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Vietnam Era Crest 62nd Engineers  Mallis Milito "Soldier With Hammer"         
62nd Engineers Unit Crest

Distinctive Military Unit Insignia. Description: A Silver metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a framed trestle bent Argent; a bordure of the second. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Red scroll inscribed "MALLEIS MILITO" in Silver letters.
Symbolism: The shield of the coat of arms of the former 18th Engineer Regiment, differenced by a border, is used to indicate the descent of the 62nd Engineer Battalion from that organization. The shield is in the colors of the Corps of Engineers. The trestle is emblematic of the technical duties of the battalion.
Background: The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 20 July 1954

Coat of Arms.
Blazon:

Shield: Gules, a framed trestle bent Argent; a bordure of the second.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules, three crossed bamboo rods with mitered ends two chevronwise in front of one fesswise Or, surmounted at center by a Korean taeguk Proper (scarlet over blue) charged with a bar wavy of the first, all in front of a wreath of stylized rice stalks Vert tied at bottom center and flanks with a ribbon the second.
Motto: MALLEIS MILITO (I Soldier With A Hammer).
Symbolism:
Shield: The shield of the coat of arms of the former 18th Engineer Regiment, differenced by a border, is used to indicate the descent of the 62nd Engineer Battalion from that organization. The shield is in the colors of the Corps of Engineers. The trestle is emblematic of the technical duties of the battalion.
Crest: The white wavy bar crossing the disc at center symbolizes the battalion's service on the Alcan Highway during World War II which earned them their first award of the Meritorious Unit Commendation; later while serving in Korea from 1950-1951 and from 1952-1953 they were twice more awarded the Commendation as suggested by the scarlet and blue disc at center, a symbol adapted from the national flag of the Republic of Korea. The crossed bamboo sections allude to the battalion's service in Vietnam where they also received three Meritorious Unit Commendations. The wreath of rice stalks in scarlet and green represents the Vietnamese Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, awarded to the battalion for service during 1967-1970.
Background: The coat of arms was approved on 20 July 1954. It was amended to add a crest on 15 March 1973.

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Richard Eckhart D Co. 64-66        
Joe Stephans        B Co. 65-66 Bob Hise                  Hq.Co. 71-71
Mark Gadsby      C Co. 67-68 T J Maximus            Hq. Co. 68-69
Sgt. Govin             A Co. Active   John Williams      A Co. 65-66
Ken Stacer Hq. Co. 67-68 Joe Kramer  (Deceased ) D Co. 65-66
Bill Roxworthy Hq. Co. 67-68   Steve Wyatt Hq. Co. 67-68
Charlie Oliver Hq. Co. 67-68 Jason Sterns Hq. Co. 67-68
John Fitzpatrick Hq. Co. 67-68 Bob Hartman Hq. Co. 67-68
Mike DiSantis Hq. Co. 67-68   Jesse Clark Hq. Co. 67-68
John H. Sim A Co. 55-58   Bill Hayes A Co. 68-69
James Swartz Hq. Co. 66-67   Benard Cork   65-66
Mike Fitton   65-66   Jerry Dennis C Co. 66-67
John Mc Grath A&B Co. 64-66  

Bill Lapham 

C Co.

68
Jack Carico D Co. 65-66  

Alvin R Baccus

Hq. Co. 65-68
Donald T. Brown   65-66   Ronald L. Paetow A Co. 66-67
David Herring TDY 79th 52  

SteveReynebeau (Rudy)

D Co.

75-78

William"Bill" Nolan 31st Engr 72   Charles Gill  A Co. 68-71
Terry K. Penkert 984th 69-70 John "Jack" Reed B Co. 65-66
Junior Mattson D Co. 

66-67

  Nemo Abdullah C Co 65-66
Joe Cranfill A Co. 64-66

William "Bill" Kimbrell

60th(LC)

70-71

E. (Sonny) Oliver

B Co.   

65-66

Ed Mellerio

Hq.Co.

66-67

John M. Sollock  D Co. 65-66 Paul M Pivik B Co

92-95

Jerry J. Pate C Co. 67-68 Larry Zabrocki

B Co.

61-63

Harold T. Provost

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68-69 Bernard Boland C&Hq

61-64

Bill O'leary A Co. 65-67 Hodges Hq.Co.

68-69

James Slater

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65-66 Jason Stearns Hq & Hq

68-69

Nils Florman Hq&Hq 65-66  Wes Graven C Co. 65-66
Robert J. Baliva C Co.   65-66 Bob Roche

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65-66
Sgt. Kyle A Co.   61 Ret. Stan Love  B Co. 65-66
Monte Wolfe  D Co. 67-68 Bob Brown   A Co. 65-66
Bill Evers A Co. 65-66 Gary DeWeese C Co.    67-68
Robert Hartman

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68-68 Richard Marcus B Co.

67-68 

James R. Martin (Jim) A Co. 65-66 MichaelTeglas  (Deceased) C Co. 66-67 RIP
James Herbert

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65-66 "Tuck" Tucker     Hq. Co. 65-66
Jack Johnson

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59-64

Jim Berry

B Co. 65-66
RichardBrookshire C Co. 59-62 Al  (Dick)  Moldroski Hq.Co.  51-53
Gene Thampson D Co. 66-68 PS Anderson B Co. 66-67
Mike Parham C Co. 77-80 Greg  Houk Hq.Co. 67-68
S.G.  Deibert  B Co. 67-68 Frank Smith C Co. 62-64
Milton Eisenbeis A Co. 50 Frank Mayo

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51-53
Murray Bernstein

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53-54 Billy E. Dingess A Co. 50
Richard Feltz

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50 George Reynolds C Co. 50
Richard O'Daniel C Co. 66-67

Don  Lunan

Hq&Srv

50


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PhanRhang:  The Strip 1965

PhanRhang Vietnam Strip Just Outside 62nd Engineers Perimeter 1963

    On 28 August the 62d Engineer Battalion (Construction) arrived at Cam Ranh from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and was soon sent to Phan Rang. The process by which the battalion finally reached Phan Rang illustrates the effect of shifts in priorities at the last minute. The 62d had originally been slated to go to the Qui Nhon peninsula; in fact its advance party was already at Qui Nhon when the transport carrying the rest of the battalion reached the coast of Vietnam opposite Qui Nhon. In the meantime, however, a prior decision made in Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, for an airfield to be built on the peninsula to the northeast of Qui Nhon harbor had been reversed and the site abandoned as impractical from the point of view of engineering feasibility and security. A proposed airfield at Phan Rang then immediately assumed the highest priority after the one at Cam Ranh Bay. Since no troops had been scheduled to start construction in Phan Rang at that time, the 62d was diverted to Cam Ranh Bay where its equipment was to have been unloaded for transshipment by small water craft to Qui Nhon. However, from Cam Ranh the battalion was routed into Phan Rang, with heavy equipment going over the beach in landing craft and light vehicles going by the road in a series of convoys organized as Operation ESSAYONS. An advance element of the 25th Infantry Division, still in Hawaii, Company C of the 65th Engineer Battalion, which had not yet received its organic equipment and which had landed at Cam Ranh to locate at Dong BA Thin, organized itself in an infantry configuration and provided convoy security. Air cover and surveillance were supplied by aircraft from the 35th Group headquarters. The chief projects of the 62d Battalion were the construction of an aluminum airstrip (AM2), 10,000 feet long and 102 feet wide, as well as a cantonment for incoming Air Force units. Later the 62d was charged with building a base camp for the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, while the division engaged in field operations

 

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