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Subject: Re: 20th Engineer Brigade


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John Leitner
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Date Posted: 07:50:06 04/13/00 Thu
In reply to: Russell C. Gutendorf Jr. 's message, "Re: 20th Engineer Brigade" on 12:34:20 03/07/00 Tue

> While in Viet Nam (2-20-69 to 5-4-71) I was with the
> 557th Engineer Co. (LE), 2nd Platoon. There were
> times when we "supported" the 31st Combat Engineer
> Battalion and we were part of the 20th Engineer
> Brigade at that time. We spent time in places called
> Quan Loi, Phuc Vhin, An Loc, Loc Nhin, Tai Nhin, Song
> Be, Bu Dop and a place close to the Cambodian border
> we called "French Fort". In my last year of searching
> for a documented history (I've heard that the "colors"
> were retired and the 557th disbanded) of the 557th
> Engr. Co. (LE), I've had no success. If you could
> provide help or direction, It would be greatly
> appreciated. Thank you for your consideration.
> Sincerely, R.C. Gutendorf
I was with the 169th Eng Batt in 1970. We were a company size base camp( Co C) and were supported by ARVN's and some tanks from the 11th Arm Cav. We mostly did road work somewhere north of Long Binh.

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31stEng.20thBde.1970Joe10:36:18 06/19/01 Tue
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