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SUBJECT: Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 20th

Engineer Brigade, Period Ending 30 April 1968V5 .... 12 UCAS...

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1. Subject report is forwarded for review and evaluation in accordance

with paragraph 5b, AR 525-15. Evaluations and corrective actions should

be reported to ACSFOR OT RD, Operational Reports Branch, within 90 days

of receipt of covering letter.

2. Information contained in this report is provided to insure that the

Army realizes current benefits from lessons learned during recent opera-

tions.

3. To insure that the information provided through the Lessons Learned

Program is readily available on a continuous basis, a cumulative Lessons

Learned Index containing alphabetical listings of items appearing in the

reports is compiled and distributed periodically. Recipients of the

attached report are encouraged to recommend items iftom it for inclusion

in the Index by completing and returning the self-addressed form provided

at the end of this report.

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1 Incl KENNETH G. WICKHAMas Major General, USA

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THRU: Commnanrlinr GeneralUni.ted States Army, Vietnam

APO 96491

'Commanding GeneralUnited States Army, VietnamATT: AVH:C-DM1APO 96491

Cormander-in-ChiefUnited States Army, Pacific

ATTN: GPOP-OTAPO 96588

TO: Assistant Chief of Staff for Force DevelopmentDepartment of the Army(ACSFOR-DA)Washington, D.C. 20310

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1. CO1. AND:it

a. .ISSION: The basic mission and capabilities of the Prigade"Headquarters are stated in TOr 5-301R dated M.arch 1966 as modified.Specific Brigade missions during the rcorted nerio were combat supportand construction operations in the III and IV Corps Tactical Zones ofVietnam.

b. Principle commanders and staff vitbi.n the 20th Brigade at t11eclose of the reported period were:

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Coa=-nding Ceneril 'r- Curtis ChapmanDeputy Prigade Cbmmander COL" J.A. VivienC1 :O! LTC W.E. ByersAdjuatanlt W.J J.R. .un tyn Jr.Supply Officer 'AJ W.F. Frnntz

Comanding Officer, 34th Engineer ('roup COL W.G. Stewrt31st 3r,&ineor Dattalion LTC 7.D. Patterson36th .'ngineer Battalion I, R.E. Leonard69th Tngineer Battalion LTC J.L. CGoetz86th Engineer Battalion LTC C.A. Sel.leick Jr.93rd E3ngineer Battalion LTC J.X. Dormtan

Comnanding Officer, 79th %ngineer Group COL J.H. -.1der Jr.34th Engineer Battalion LTC %.P. Stefanik168th :''ngineer Battalion LTC J.R. Manning554th Engineer Battalion LTC U.H. Sheprd588th Engineer Battalion LTC C.C. Clement Jr.

Commanding Officer, 159th Engineer Group COL B.C. Jones46th Engineer Battalion LTC G.B. Gray Jr.62nd Engineer Battalion LTC Hd 3urtchett92nd Engineer Battalion LTC R.L. Crosby169th Engineer Battalion LTC L.W. Prentiss Jr.

c. ASSIGT.NTS: During the past reporting period the 20th EnginenrBrigade has under gone one major unit change, which was in the 34th nprGroup. The 27th Engineer Battalion (CBT) with it's attached unit,591st Engineer Company (LB), was moved to the I Corps area. The 31stMngineer Battalion (CDT) deployed from Fort Bliss Texas and wasassigned to the 34th ngineer Group in late April, it is currently bosedat Elackhorse.

d. -TtTIONING: The Brigade lq is presently stationed at P.ien P'oaArmry Base, about 30 km NS of Saigon (YT 02201505).

2. :2 S0 1 "T, ADNI[NIST1TiOII, ,MOIAL "JO DISCIPI-IN:

a. The following awards wore made by this Headouarters duri.. thereported period:

qsM "V"' _.SM ARCOM "V" ARO!, DH AM

:HC, 20th Bde 0 24 0 21 0 8

34th Group 14 66 6 203 27 5

79th Group 48 106 113 272 175 14

159t; Group 21 86 14 322 13 46

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3. INT 11.'CI'L AND CO 'Tr!TNTEIILGr.nE,--SCC IX

r.. A dotb.ilad document hendlint P0P has boon published in :?n effyrtto steavenrdize doc'z.ent andling pracidures tbrou,,hout the T.-rde.Courtesy inspect, ons of the ,roup teidouarters were made to holD insure

that document handling and the proper security oroccdurei; w,:re beingfollowed.

b. A rewards progrn has also been in~omented in the form of POthEB .qog 37-2. 71is progrem establishes policies and procedures govern-ing the payment of rewards to Vietnamese civilians for turn-in ofwapons, ammunition, explosives, and other material And supplies usedby the enemy.

c. in addition to document control, the Brigade '..-2 section ispresantly keeping an up to date listing of bridges, airfields, andstatus reports for those brideges and airfields located in the Brigpde

AOR. A thorough stock of maps of the III and IV CTZ's is also avail-able in various map scales. Many other units hw.ve already utilisedour local map supply cnte:'.

d. Listed bolo are other intelligence functions wbich the S-2section is currerntly implementing:

(1) R-cept.ion, preparation .znd disseminp.tion of spot reports

(2) M~aintaining up to date information on enemy activities

(3) Keeping rainfall statistics for III CTZ

4. PLAM., OPVArXOtJS, AND TRAINING:

a. Since the reorganization of tie Brigade Operations Section inlate Jonuary, t.h. Opertiorl Support Section has become more of rn S-3section. Th! section has become active in training, force developwnt,.OE and ITOE actions, doctrine, and engineer oriented '& D m.tters,contingency rnd defense planning, and all troop mwttors, such as chanaeof com.,-and ceremvnies and unit moves.

b. Following the VC/NVA Tet Offensive, in esrly Febmary, thebrigade's operational support effort was concentrated on constructingand improving instllation defenses and protecting vital facilities%ithin military bases. A large portion of this effort went to imnrovingLong 'linh PRst defenses. Over 48 percent'of the entire brigade effortwent to operational support missions in mid-Februpry.

c. During this period this headouarters directid the estvblisbmentof a Well Drilling School.

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"he sclool conductad its first class in Long 9in - in orclar to triinpersonnel from the brig-ads's wel3 diilling detachments. COFJ? train-ing of t:eso personnel w.s inadaouate rnd t--a school w~vs needed, notonly to train 4ltaclmsnt personnel, but to b.:.gn trinining filler person-n-el, so that a continuous wall drilli.ng capability would be nsintained.The school is also open to members of the 18th ,ng onr Brigade. Tt isthe Dnly school of it kind in Vietnam.

d. Lnd clecting elements concentrated their efforts in tL longBinh - Dien Hoa area initially, then resumod the prc-tet clearing of1Oe's and VC base areas.

e. T';a evaluation of the LeTournoau Transphibian Tree Crusher wescompleted. It was det ,rained tl..t the maei.nos were useful in the con-duct of .miitzry land clearing opera.tions. Fowever, the nchinesrequired considerable modifications and some redesign before theywould be complete.,', suitable for militar-, jungle clearing. .*merefore,the decision was made to terminate the contract Pad return the ceuip-mont to the manufacturer. It appears that the Army ill sta.y with tbnRomo KG Plow blade ,nd the D7E dozer to meet future lend clearingrequirements.

5. CO.STRUCTI14 0P'77 T S:

a. A listing of.current Brigade proacts is attcbed as inclosureand includes all directed MCA, O&HM, and Patti funded projects.

Inclosure 5 does not include Operational Support projects. Significantaccomplishments of Brigade units during the reported period wore:

r.an hours construction - 2,716,108

Man hours Operational Support - 869,333

Equipmrint hours - 1,079,268

Concret. placed (Cu Yds) - 26,245

Billets (SF) - 117,761

B~uildings (Less Billets)(SF) - 602,942

Covered Storage (SF) - 80,632

POL .Bolted Tenks (hbl) - 52,750

POL Pipelines (lin feet) - 12,646

Stabilized Area (So Yds) - 3,082,425

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Fill Hauled (Cu Yds) - 3,432,193

c]: "rushed (Cu Yds) -. 339,892

Sur-.rc-d Area (Sq Yds) - 861,732

Roads Peved to I.AVC Standards (M) - 36.76

(I) The Construction Operation Section took over the writingof construction directives from Engineoring ad Plans the latter partof the lest reporting period. The section hps since been rcorganizedalong fuonctional lines to gain more expertise and faliarity withactiv- projects. A cl3rk-typist was transforred into the section fromthe CROPS Administrative section. The addition oC a typist, who willbucome familiar with the administrative details for constructiondirectives wll greatly reduce the routine details that h-.ve beenwritten by the action officers. The current organization of thesection is as shown on inclasure 1. Tho new organization bnvisionseach action officer maintaining suspense files, current status, and allcorrespondence pertaining to the projects within their area of resnons-bility.

(2) The responsibility for devising a presentation of thecurrent end future workload for the Brigrdn was transferred to COSfrom &P during the period. The statistician has primary responsibilityfor gathering and presenting this information. His current objectiveis to reviaw all projects, to insure that old 18th Brigade directivesand directives that have been inactive for a considerable period of timearc still valid and to be able to present the current Brigade level ofeffort.

b. The recuirement for crushed rock has greatly increased duringthis per ,o, the largest single demand being the ')olta Transportati6nPlan which provides crushed rock to All customers in the Dalta area.It ias determined thet a redistribution of the Brigade's rock crushingassets concentrating them at Long Binh and Vung Tau will increaseproduction from the present 15,000 - 30,000 cu,ic yards per week to40,000 cubic yrds per week durin the next four months. This willallow the Drigad.i to meet its crushed rock reouirements.

c. The Brigade now has four asphaltic concrete plants wich to-gethor reruire 3200 tons of mineral product per csy. These plents arelocatcd at Viing Tau, Long Binh rnd Cu Chi.

d. ENGI1'!IIG AND PUNS:

(I) Design and Construction files were consolidated for easeof reference.

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6. IiJMPEC1M 0! !,IAL: The dpte of the Annu.1! (ener.r' Inspections forthis herd:uarters has been changed from that reported previously to8 - 12 July 1968.

7. IN'MO.-MCVIO:

a. This period vaw a complete turnover of information personnel,to include the loss of an Information NCO (E-6). The present staffconsista of an Information Officer (It), an Information Specialist (SP474), a Still Photographer (SP4 V), W nd a Clerk Typist (0-C 33).

b. )uring- the third cuarter, FY 68, there were 3080 Vome TomReleoses and 389 Feature Stories submitted by the subordinate units ofthe 20th Brigade. The FTR Program is rtnning smoothly. Feeturn Storiesare beine submitted in sufficient ouantity, but continued emphasis isneeded to assure complete, factual avd timely reporting.

c. The USARV Daily Highlight Program is being strongly emphasizcdas it is the fastest system of getting newsworthy events released tonational and international media. T1,is program will reQuire extensivecooperation and support by all ynits. Once interest is genorpted,cormunications should be the only limiting factor.

d. r Jordan, a senior editoril writer from the National (eo-graphic Magizine, visited Operation "Pinnaroo", a joint land cl&;ringeffort by 20th Engineer Brigade end Australian engineers.

8. CIVIC ACTION:

a. Civic action, in its varied categories continues to be veryeffective. The most inhibitive factor to the Civic Action Program isthe tremendous engineer ronuiremrit in such priority areas as Operati onalSupport and Lines of Communication, which leave little time or eewinmnentavailable.

b. All three subordinate groups continue to maintain well coorn-inated Civic Action Programs, working closly with province -nd district

~advisors.

c. Some of the more significant assistnce provided durin, t1-isreporting period -was material and labor provided to schools, hospitalsand orphn-nages throughout Rien oea and Tong An Provinces. Assistnncein re'-uilding the market place at Tsn Uyen and the AFVI housing at FocMwo both destroyed by the TgT aggression, was a vsluable stenDingstone to stronger US-VII relations.

9. SI-N0 A: During the reported period:

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a. 1Radio' s were borrvwed to establish a Rrigade Command net FM.This net is operational 24 hours per day to provide instant backupfor long distence telephone failure.

b. Secu-e radio-taletype communicFtions were bst,,blish~dwith IIFFA tsing equipment lo.snad to the 20th 'ngineer Brigade specific-ally for this purpose.

c. A local kinttery switchboard was placed in 6peration in the 20th:nginoer Brigade Fq. This system provides conmunications within theheadouarters, to higher headouarteru, and to the subordinate groups,by-passing all Army Area Communications System switchboards.

d. Instal.lion of P secure landline teletype system from .de Hq toP11 subordinate groups using the dediceted circuits already installedwithin the 20th ngr Bde was begun.

10. CI!PLAIB:

a. On 25,26, and 27 February, a chaplains conference was heldfor all chaplains of the 20th Engineer Brigade. The attendance wasstaggered so that eight came at a time. In this manner, there waschaplain coverage in bach Group.

b. A 20th Digineer Brigade Regulation 165-1 was published on 23April 1968. This set command goals for Character Guidance at 85% ofpresent for duty; chapel attendance at 25% of presi.,nt for duty; chaplainpastoral activities at 75% of chaplain time with troops; and sixreligious services per chaplain per week.

11. HEMDOUART WRB COIPANY:

a. Headquarters Company was assigned the responsibility ofoperating a Sector Operations Center in defense of' Bien Hoa Army Base.This additional responsibility places considerable strain on the imitwhich is al1ready heavily burdened with administrative duties.

b. Headquarters Company borrowed various coinmunicatiofis equip-ment and weapons in order to fulfill defensive reouirements.

c. PLL clerk classes were attended at Long Binh, enabling thisunit to improve .its PLL Control policies. ?PI. Control has been furtherenhanced through 3 PLL clerks responsible for mess, supply, and mainten-anco, respectively, with the control PILL being in the maintefiance section.A PLL clerk has been reauested through the personnel section.

d. A TARES clerk (MOS 76P10) has been reruested through thepersonnel section to improve the companies TARTS management program.

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a. 0 FCW,.TIC?: Logistic;l Dasitions c-ritic:'l. to t~n sunnort miqsiancre not ))einc filler'. with lortisticians tr--inerd in t1be current LopisticsProrrara. -

b. 6V.1UATTON: pith the volume of engineer constro'ction impt erio',ec'uipmintp rnd rernir parts rec'uired to suport combat operptions inViatlnam, it is impertive tb't key positions downm to brippde level. '6efilled with specirlists trained in the field of loeistics. TheLogistics ProCgrsm oresently ofCfered bir the leprtment, of the Armir is plogical source of ouAlified Dersorinel. Assirnment of loizisticipns fromthis program would rnaterirl].v increase the oversll e:Uectivennss ofthe vest suoply operations in thlis thep+sr. Fersonne. not trainO" i~nthe Logistics Irogrem ere of necessity forced tn leern the reniire-i-ntsof their position on P. treining basis which would norw.1lr reriirafforty-five to ninety days. T'ie effectiveness of sunply oper,"tionsdurin - such a training period is reduced end -incaDPAle of maintp~ninR

* the roientum. or providing rer'uired sup~port to cur"ent ozerations. Aspecific examole, in the are,- of~ constructio~n matericls, wqou).c 1-e ;%n;ngineer Officer, rhief of 'Constru't-ion ~ae~pS ection in P Funport

Conmand, Inventory Control Center, logisticpl 'orupnc! Pnd/or t1 'epterheadouerters.

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(1). That every effort he made to obtvin end Pssi:gn C'upli.f'iedlogistically trained personnel to key MO'- positions, wilth Driori tis tnunits in the " enublic of Vietnem.

(2). That the rorps of 'ngineers evaluate engineer orientedlogistics positions with a view towsrds desipnAting selected T'ISpositions to be Filled by 1--gineer Ct"'icez.s in the Joe'istics Provrrem

(3). That in addition to tie present voluntsry aDYplJ.c,-tion forassignment to the logistics Progrpam, records o~' "neineer Officers withsu-apl-- schoolinz end/or background be reviewed to select potenti~J.looisticirans. Selected personql could then be ofere41 the onortunityto enter t'e LogisLics Progrem together with a ',ro~osed schedule offuture Pssignments.

2.* 0-,V-'A7T.0i!: During the T' T offensive, the f'ollowinr ohser'!,-tionswere made:

e. 0Q,31RVATTOV.: ' urina tririorts of' a hirh ratft of inter- ictionstr-ct.c,-1 coranm' cers, cnginner comanders, and hicher bernurters hsvean ur,;eint need for up' to dete M~O' reports.

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b. EVALUAT'ION: During T12T it ',::s discovertO tV-,t rvnu ronnjpnrlerswere dirziting indepqn-lsnt reconnaI -,sence o4' various rot-ts of' roncern +othem, with out coorcUintinr s5U-c', r(.=na ssPnc %Atl.1 other concrnv,' i-its.This resulted in du Nlic'ption oif ef"ort vnO conf".sion. r- TI 7i~ "orcesVietnam ande' +his con;'usion by de~inep.tinsv in '4ritino V-~ e-y'ct respon-sibili'ies byroute niber of' *. unit Ps cocrn! ro~zA rqconnaiespnc0and LOC reportine.

d. OBSIRYATION: ')urinF 100%, alert, operstions of' "rigrde Ie;cO-.9 quarter.- were split between the com~m-nd bunker PnO the heodc'ixpters

buildine.

e. VI'AUTION: A '3ripde TO(' in M.-icb the OvorFtions end ro~~pnoSections are locr-ted together is needed. Aiction wps takeni to h~re the

4 "rrigpde conference room, which now serves Ps P RriE~de TMC.

f. RMCKAOAZ!011: Vone.

C,. CEC9VATrrCIJ r~urinj periods o;' 1,ei-htneH -n.r~r Petivitvengineer units ntist respond r'uickly to rerpir JIr interAictions.

h. IVALUATCON: 'lesDonsibility "or renov.'). i'nod re'2air of YC~f' inter-diction e~s n . 'igin-er re~ponsibilitT ree'nirinp' tbi t.-cticr~l unitcoi=Pndcr to cpll I'or engineer nssistpvice f.hroiih V-1~ c',Pin of' conmpnd.7his ,rs , slow F-id unresponsive procedure.

i. ROWEOARIO11: That the tpctical unit comnnder h~e res~onsi'hlefor renovP). or reppir of 10C interice f ions in his AO'~ using ors,,nicensineers. Thct rrigprde engineer uni.4 s in t' efield 'he ir.3trudtsri torespond immedietely to roc'uests from tacti cn1 'nit covrenders for remove'Ior repair of 10C interedictions. These actions hs-m- been tpke-n hyII "Ield ",orce vnd this hepdc'urters.

0. O.-tI.TY0I*: )urinf- the recent T-,T offensive, the dpnsreinfl~icted upon the Armir t~ree Comunicrtions cysten faciUties cootpoledwith the increase volume of high lrecelenee3 traffi.c, resultr-d0 in Phuge backlog of messckges. Hich priority messaues recuired un to eiphtdays in trensirJission channels before delivery coul.d ".e accorimlished.

b. 21. !ITC': The Army Are,, OommunicAtions L %stntrl cpnnot 'hedepended upon es tle sole menns of coinmuniciM-ions durina Pne Pfther qnenorny of fensi-e. 7P'e ?0th Cngineer 'rigvdc must. be Pxt)horiz~i 1personnqJeand signel coW.omnt to establish PnO mpintsin, or e-.tenfed ioerioes'of time, securi vo- ce ,nd teletyoe commauuiucst~ons with IW Ier, ,:o-er,s.nd adjacint 'eadri"prters.

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c. K000M)ATIO.: Tat the communic'tions vortion of the 'rO' forin ihgigade Needounters ,nd "e.dcuprtirs Comnpny he 0

by the lepprtment of the Army. Tht this tyme of - berkiprtars beprovideti iith the organic communications eruipment end Personne). tonperete under combet conditions imdeoondent of te .Arrnv Area Communicp-tions System in any area of t h'3 world.

4. INTEUVI'CC.: None.

5. IOCISTICS: Fee Personnel above.

6.,'3:iC.,L.

a. OB5RVTTIO: During the early portion of the US Army stay inVietnem it was noted that manky cases of venereal disease were resistentto the then accepted treatment regimes. This resulted in the develormentof a significant numbher of chronic infections. "e have now s.i, ehtA' ' tothe treatment Drogram descrihed in the JSMTW Tlndice. Consultint.

(1) Fimultnneous acministr -tion of orohenecid 1 .0 em -nd nrocinepenicillin ?. mil.

(2) Probenecid 0.5 pm 6 hours after penicillin injection endsuain 12 hours after penicillin injection.

b. EVALUATIOW: On this treatment regime we hnve had P markeddecrease in perisistent unresponsive inections. This is very iimortqntto both the physical Pnd psychological well being of the Datient.

e. qPWMATIOW: That this treatment propren be continued.

JOIW If. ELDIR JR~Colonel, CCActing Prigade Commander

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. 4-Unit Locations5-Gwr nt Pr de"to -Wthdrawn, Hq, DA

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,.uarterly Period Ending 30 April 1968

HEAD2'UARTZRs, Ui ,Mf V1i;TNAi:, APO San F'rancisco 96375 -

TO:/Co:mmander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific, ATTII: GPOP-DT,V APO 96558

Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development, Department of theArmy, 'Wlashington, D. C. 20310

1. This headquarters has reviewed the Operational Report-LessonsLearned for the quarterly period ending 30 April 1968 from Head-quarters, 20th Engineer Brigade.

2. Co.Timents follow:

a. Reference item concerning personnel, page 8, paragraph 1:Concur. USARV Regulation 614-185 outlines the procedures for theannotation of officer requisitions for special career program membersfor specific duty positions. Due to an administrative oversight, the

20th Engineer Brigade has not annotated officer requisitions in accord-ance with USARV Regulation 614-185.

b. Reference item concerning training and organization, page 9,paragraph 3: Nonconcur. An ITOE for Engineer Brigades in RW. wassubmitted to Department of the Army in February 1968. The proposed:TOE provides Engineer Brigades with tactical voice/RATT and secureland line teletype circuits to higher headquarters and assigned groups.This is considered sufficient back-up comunications for use duringtemporary outages in the AACOXS.

c. Reference item concerning -iedical, page 10, paragraph 6:Concur. The penicillin-probenecid technique as promulgated in Janu-ary 1968 is proving satisfactory. A message will ue disseminated toall USARV medical units with recomoiendations to follow specifiedtreatment programs for acute gonorrhea. The penicillin-probenecidtechnique will be included in the choice of treat-ents to be employedand will be the preferred method.

FOR TIM CO:..ANDER:

JOH N V. GEMMELCaptain, AGCAmujtant Adjutant G D.O'rECTiV.E .lAKI:IGS -MAY

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IQ, US Army, Pacific, APO San Francisco 96558 8 AUG1968

TO: Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development, Department of theArmy, Washington, D. C. 20310

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595th En-incer Company (LE) 92znd Er di-,eer Batt7.lion (Const)

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Black'.orse 66th L-ineer Company (TOPO)

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C91 'Tho 101rw F~nzi.eer Company (CS)

S9 th Engin~eer .1l1attalion (Const) 104:.,h Enuineer Company (DT)

'Cu Chi 500th En-ineer Company (PB)

5514th E~noineer Battalion (Const) 5713rd Env'ireer Company (FB)

5i3th Asphalt Detacivent 617th Enwineer Company (PB)

113th -.n~zineer Detachment (HO) 22nd Engineer Detachment (,,/)

Di- An 143rd COP Detachment

V-PSt snineer Battalion '(Const) 547th En'rineer P.Latoon (M~)

'557t~i Lncine~er Company (LE) 551st Sn'zineer Detachment (WD)

27th Land Clearing Team -Lonq Thanh North

-P 93rd Engineer Battalion (Const)

94th -Eifelteer OD-ta'61iment Phu Loi

~Iai.Xkhe 34th Engeineer Battalion (Const)

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Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 11q, 20th Engineer Brigade (U)

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