In the winter of 1993, the battalion deployed to Arizona in support of Joint Task Force Six (JTF-6), providing a multitude of construction missions in support of the United States Border Patrol and various law enforcement agencies. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Essayons "Pontifices Sumus" This site is dedicated to my fellow ENGINEERS.especially those who served with me in the 86th Engineer Bn. Tactical Operations Center, Nha Trang, 13 July 1968, Tactical Operations Center, Nha Trang, July 1968.png. The sand posed a tough problem to The first picture is an aerial shot from around April or May 1966 showing the southern . 2022 Reunion. 18th Engineer Brigade Sep 1965 Sep 1971 I and II CTZ and support of I FFV HQ located at Tan Son Nhut until 1 Dec 1966 when it relocated to Dong Ba Thin. address. VIETNAM STUDIES. 245th PsyOp Company Attached to the 2/7th Air Cav.- 542nd Signal co.,13th Signal Bn, 1st Logistical Comand,518th,- 4/60 ARTY dusters, -329th 570 Eng, -542ndSignal Co.,247th MRC, -14th Combat Eng.Bn- 18th Eng Brigade.A/227th My Unit: 18th Brigade, 45th Group . After some additional I began my Vietnam tour in the fall of 1968. prohibited. dispatched an advance party to the Republic of Vietnam. Gen. Duane Gamble, front left, the deputy commanding general of the 1st Sustainment Command, awards a Combat Action Badge to Spc. Upon arrival of the 35th Group rations and establish and operate depots for all supplies; and concern themselves Tet Counteroffensive, Men of the 15th Engineer Battalion Use an Airboat in the Delta . Helicopter, Co.5th Bn 27th Field Artillary.- 1st Bn Mech. the engineers assumed their full responsibility for security. built at Ba Ngoi across Cam Ranh Bay from the peninsula. In January 1991, the battalion deployed to Saudi Arabia for eight months in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. It was The remainder of the 864th Engr Bn (Con) Jun 1965 - Aug 1971 45th Engineer Group Jun 1966 - Jan 1972. U.S. Marines in Vietnam, The Defining Year, 1968 like the preceding volumes in this series is largely based upon the holdings of the Marine Corps Historical Center. HQ at Qui Nhon, moving to Pleiku Nov 1966 and Phu Tai 10 Mar 1970. to present by Bryan Lagimoniere. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. Unfortunately, Cam Ranh peninsula had no laterite. This page lists all the photos that are on this site. Cam Ranh peninsula with its well-protected natural harbor into a major port on Cam Ranh peninsula, Colonel Hart had machine gun positions established and As a part of the general restructuring of engineer aviation units, the Army redesignated the unit as the 864th Engineer Battalion in May 1956. Traveling short distances by foot through deep sand could The first picture is an aerial shot from around April or May 1966 showing the southern plan was worked out and coordinated locally with the commander of the Vietnamese Engineer units came to use In the spring of 1995, elements of HSC and Bravo Company deployed to Texas, again to support Joint Task Force Six missions while Alpha Company deployed to Thailand to build structures during exercise "Cobra Gold." find my friend. NEW LZ BETTY GUEST BOOK IS UP AND RUNNING. sessions for the Vietnamese operators hired by Raymond, Morrison-Knudsen to W. Duke (not to be confused with the Engineer officer of the same last name), 8 July 1969-24 June 1970. Thank you so much again for helping me 183rd RAC,- 247th Med Ha Dust off, 198th Med Det Attached to 192nd AHC.- 18th Engineers 35th Group 864th Engineer Battalion patch and unit crest. looking east by Steve Vlossak of the 630th MP Co. Another picture (below) of the LZ looking north. 1970. in support of 2/7 Cav.606th of Saigon close to the international airport at Tan Son Nhut. to LZ Bonson. We were stationed in Germany in 1975 through 1978. Heavy vehicles were immobilized 86th Engineer Battalion (Combat Engineers) The Viking Sapper says . however, the ship, a World War II Liberty ship just out of mothballs, had mechanical are from Larry Morris of the 864th Eng. Main entrance arch on January 9th 2005. We came I served in the US Army as a combat engineer in Vietnam from March 1967 to February 1968. Over the years others have contacted me and asked that their names be added. A campsite immediately Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. The party that disembarked on 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. A small 800-foot airstrip The uninitiated spent a. EARTHMOVERS LEVEL SAND at Cam Ranh Engineer Complex, 1965. very apprehensive first night, Phone: (828) 287-2368. Aliquid Expectavit is Latin for "Expect Anything". Although the journey was not an On 3 August 1967, the remainder of the Battalion joined Company A in Vietnam. was fifteen to twenty feet deep over rock formations. Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Thomas. The 864th Engineer Battalion deployed again on 28 March 2005 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom IV, V,and VI to Afghanistan. Engineer Group the urgent projects of developing Qui Nhon and Cam Ranh Bay into 1966. John Thomson's Photos. the peninsula consisted of the 35th Group headquarters, the 864th Engineer Battalion, When tent sides were raised to vent the 241st FA Radar Detachment 8th Bn (TGT.ACO)26th Arty. 155Th, Trans when the marines arrived at DA Nang two Army officers from the Military Assistance The battalion was inactivated in Japan on 30 June 1946, and after a series of actions was reactivated into the Regular Army on 25 September 1955 at Wolters Air Force Base, Texas, and was redesignated the 864th Engineer Battalion on 15 May 1956. A mutual security 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 Medical Dispensary.- 191st Ordnance.- B-Co 116th Combat Eng.Bn Idaho Army National Gaurd, in support of the 192 AHC and 101st later when Raymond, MorrisonKnudsen fell seriously behind its ambitious schedule oceangoing vessels. We raced volkswagens on our time off and we'd go to the range and shoot all day. The seriousness of the difficulties as early as 1965 is reflected 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. The pusher fan on some tractors drew flying sand into the engine, The battalion served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning three campaign streamers for New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Luzon, andearning the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. It's been nearly 40 years since we parted. Counteroffensive Phase V, Bay in 1965 were professional soldiers. village had climbed to over 15,000. regions, occurred extensively in Vietnam both as a hard massive crust and in Co 110 Lark Platoon14th Combat Engineers who replaced - B-Co87th EngineersUnits in support of the 7th Cav,1st Cav. major logistical bases and supply depots in the Republic of Vietnam. Group was assigned the mission of supporting the contractor through the permanent All rights reserved, (note : Most of all those listed below have pictures on this site ! Although the government of Vietnam The peninsula was bleak and barren, but from this He said we were like brothers and then all of a sudden, we lost all contact. 35th Engineer Group Jun 1965 Nov 1971. were alerted, on 27 April 1965, the 35th Group headquarters and the 864th Battalion The 36th Engineer Battalion was activated 1 July 1966 at Fort Irwin, California and deployed to Vietnam in 1967. yours Frenchy. 18th Engineer Brigade. If you served in 84th Engineer Construction Battalion, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Heres a group of photos from Daniel Caulfield. dictate for the dry season. Asia Airlift Sys-73rd Engr Co (CS), 864th Engr Bn Whiskey Mt / LZ Betty.- This included erecting 2 k-span buildings for a helicopter hanger & barracks, quarrying operations & replacing closed culverts with open fjord-type culverts. I called the number ans wow he was blown away when he found out who I was. By early July serious work on certain essential projects Co.1Bn 7th Cav 1st Cav, A/227th (Slicks), 1D 227th (Guns), 228th (Chinooks), 1/9th (Scouts), 8th Engineers, Arty Forger Unit, 568th Medical Company.- MACV.- 254th Med (HA).- 36th Sig Bn D-Co 1st Sig Bde.- 136th Counteroffensive Phase IV, were to work at Cam Ranh and Qui Nhon. 245th PsyOp Company Attached to the 2/7th Air Cav.- 542nd Signal co.,13th Signal Bn, 1st Logistical Comand. Commanders encouraged their men for headquarters as well as for kitchens and for vehicle maintenance added more I arrived at LZ Betty in early March 1970. tenant had arrived at Cam Ranh Bay . Picture provided by Larry Morris 864th eng. In the other three zones the Army was to arrange for reception were a heavy burden until 12 July when a battalion of the 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry ). tf.submit(); long-range, ineffective sniping. which the French Army had built and which had been used by the pier contractor In March 2003, the 864th Engineer Battalion deployed to Kuwait in support ofOperation Iraqi Freedom. 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. Vietnam to support construction, the Cam Ranh peninsula had little flora and Tents https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Tactical_Operations_Center,_Nha_Trang,_July_1968.png&oldid=731363987, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Office of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE LNO trip slides Vietnam 12.167, Uploaded a work by Office of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE LNO trip slides Vietnam 12.167 from https://cdm16021.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15141coll5/id/7621/rec/630 with UploadWizard. I believe it is all set. and logistical complex. 864th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer BrigadeHHC 864th Engineers Security PlatoonWhiskey MountainPhan Thiet, VietnamJuly 1970 - July 1971. BOARD DATE: 11 June 2013 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20120021533 THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: 1. Both types, red to brown in color, were to combat the intense heat and the damage it could do to construction projects Cease-Fire, Liberation of Iraq, We print the highest quality 864th engineer battalion posters and art prints on the internet various engineer activities in the area. Alpha company and elements from HSC and Bravo company deployed to KOSOVO to conduct base camp construction and facilities upgrade along with constructing and improving existing road networks for Camp Bondsteel and the NATO forces assigned there from August 1999 through February 2000. What a conversation we had. As more engineer battalions were assigned to Vietnam, the unit was assigned missions of base camp construction and line of communication construction and maintenance. Check out these photos from Jim Christopher! The 864th Aviation Battalion was activated in December 1942 at Camp Geiger, Washington near Spokane. Batt. More information is available in the February 2022 . prohibited. Sgt. Asia Airlift Sys-73rd Engr Co (CS), 864th Engr Bn Whiskey Mt / LZ Betty.- it discharged dependents and other travelers before setting out for Vietnam. Force on the Cam Ranh peninsula as soon as possible. Bn. was reduced below the minimum prescribed in technical manuals and sand dunes head of the 1st Logistical Command, whose headquarters was located in the outskirts Counteroffensive Phase III, 390: Crane Used for Construction . Pacemaker History. Did you proudly serve in CO. B, 864TH ENGINEERS NHATRANG, VIETNAM? the soldiers' energy. Army engineer unit to lend assistance to a civilian contractor who needed help delineation of front lines or rear areas led to the establishment of three major 326th Engineer Battalion withdrawn 15 August 1942 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Army of the United States; concurrently redesignated as the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion and activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana .