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November 2021 Newsletter
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July 2021 Newsletter
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March 2021 Newsletter
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A Brief History of the First Engineer Combat Battalion: 1846-1945
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2014 Reunion Interview Video
Group interview, in three parts, with lieutenants who served in the First Engineer Battalion, Vietnam, 1965-1966. This interview took place on September 13, 2014, at the First Engineer Veterans' Reunion in Alexandria, VA. Interviewees are: Tom Jennings; Joe Coppolo;...
March 2020 Newsletter
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The Beer Drinking Ballad of the Big Red 1 Combat Engineers
Circa 1965-1966 Vietnam by Chad E. Covey Refrain: We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the engineers. We can, we can, we can, we can drink all of forty beers. So come, so come, so come, so come, so come along with us. For we don’t give a damn for any old man who...
“Hello, Ed, Ray and James; How Have You Been Since Vietnam?” by David Lowery
Hello, Ed, Ray and James; how have you been since Vietnam?By David Lowery AMERICAN-STATESMAN EDITORIAL WRITER May 31, 2004 It is a weird feeling to lift the lid off something that has been sealed and kept in the dark for 35 years. You don't know what may turn up....
SGT Richard Greene
Moving Wall Torres and Cepler
This past weekend one of our local towns sponsored the presentation of the replica "Viet Nam wall" to Long Island. A newspaper publicity photo showed that one of our local Diehard Engineer vets was active in the program.Sunday afternoon at 5PM, I decided that I would...