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Seabees Included Engineers at War
Contributor(s): Bingham, Kenneth E. (Editor), Traas, Adrian G. (Author)
ISBN: 1482368862     ISBN-13: 9781482368864
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE:   $23.70  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: February 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Vietnam War
Physical Information: 1.37" H x 7.01" W x 10" (2.58 lbs) 686 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southeast Asian
 
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Publisher Description:
This book, by author Adrian G. Traas, is mainly about the U.S. Army Engineers in Vietnam, but also includes pages about SEABEES in Vietnam. However, most Seabees are not aware of its publication. Accordingly, this reprint is offered as an attempt to appeal to a wider audience of readers--namely--Navy CEC/Seabees. Covers how the U.S. Army Engineers grew from a few advisory detachments to a force of more than 10 percent of the Army troops serving in South Vietnam. It also includes some of the work done by the Navy Seabees in Vietnam (1963-1972). The 35th Engineer Group began arriving in large numbers in June 1965 to begin transforming Cam Ranh Bay into a major port, airfield, and depot complex. Within a few years, the Army engineers had expanded to a command, two brigades, six groups, twenty-eight construction and combat battalions, and many smaller units.