Post by Anonymous Vet on Dec 11, 2002 2:33:50 GMT -5
Please email Bruce Porter at sapper@engineer.com
In the fall of 1965, the 20th Engineer Battalion was alerted for deployment to the Republic of Vietnam. On 5 December 1965, the battalion's equipment was loaded on the USNS Lt. James E. Robinson at the Boston Army Terminal. On 14 December, an advance party of the battalion left Fort Devens on C-130 aircraft and arrived in Vietnam on 18 December. The balance of personnel were flown to Oakland, California, where they boarded the USNS William Wiegel and sailed for Vietnam on 09 December. On 09 January 1966, the battalion arrived at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
The battalion was initially assigned to the 35th Engineer Group at Dong Ba Thin. It moved from Ninh Hoa to Ban Me Thuot on 5 October 1966, then shortly thereafter moved on to Pleiku [map, photos, memoirs] as part of the 45th Engineer Group. On 10 November 1966, it was placed under the 937th Engineer Group, 18th Engineer Brigade, under which it served for most of the war.
In the fall of 1965, the 20th Engineer Battalion was alerted for deployment to the Republic of Vietnam. On 5 December 1965, the battalion's equipment was loaded on the USNS Lt. James E. Robinson at the Boston Army Terminal. On 14 December, an advance party of the battalion left Fort Devens on C-130 aircraft and arrived in Vietnam on 18 December. The balance of personnel were flown to Oakland, California, where they boarded the USNS William Wiegel and sailed for Vietnam on 09 December. On 09 January 1966, the battalion arrived at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
The battalion was initially assigned to the 35th Engineer Group at Dong Ba Thin. It moved from Ninh Hoa to Ban Me Thuot on 5 October 1966, then shortly thereafter moved on to Pleiku [map, photos, memoirs] as part of the 45th Engineer Group. On 10 November 1966, it was placed under the 937th Engineer Group, 18th Engineer Brigade, under which it served for most of the war.