.572D ENGDlEER COMPANY (LE)

"WE }t)VE THE EAIrl'H" IS THE }l)T'l'O OF TH:I 572D »iG1NEER COMPANY (LE) , .AND TH:B K>'rro

IS NO IDLE B:>AST . TIll 572D HAS PERFORMED EAR'l'IOOVDlG" OOAD BUILDING. AND ~UARRY

OPERATIONS IN BOTH ~RLD WAR II AND VI~. CONSTITUTED m 194.3 AS A DUMP TRUCK

COMPANY, 'tHE "DmE" \olAS RmmANIZmJ AS A LIGHT ~UIPlm.JT COMPANY IN ~9SS. IN LATE

1965, 'l'HE 572D WAS ALERTED ~R DUTY IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND ARRIVED IN-COUNTRI ON 15

JANUARY 1966 .

THE COKP.A.NY HAS COMPILED AN IMPRF5SIVE CONSTmJCTION RECORD IN SOUTH VIETNAM.'l'HE

UNIT HAS PAR'l'IC)PAT~ IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CAM RANH BAY, VITAL QL l, VONG ii> BAY,

WRTH BEAaH AIRFIELD m TUY HOA, AND aURRENTLY QL 20 IN LAM OONG P~VINOE, OOVID-

ING CRUSHm F«)CK Nm~SARI FOR THE CONSTRUCTION P}«)JB:::TS IN VIEl'NAM. THE .572D HAS

OPER.~TED QUARRIES AT CHOP CHI , NEAR 'l'UY HOA AND AT CHI CON~ NEAR BAD LOO .

THE MI,')SION OF A LIGHT EQUIPME}olT COMPANY IS TO SUPFQRl' COMBAT »,rGINEER OPERATIONS

SpmILI~ FJ.JGINEER EAImIMOVING A}m CONSTRUCTION EQUIPmIT . TO 00 SO J THE

.S'72D IS OOOANIZED INTO FIVE PLATOONS AND A COMPANY ~UARTERS. THREE LINE PLA-

'l'OONS OPERATE mE HEAVY EARTOOVING ~UIPMENT , THE SUProlU' PLATOON RUNS THE ~K

CRUSHER AND QUARRY, PLUS OTHER SpmlLIZED EQUIPMENT . MAINTENANCE PLATOON pmVI~

OOOANlZATIQNAL LEVEL MAINT»JANCE. DUE ro ITS IMPOm'ANT MISSION, A LImiT ~UIPMEJ-rr

COMPANY IS ONE OF THE LAOOEST TYPES OF ~UIPMENT COMPANIES IN THE ARMY .

8: NCE loI)VING '1'0 BAO LOO IN SUPPOR'l' OF THE n6TH ~GINEER BA'l'rALION (CBT) , THE DUCE

HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THE UP-GR.WING OF QL 20 rnm>UGH EX'l'~Y DIFFICULT TERRAIN J\ND

TNEATHER. lLT DAVID MARGESON LED THE 572D mTO BAO WC" BUT !-I)ST OF THE CONSTRUC-

TION OONE THIS YEAR WAS CO~ED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OPT FREDERICK M. HO\iARD.

cpr HOWARD LEFT THE "DUCE" TO TAKE COMMAND OF A LAND CL&RING COMPANY ON 25 JULY

THE 572D IS NOW UNDER THE COMMAND OF lLT RICHARD T. BWWN .

!l)N'ron. WITH cu>mING RmORm

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OON' T CALL US , WE'LL CALL YOU

THB LAS! IH COj'4iol) -UGH

~T 00 YOU MEAN "REPEAT"

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PARTS CLERK, MONR:>E

THE MILIT.ft.RY INDtJ~ COMPLEX

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THEY ALWAYS NEED GREi\SBTIME OUT FOR A mADSIDE CHAT

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OON"l' )it)OOET '1'0 BRING IT BACK

A EXPEIn' ON FLATS -JA~

FIRE IN mI HOLE, CHI COW QUARRY

HE KEEPS IT CLEAN -PHAN V AN TAM HERMAN , HE IS A SO

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