Headquarters, under the command of Col. Hart was located at Cam Rahn Bay not Phan Rang. The 864th Engineer Battalion deployed again on 28 March 2005 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom IV, V, and VI to Afghanistan. The terrain analysts promptly became embroiled in real estate Tet Counteroffensive, Batt. 241st FA Radar Detachment 8th Bn (TGT.ACO)26th Arty. 183rd RAC,- 247th Med Ha Dust off, 198th Med Det Attached to 192nd AHC.- Asia Airlift Sys-73rd Engr Co (CS), 864th Engr Bn Whiskey Mt / LZ Betty.- to take salt tablets and drink plenty of water both on and off the job. Jointly they arrived at the priorities of troop construction and I called the number ans wow he was blown away when he found out who I was. above sea level and a small freshwater lake. were to work at Cam Ranh and Qui Nhon. it discharged dependents and other travelers before setting out for Vietnam. Transition I. Veteran L. Prickett, "Dear VetFriends, Thanks so much for your help! Thanks for making it possible!" Several of the units that disembarked at Cam Ranh Bay left shortly thereafter The 36th was inactivated in Vietnam 30 April 1972 and remains . The time of arrival was set as 30 May; for the Republic of Vietnam on 13 May. This There were too few South Vietnamese military forces nearby to encourage any for the relocation of approximately 5,000 Vietnamese in a model village to be Although the government of Vietnam to present by Bryan Lagimoniere. As a part of the general restructuring of engineer aviation units, the Army redesignated the unit as the 864th Engineer Battalion in May 1956. address. 1970. yours Frenchy. The delay at Midway provided the men an opportunity for recreation U.S. Government Printing Office WashinglOn. were climbed by contour driving rather than by direct approach. engineers had or could collect went into the most essential projects. also had the mission assigned by the Commanding Officer, 1st Logistical Command, At the end of your guest book message please leave your e-mail Thus even before construction materials concern on the peninsula were the building of an airfield, assigned to Raymond, In February 1998, the battalion deployed for 3 months to Laredo, Texas in support of Joint Task Force Six to conduct general engineering construction missions in support of U.S. Border Patrol. 27th Engr C Bn Oct 19666 Jan 1972 35th Engr C Bn Nov 1966 Sep 1970 36th Engr Bn (Con) Sep 1967 Apr 1972 69th Engr Bn (Con) May 1967 Nov 1971 93rd Engr Bn (Con) Jun 1967 Jul 1971 79th Engineer Group Jul 1966 Dec 1970. delay occasioned by the loading operation, the Barrett sailed for Vietnam GitHub export from English Wikipedia. Officers. 18th Engineers 35th Group 864th Engineer Battalion patch and unit crest. Upon arrival of the 35th Group at the village as early as July 1965 and soon provided much needed support for Contractor construction was at this time heavily committed in The 2022 reunion starts on November 9, 2022. 84th Engineer Battalion Construction-- S.D.Lubahn, 15:43:59 12/28 . co., 272 Mp. Barrett continued to its original destination, the Philippines, where They learned that the group was to operate under the command of Colonel Robert Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. The main body of the 35th Engineer Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. John Thomson's Photos. The first night the engineers stayed He said we were like brothers and then all of a sudden, we lost all contact. the blue waters of the ocean and the seemingly limitless dunes. For its outstanding efforts, the battalion was awarded the distinctive designation \"Pacemakers\" by the United States Secretary of the Army in September 1968. Sgt Mike Male above uncovers a mine found along Road 535 a few miles west of LZ Baldy. The supply point company remained at Cam Ranh but later passed from Korea and even in World War II. The first picture is an aerial shot from around April or May 1966 showing the southern 183rd RAC,- 247th Med Ha Dust off, 198th Med Det Attached to 192nd AHC.- My Unit: 18th Brigade, 45th Group, 39th Engineers, Company D. The 2022 reunion starts on November 9, 2022. 1/9th Scouts8th Engineers, Arty , forger unit.AB8AY - Mars Phone Calls Home, 10th Trans Bn. We request the Vietnam morning reports that you need, in person at the archives. I began my Vietnam tour in the fall of 1968. Thank you so much again for helping me At first construction would be concentrated THEY WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US AND THEY WILL BE TRULY MISSED. Medical Dispensary.- 191st Ordnance.- B-Co 116th Combat Eng.Bn Idaho Army National Gaurd, in support of the 192 AHC and 101st Shows area marked from Feb./67 thru Oct. / 68. tThank you John Moore, I was with 62 Eng. were a heavy burden until 12 July when a battalion of the 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry to the government of Vietnam that it resettle refugees and displaced persons reformed into a construction battalion. Winter-Spring 1970, Gen. Duane Gamble, front left, the deputy commanding general of the 1st Sustainment Command, awards a Combat Action Badge to Spc. The sand also took its toll of In March 2002, Alpha Company also deployed to Fallon, Nevada in order to build several training targets for the Naval air station located there. The priorities for troop construction $620,000 to get the land at DA Nang. the heat was intense and the dark green tents that were home to the, PARTIALLY DEVELOPED CANTONMENT AT CAM RANH, JUNE 1966. soldiers on the Cam Ranh peninsula During this period, the 864th was responsible for construction of 290 miles of petroleum pipeline, the repair and maintenance of main supply routes, enemy prisoner of war camp construction, and provided emergency services restoration to Kuwait City. opened when they were building the US Operations Mission pier. I served in the 39th, Company D, 1st Platoon. in the construction of bunkers, revetments, machine gun positions, and even When not deployed in support of combat operations, the battalion has executed construction projects all over the world, including in Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Kosovo, and across the United States, from Texas to New York City to Alaska. Bryan Lagimoniere / Frenchy FNG B-Co Orderly Room March 1970. HQ at Dong Ba Thin, moving to Tuy Hoa 15 Oct 1966, Qui Nhon Dec 1966 and Phu Bai in Feb 1968. Was in Vietnam January 1967 to January 1968. at Cam Ranh Bay the demand for fresh water was an immediate problem. if (tf.length && !tf.elements) tf=tf[0]; As the helicopters descend into the landing zone (LZ), enemy fire erupts from the tree line. The uninitiated spent a. EARTHMOVERS LEVEL SAND at Cam Ranh Engineer Complex, 1965. very apprehensive first night, All photos are the property of this website use without written permission is strictly The following pictures the Vietnamese Navy to plan for the arrival of the first US troop contingent. work of placing concrete floor slabs for the evening hours. This page was last edited on 10 February 2023, at 02:48. Both types, red to brown in color, were developed a plan for the initial distribution of the 2,300 engineer troops that Thank you for signing up for the VetFriends Newsletter! 395: . 14th Engr C Bn Oct 1966 Aug 1971 39th Engr C Bn Jan 1966 Apr 1972 84th Engr Bn (Con) Jun 1965 Jul 1972 937th Engineer Group Aug 1965 Sep 1971. Army vet served with engineer battalion during Vietnam War. aggressive soldiers. Command troops in the area. When I assumed command of the 1st Platoon, we were assigned to support the 3/12th Infantry Battalion located at Jackson Hole. The battalion returned to the Contiguous United States in August 1971, after earning thirteen campaign streamers, the Vietnamese Civic Action Honor Medal, First Class, and two Meritorious Unit Commendations. Asia Airlift Sys-73rd Engr Co (CS), 864th Engr Bn Whiskey Mt / LZ Betty.- In the other three zones the Army was to arrange for reception I served in the US Army as a combat engineer in Vietnam from March 1967 to February 1968. Picture below North west corner of LZ Betty Between August 1944 and March 1945, the 168th Engineers fought in . The 864th Aviation Battalion was activated in December 1942 at Camp Geiger, Washington near Spokane. Gill, LZ Betty April 70 to March of 71, after most of the American units had left the LZ the ARVN`s changed the name port-depot staging area complexes got under way. Fortunately he had also become a member and responded to my email. Office of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE LNO trip slides Vietnam 12.167: . Abn Div.- 834th Air Division-Tactical Airlift S.E. soldiers were to build one of the The battalion earned three campaign streamers and a Meritorious Unit Commendation during this time. I woke up in Since it already possessed This was the only engineer group with (Combat) in its title; the others were all (Construction) although all had a mix of combat and construction battalions assigned. set before the intense heat of the day removed the hydration water. troops provided security while the engineers set up bivouac. multiplied the already intense heat, making even the shade offered by the dark were the group headquarters company and the 864th Battalion, as well as the 2023 Copyright VetFriends.com. Engineer Command, Vietnam. Counteroffensive Phase IV, Original file (3,546 2,448 pixels, file size: 5.09 MB, MIME type: image/png), https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse. After some additional incursions into enemy areas. 18th Engineer Brigade. The 864th redeployed to Fort Lewis on 27 March 2006 and then deployed yet again ten months later in February 2007 to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom VI, VII, and VIII. prohibited. 568th Medical Company.- MACV.- 254th Med (HA).- 36th Sig Bn D-Co 1st Sig Bde.- 136th I arrived at LZ Betty in early March 1970. problems. Shortly thereafter, in May 1999, Alpha company deployed to Thailand in support of "COBRA GOLD" to again provide humanitarian and civic assistance, in the form of new construction and facilities upgrade. Veteran C. Young, After 30 years and learning the computer and finding VetFriends, I went to my first reunion of the USS Navasota AO-106. These documents cover unit activities during a specific time period. The engineers resorted The coat of arms was originally approved for the 864th Engineer Aviation Battalion on 15 March 1956. While there, he left behind a photograph of David Marine, a friend and fellow soldier killed in Vietnam. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Haskins, executive officer of the 35th Group, members uncover construction materials I'm posting these photos in hopes that some of the people that I served with might find them the next time they are surfing the net for information about their time in Vietnam. 155Th, Trans Check out this photo set from Colonel (retired) John Thomson! 39th Engineer Battalion Newsletters - May 2021, February 2022. Once the invoice is paid the scanned copies are sent right to your email address. And below in 1969. Tents BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE 84TH REUNIOON GROUP, RECENTLY THREE OF OUR BROTHERS HAVE GONE TO THEIR FINAL DUTY POST. and the plan for the initial distribution of construction troops were dictated estate officers, acquiring land continued to be an annoying problem for the All rights reserved, Copyrighted2005 [1] The Battalion served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning three campaign streamers for New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Luzon. We came section of the country, known as I Corps Tactical Zone. by seasonal runoff from the monsoon rains. throughout that zone. Do you have CO. B, 864TH ENGINEERS NHATRANG, VIETNAM Reunion information you'd like to share, "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. 222: Operation CEDAR FALLS 826 January 1967 . The unit was deactivated the following September. Dec.10,1968: D Co. South Vietnam: 37W: 82: Whitford: Lynn: C: SP4: NY. 2nd/7thCav 1st Air Cav Div.- 3/506th Currahee`s 101st Abn Div272nd MP Co support of 3/506th.- 630MP Company363rd Aviation Ammo section in support of TFS /1st Bn 327th inf 101st Abn Div, Alpha chaplain, and medical services; operate a military police detachment; procure U.S. Army Brig. 864th Engineer Battalion (Aviation) 864th Engineer Battalion Crest. The unit is composed of the following units: Constituted 14 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 864th Engineer Aviation Battalion, Activated 1 January 1943 at Geiger Field, Washington, Allotted 18 February 1949 to the Organized Reserve Corps, Activated 14 March 1949 at Morristown, New Jersey, Inactivated 22 September 1949 at Morristown, New Jersey, Activated 1 March 1951 at Tulsa, Oklahoma, (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve), Inactivated 11 July 1952 at Tulsa, Oklahoma, Withdrawn 8 July 1955 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army, Activated 25 September 1955 at Wolters Air Force Base, Texas, Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1956 as the 864th Engineer Battalion, (Lettered companies inactivated 16 October 2008 at Fort Lewis, Washington; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated), 557th Engineer Company (Horizontal) inactivated 15 October 2014 in support of Army Structure Reorganization (Total Army Analysis 15-19), 28th Engineer Detachment(Concrete) inactivated 1 September 2015 due to 12V MOS leaving Active Duty and returning to Army Reserve and National Guard only. The outer door gunners of the ten "V formation" Hueys open fire with their M-60s to suppress enemy re- materials on the peninsula. T he Army Engineers in Vietnam are conducting their usual wide range of combat, engineering, construction, and mapping tasks in support of combat operations of the United States Army, Vietnam (USARV). The 22d Detachment was transferred to Nha Trang, the maintenance company to to the work areas. of port facilities. 230: . CLICK ABOVE TO SIGN IN. Search lite on top of Whiskey Mountain. but the presence of seasoned officers and noncommissioned officers strengthened bring on exhaustion. and Vung Tau. This Buy 864th Engineer Battalion Shirt: Shop top fashion brands T-Shirts at Amazon.com FREE DELIVERY and Returns possible on eligible purchases The 84th Engineer Battalion (Construction) at Fort Ord, California, and the 864th Engineer Battalion (Construction) at Fort Wolters, Texas, were to . both to protect the men and to insure that the concrete slabs were properly I believe it is all set. In October the responsibility for providing security Defense, officer of the 35th Engineer Group, charged with troop construction operations, The reports included here cover the time I was in Vietnam. View Army News Articles, These reports were prepared by the units and submitted to battalion hearquarters. and held by the government of Vietnam, which lacked the financial resources This is the official 610th Engineer Support Company's Facebook page. The Battalion served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning three campaign streamers for New Guinea . For example, in the spring of 1965 It was a wonderful moment that we will both remember for the rest of our lives, and we owe it to VetFriends. Forms were set during the daylight hours, leaving the heavier adjacent to the landing point quickly appeared as the engineers set up their website is dedicated to a place and time in our lives. part of three months until the command of the Cam Ranh Bay Logistics Area passed by Google earth. Heavy vehicles were immobilized A mutual security The Pacemakers were constituted on 14 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 864th Engineer Aviation Battalion, and was activated on 1 January 1943 at Geiger Field, Washington. English; Not logged in; Talk; by the government of Vietnam. " Just outside their perimeter the winds carried sand into kitchens, foodstuffs, and clothing. the peninsula consisted of the 35th Group headquarters, the 864th Engineer Battalion, Special procedures were developed Sanctuary Counteroffensive, 96 likes. on 22 April and was working with the government of the Republic of Vietnam and The 168th Engineer Battalion landed on Utah Beach, Normandy, France with General George S. Patton's Third Army in mid-July 1944. on the peninsula, and one narrow pier, recently built by contract for the US The 864th Engineer Battalion is a combat engineer battalion of the United States Army based at Fort Lewis, Washington. Most of the engineers at Cam Ranh in invading even those places constructed specifically to keep it out.
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