LESSONS LEARNED, HEADQUARTERS, 70TH ENGINEER BATTALION (COMBAT)
Abstract
During this reporting period this organization engaged in extensive construction projects normally associated with construction battalions. The requirements of the command and the lack of major tactical activity in the immediate area have contributed to this situation. Primary projects have been the construction of a Logistical Complex which includes earthwork, concrete, erection of steel warehouses, prefabricated reefers and tropical wood frame warehouses, construction of ammunition berms, open storage area and road networks; a security lighting system which circumvents the 1st Air Cav Div's base camp and involves the erection of 374 poles and laying of approximately 80 miles of wire; the rehabilitation of a forward area medium lift airfield for C- 130 aircraft and the installation of an AM-2 matting - T-17 membrane combination; construction of a Division Tactical Operations Center which can withstand a direct hit from a 105 mm shell; maintenance of National Route 19 from BR 627471 to BR 222521; the earthwork, concrete and erection activities associated with a 140 bed Mobile Surgical Hospital; construction of the worlds largest heliport; completing the erection of sixty-six security guard towers; earthwork, concrete and erection of the Division G-Staff Administration Building; construction of a T-17 membrane C-130 airstrip at Van Canh, Vietnam and a laterite C-123 airstrip at Vinh Thanh. Numerous lesser projects included bridge repair, hauling fill as required, operating a rock quarry which produced 19,017 cu yds of crushed rock during this reporting period and road maintenance which required grading, finishing and penepriming for dust control.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 31, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0824619
Entities
Organizations
- Adjutant General's Corps