820th (Apr - Jun 67) - REDHORSE Association

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REDHORSE
HISTORY
OF
820TH CIVIL ENGINEERING SQUADRON
APRIL
JUNE
HEAVY REPAIR
1967
Assigned
to
Air Force Pacific
Seventh
Air Forces Stationed
at Tuy
Boa Air Base Republic
of
Vietnam PAUL
J HAMM
Col USAF
Commander
ALLAN
PHOTOPAULJHAMMLtColUSAFCommander
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
E
1
CHAP
1
FORErK RD
vi
CHRONOLOGY
vi i
INTRODUCTION
I
r
MISSION
ORGANIZATION
AND ADMINLSTRATION
3
A
Mission
3
B
Organization
3
PERSONNEL
5
A
Strengths
5
B
Effects of current
C
Promotions
6
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
8
II
III
t
1
mannjne
6
8
A
Tuy
Hoa
B
Nha
Trang Operations
C
TrAining
10
MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLY
11
A
Maintenance
11
B
Supply
11
FACILITIES
13
A
RED HORSE facilities
13
B
Base Facilities
C
Nha
rv
V
OWrations
Trang
Facilities
9
3
1
14
II
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
15
A
Communications
15
B
Relations with Civilian Communities
16
c
Morale
16
SUMMARY
18
APPENDIX 1
20
VI
Un ts As signed
2l
APPENDIX 2
Special
Orders
22
APPENDIX 3
Roster of
Key
Personnel
23
APPENDIX 4
UNIT DA
SEJTION
Tuy Hoa NCP Projects completed 1 April
30 June 1967
Hoa O
M Projects
30 JUDe 1967
Tuy
Tuy
on
M
Hoa O
30 June
Projects
1967
Nha Trang
M
O
30 June 1967
Nha
Trang
tion
on
oompleted
1
April
under construction
Proj ects completed
1
April
O Projects under construo
M
30 June 1967
APPENDIX 5
LIST OF SUPPORTING OOOUMENTS
23
24
25
6
2
27
28
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vi
FOREWORD
The
a
deployed
parent squadron
found the 820
at
place
in
Heavy Repair
Squadron
with
April 1967
of
beginning
unit at Nha
Hoa Air Base
Air Base
Trang
unit
deployed
and the
Tuy
Civil
wre
Engineering
Viet Nam
Viet Nam
engaged
Both the
in ambitious
construotion programs
the
During
demand for
tinuing
the 820th Civil
new
April 1967 through 30
Engineering Squadron working
a
Much of the
heavy
earthwork
and
period
struction became
con
Trang kept
foroed pace
A
retained in the construc
improve
they
as
with American tools and construction methods
gained experience
this
was
at
the
1967
and their effectiveness continued to
tion program
during
employees
June
Hoa and Nha
faoil1 ties at
force of Vietnamese
large
rose
1
period
an
apparent
required
increasing emphasis
as
more
and
more
The mission at Nha
from the sand
at Tuy Hoa
on
was
completed
vertical
metal and wood
Trang
remained
con
buildings
primarily
a
vertical construction program
blow beach to
as
emerge
a
modern air base
clearly
the finest air base in Viet N
of construction materials
Large quantities
at
Tuy
Hoa Air Base
tion of
Turnkey
our
a
Within the next year it should
during
large stoCk
this
of exce
s
period
continued to arrive
In addition the
construction material from the
contractor alleviated most of the material
projects
acquisi
shortages
in
HR
CHRONOLOGY
820th Civil Engineering Squadron
June
April
Class
1967
Sianif1cunt Evont
Sayers was promoted to the
grade of Senior Master Sergeant and Senior Master
Sergeant William P Ferguson was promoted to the
grade of Chief V ster Sergeant
Master
Sergeant
Joe R
Allan D Aikens replaced Najor Joe Favatella
as commander of the deployed unit at Nha Trang
Jr
Air Base
Viet Nam
Major
Staff Sergeants o1E3re promoted to the grade of
four Airmen First Class were
Technical Sergeant
to
the
promoted
grade of Staff Sergeant fifteen
Airmen Second Class were promoted to the grade of
Airman First Class 1 and one Airman Third Class was
promoted to the grade of Airman Second Class
Eight
i
Corbett FR3145883
First Lieutenant Joseph T
was
Administration
Officer
1
Squadron
promoted to
of
the grade
Captain
One
Airman First Class
Staff
Sergeant
promoted to the grade
1
was
promoted
to the
grade
and four Airmen Second Class
of
llIere
of Airman First Class
Fisoal Year 1967
tllitary Construction Program pro
jects consisting of fifty three airman dormitories
and twenty latrine buildings completed
mm assUlOOd command of the 820th
Ha
Lt Col Paul J
Civil Engineering Squadronl vice Lt 001 James O
Putnam
Col Waldo F Potter who had been TDY to Hq 7AF since
1 Mar 67 was transferred to the 554th Civil Engi
neering Squadron at Phan Ra1lg Air Base Viet Nam
Major
Aikens
Trang
Joe Favatella
as
Jrl replaced Major Allan D
deployed unit at Nha
commander of the
Air Base
Viet Nam
Significant Event
First Lieutenant Robert F
was
promoted
to the
grade
Bronner
of
FR314683 0
Captain
Steele TDY to Da Nang Air Base Viet
Wayne
Nnm for initial planning in preparation for the
820th Civil Engineering Squadron to assume
responsibil1ty for the RED HORSE construction at
Major
Da
Hang
Air Base
Putnam accompanied COlonel John
Lt C01 James O
to
First Civil Engineering Group
D Peters
Da Nang Air Base to study operational site and
plan deployment
constructioncontractwithouttheaidofaconstructionagency
TacticalFighterWing
1
INTRODUCTION
1
The 820th Civil
Engineering Squadron
reactivated under the RED HORSE
four months of
and October
September
Nam
training
Together
Engineering Squadron
During
interim
a
which
1966
of mobilization and bed down
projects
1967
for
several
permanent
major
fifty dogs
In addition
ini tiate
a
a
wit
to
Projects
the base
as
on
ineer
J2eployment
Viet
and
the coast
the 31st
starting
several
the first
a
Trang
eavy
major
quarter
the
of
building
modern canine kennel
the Air Force security
to Nha
numerous
the difficult tasks
Air Base
RED HORSE construotion program at that base
Rapid
Hoa
completed
completed including
by
deployed
through
During
computer
maintained
was
well
as
were
Tuy
During
occupied by
the 820th CBS
facilities
to house the 1020II UlUV AC
to house
Kansas
contractor the 820th Civil
modern air base
helped
was
and underwent
has transformed the beach sand
the remainder of
projects
Squadron deployed
the
Turnkey
of the South China Sea to
2
1966
in
at Forbes Air Force Base
1966
with the
concept
Heavy Repair
police
Viet Nam to
on
5
Y
JantlBI
Qperational llepair 2quadrons
gineering
Under the
Turnkey concept
the U S
Air Force administers the
includingtheBaseChapelwhichisoneofthefinestchapelsin
2
1967 under the
1967
a
were
pleted
at
t Nha
Juno
most
many
several at Nha
building
area
at
Tuy
Hoa
prefabricated
additions
impressive
improved
1967 poriod
as
feet 8 inch Pascoe
1
l
JanULl
and several
oompleted
well
Hoa
In
Aikons
projeots
steel
of ten 50 foot
buildings
to the airbase at
Tuy
Several projects
were
completed
com
The aircraft
Trang
consistiDg
were
was
Boa
at Nha
by
among the
and
the aircraft maintenance facilities of the 31st
Fighter Wing
major
Trang
a
April
was
D
as
Tuy
maintenance
98
started
the
During
MnJor illun
building
fioe
of
laundry
projeots
3
oorunUUld of
greatly
Tactical
Trang
Viet Nam
the 820th Civil
4
At the end of June
1967
was
making preH
plans
Air Base
Viet Nam
program at Nha
Squadron
m
Trang
to
deploy
a
Engineering Squadron
large
unit to Da Nang
and to transfer the RED HORSE construction
Air Base to the 555th Civil
Engineering
CHAPTER I
MISSION
A
To
Mission
ORGANIZATION AND ADMmISTRATION
a
provide
United States Air Force to
forces
well
as
a
ing
under
of
This
squadron
Engineering Squadron
has the
will be
attacbed
caIbility
9
An
l
as
each
agencies
quick
of
Well
are
having
skills in
equipment operation
as
reaction
In addition this
of
repair
of structures
repair
to construct airfields and
2
were
organizational
chart
I
squadron
support facilities
not available
The tasks
assigned
more
le to
suita1
structural
indicating military positions
t
Individual grade and AFSC S authorized
Document dated 30
Unit ll
1rmjng
1
damage
as
Organization
1
ron
capable
Heavy Repair
airfield section consist
men
and other facilities
when other construction
B
an
three
seventy
runway and airfield bomb
utility systems
construction when other
or
and construction
pavements specialties
b
Southeast Asia base engineer
RED HORSE has
project
flights
of three
augment
within the
readily available
The 820th Civil
organized
oapability
response
accomplish repairs
as
is not
oapability
rapid
personnel
Organizational
such
Chart
are
is
listed in
April 1967
to the
820th Civil Engineering Squad
an
organization with
as
carpenters
820 CES
Doc
a
plumbers
1
larger
ratio of
and electricians
I
2
a
4
and
smaller ratio of psvemonts specialists and equipment
operators
cross
As
work
a
skills such
and
result it hss been necessary to
largo
as
erecting
a
number of Airfield Seotion
forming
pre
and
engineered
tasks known at this time
Recomnend the 820th Civil
heavier
emphasis
plumbing
556th
3
Special
4
on
and metal
819th
and
The
pouring
s
are
also
buildings
Future construction
primarilY
vertical construction
assigned
Order G287 dated 27
9 Jtme 1967
Hamm
oarpentry
electrical
FRJ5938
Squadron
to Seventh Air Force
Putnam
Engmeering Squadron through
Colonel Paul J
th
reorganized
FR24034
PACAF
8 June
commanded the
1967
assumed command of the
Lieutenant
Squadron
2
820 Civil Engineering Sq
bY
September 1966
Lieutenant Colonel James O
820th Civil
be
similar to the manning structure of the
23rd Civil Engineering
was
into other
concrete foundations and slabs
structural skills of
squadron
personnel
Engineering Squadron
working
train and
cross
SO 25
9 June
1967
Doc 2
on
CHAPTER II
PERSONNEL
A
Strengths
1
There
Headquarters
duty
to
June
1967
9 June 1967
authorized
Potter
was
assigned
bringing
strength
the effective officer
On 10 June
temporary
squadron
func
Hamm assumed command
Lt Colonel Paul J
of twelve
on
April 1967 through 9
Seventh Air Force from 1
period
this
assigned during
eleven officers to manage the
leaving
tions during this
on
twlve officers
Colonel WaJ do F
Howevor
period
were
strength
1967
to the
Colonel Potter
was
transferred to the 554th Civil Engineering Squadron
Airman
2
airmen
of 353
no
PRJME BEEF
five
men
productivity
was
Nay 1967
area
of the
area
was
high
of 383 to
strength
affected
a
a
low
due
with
personnel
shortage
Although
of
on
A PRIME BEEF team of fifteen
temporary duty
completion
On 12 June
1967
from 1
a new
plumbing
faoilities in Tuy Hoa and Nha
a
buildings
indigenous
20
in the
PRIME BEEF team of five
120 day Tm tour to assist in
arrived fOl
plumb
April 1967 through
of ten latrine
plumbers
An
was
tours in Southeast Asia
serious
squadron
to assist in
3
a
from the authorization of 388 did reduce the
assigned
dormitory
The reduction in
temporary duty
skill
specific
thirty
ers
assigned
from
the rotation to the United States of
primarily to
prior
strength dropped
providing
Trang projects
work foroe of
oontinuous fluotuation in the number of
565
was
authorized
employees assigned
A
caused
tho
otrength
428
to
B
Airman
no
of
Vietnamese
our
to vary from
a
of
1
10
maximum of 512
a
There
woro
overages in the number of
no
from
manning dropped
critical
that
shortages
1
The
phase
enabled the 820th Civil
namese
employees
employees
who
98 percent
methods have
added
squadron
out of civilian contractor
to
Engineering Squadron
were
skilled
experience
are
mission
personnel hiring
some
aoquire
Viet
assigned NCO I S and
Howver
trflinjne
There
percent
affected the
adversely
Airmen have continued their
training plus
to 91
personnel assigned
This
of the Vietnamese
with American tools and construction
increased the worth of the
long
term Vietnamese
employees
2
losses
The
of
shortage
previous
of
PRIME BEEF tour
Junior NCO
s
than would
normally
responded
C
senior NCO
continue to carry
with
be
was
aggravated by
in
personnel
considerably
expected
outstanding
s
May
the
and June
responsibility
more
and severaJ have
of them
contributions to the
squadron
mission
Promotions
1
Robert F
Officers I
Bronner4
were
First Lieutenants
promoted
to the
Joseph
grade
of
T
Corbett3
and
Captain
1967
3
Extract of
Special
Order AB l037
DAF
5 May
4
Extract of
Speoial
Order AB 1370
DAF
20 June
Doo
1967
3
Doc
4
7
2
Airmen
a
on
1
1
two airmen
There
were
28 airmen
There
were
5 airmen
promoted
in the
squadron
promoted
in the
squadron
May 1967
c
1 June
5
Wore
April 1967
b
on
There
promoted
squadron
in the
1967 5
Consolidated listing or Airman Promotions
Doc
5
on
000
Hoa
The
8
III
CHAPTER
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
A
Tuy
Hon
Operations
1
tinued
heavy
this
throughout
plishments
the
was
twenty by ninety
airman latrine
schedule of construction at
One of the most
period
completion
of the MOP
on
facilities made it possible to
2
buildings
AdIDin
The
Maintenance
completion
The
nearly
move
series of
a
50
in the aircraft maintenance
Repair Shop and
fifty
three
twenty
completion
all the base
accom
of these
personnel
permanent quarters
In addition
Wing
of
project
1967
2 June
con
significant
six foot steel airman dormitories and
buildings
from tents into
Tuy
Tank
Control
Pylon shop
x
area
Aircraft
and
8 steel Pascoe
98
completed
were
Engine Inspection
Aircraft General
of these facilities made it
to house
possible
and
Purpose Shopa
for the
using
activities to occupy permanent facilities and strike the tents
which
they
facilities
ments
a
had been
working
completed
include
BAK 12 Aircraft
for six months
sixty
Arresting
three
Additional airfield
fighter
Barrier
and
and M8 A1
3
Civil
on
steel
Wi th the
matting
departure
Engineering Squadron
Tuy
Hoa Air Base
on
a
110
square
of AH 2 aluminum
sand cement base
of the
became the
The Base road
aircraft revet
a
yard addition to the aircraft parking apron made
matting
in
Turnkey
primary
system
was
contractor the 820th
construction agency
es
sentially completed
Hoa
The
nnd mont of tho flol ivlt1 on
on tho
f
noilition
conoLrucLion
tinue to
the
improve
among the best
B
Nha
physical plant
in
primarily engaged
General William L
Admin
40
X
building
Air Base
construction of
in Viet Nam
Clark
Deputy
was
an
employees
One of
buildings
address
and
a
by Brigadier
Chief of Air Force
Maintenance Control and
Chaplains
additions
Ordnance Disposal
were
Engine Inspection
building
on
x
120
revetments
At the end of June
to transfer the Nha
Engineering Squadron
approximately
Trang
whose
was
a
includ
and
Repair
two
story
and several smaller
also added to the base real
Phase I of the Aircraft revetment
of fifteen 80
completed
were
addition of 1620 square feet
mess
Explosive
3
already
averaged
completed
Aircraft maintenance facilities
inventor
y
con
6
Wing
100
which is
Tuy
Trang
conducted with
was
An officers
Shop
permnnont
months will
y and 130 Vietnamese
militar
in vertical
dedication ceremony
2
coming
ln
Asia
five
military chapels
31 May 1967
at
hounod
Trang Operations
approximately thirty
ing
East
South
WQ1 O
the
during
The work force at Nha
1
the finest
blUl6
property
project
consisting
under construction
preliminary plans
were
being made
construction program to the 555th Civil
headquarters
35 road miles south of Nha
are
at Cam Ranh Air Base
Trang
With the termina
tion of the
contract with RMK BRJ contractors RED HORSE has become
6
for Official
Program
Opening Ceremony
of Base
Chapel
Doc
6
forourtrainingprogram
improvedtheeffectivenessofthetraineesparticularlyamongthecrosstraineesinthepavementsmaintenanceandequipmentoperationspecialties
1AstheperiodbeGanmorethanonefourthofthepersonnelassignedwereengagedintheOJTprogramtoimprovetheir
Base
at
agency Nha
construction
the primary
c
Training
The program has been
skill level
2
ing
Trang Air
score
31 persons
for
a
were
There
Of this number
29
were
47
were
were
76
in
men
men
achieving
an
greatly
a
to the seven
in training to the five level skills
pass
heavy
excellent standard
in the OJT program
training
and
In view of the
84 percent
workload and poor study conditions this is
3
successful
tested with 26
rate of
passing
highly
on
30 June 1967
level skills and
was
addedtothenightshiftduringthisquartertoaugmenttheregularnightcrewinsupportofmaintenancerequirements
operationadditionalconstructionequipmentwasloanedtotheREDHORSEsquadronTheREDHORSEmaintenancesectionassumedtheresponsibilityformaintainingtheborrowedcontractorequipnentEquipmentandpartswerenotusuallyinterchangeableHoweverwheresparepartswereavailablethissectionmaintainedahighdegreeofserviceabilityintheTurnkeyloanedequipmentaswellastheREDHORSEownedequipment
rateontheassignedequipment
IV
CHAPTER
MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLY
A
MAINTENANCE
1
the
construction effort
3tol
hi
by maintaining
a
Y tho vehicle and
outstanding support
very
lugh
to
in commission
When the
3
The VDP and VDH rates have remained among the lowest
largely
the maintenance
Project Turnkey
because
of the
contractor
ingenuity
and
phased
out his
aggressiveness of
Vietnamese employees
personnel assigned
were
Supply
1
quarter
of this
2
in Viet Nam
B
period
maintenance section continued its
equipment
the
During
was
The
support provided by
excellent
Turnkey contractor
During
this
initiated
the
supply
section
period the phase
This resulted in
during
down
noarly
million dollars worth of construction materials which
were
this
of the
two
excess
a
requirementsbeingtransferredtothe820th
12
to the
Civil
s
contractor
Engineering Squadron
mlnimwn of time
accomplished
was
The transfer
substantial contractual
with
in
in salaries
savings
for contractor employees
2
were
Warehouse
3
namese
e
erected
and bins and
constructed to utilize all available space
of the bins and mozzanine
e
was
warehouse
employees
men
was
Night
a
Construction
accomplished mainly by
crew was
to assist in tho acceptance
mezzanine
the Viet
aUG
ented with Vietnamese
and
warehousing
of materials
Facilities
RED
13
CHAPTER V
FACILITIES
A
HORSE
1
Civil El
l ho
During
airmen were
our
screened at the
corrugated
this
house
bibs
top
asbestos
with hootches having
cement
sheeting
have not
yet
The roofs
Due to
been
adj acent
erected
were
of
on
steel
prefabricated
quarters
supply
to assist in
growing
a
ware
Water
supply building
to the tuo wood
major facilities
paint
painted
The RED HORSE
and hose
turf for
engineering and drafting section
as
the
well
as
quality
an
effort to
of
drawings
provide improved
keep
and
was
out wind and rain
protect
the draft
worl ing conditions
Base Facilities
New base facilities available include
the
made of
shortage
a
walls
control of the beach sand
ing equipment
airmens
are
installed in the major RED HORSE buildings
thereby improve
exchange
occupied
plywood
hundred foot Pascoe
enclosed and air conditioned in
B
the last of the tents
with shutters
half
ltED HOIU3E
one
3
and
tl
tho 820th
by
In addition to construction of the airmen
provided
erosion
lIoa Air Daso usod
2
was
coolers
uy
l
period
replaced
twenty of the hootches
forty by
at
J
io
ine0ring Squudron adoquately supported
requirements
by
l
fac
Jit
personnel
club
NCO
offices
Open
post
cllapel
base
office and central mail
Hess and Officers
central power plants
a
and electrical
Open
Mess
room
In addition
distribution systems
were
Facilities
systemwas
fromthemanygenerators
reduced
14
completed
in use
which
throuGhout the base
surfaced
c
Trang
Nha
Trang
There
was
Air Base
little
road
completed
and
in the RED HORSE facilities at Nha
ohange
However when the RHK BRJ contractor
we were
conjunction
provided
The
level
with double bitumous treatment
his activit
in
the HulOe
authorized
use
with the Base Civil
at Nha
of the RED HORSE
Trang
Air Base
deployed
unit
If the RMK 13HJ carpenter
Engineer Shops
were
phased
adequate
for the
dow
shop
Facilities
requirements
CHAPTER VI
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
A
Communications
1
telephones
remained
was
on
noted
a
2
net
18
overlvorked
The
ing Squadron
on
placed
The
on
went
on
deployed
Hay 1967
Although
0
and no
improvement
in service
experienced in placing calls
were
switchboard
this
the air
as
a
single
side band radio
and the 820th OiVil
period
unit at Nha
The single
RED HORSE
member
of this net
on
Engineer
10
Trang put
its
station into
side band net
was
extremely
April
operation
ul
helpi
maintaining daily
voice communications between the First Civil
Engineering Group
at Seventh Air Force
ROPoSE
Squadrons
deployed
in Viet Nam
units
reaction in
items
promptly
3
of
one
radios
as
well
The net has been
quick
locating
AprIl 1967
a
Headquarters
as
supply
they
non
placed
in
operation by
At first the master station at
used
and
on
1 June 1967 the control
and the five RED
parent squadrons
and
effective in its
items and
moving
tactical radio net
talkie
type
the 820th Civil
ron
in
these
are needed
master station and fifteen handie
was
between
particularly
critical
to the base where
On 21
few
dial system RED HORSE instruments
a
long anticipated
during
vory limited
wao
manual switchboard
activated
was
1967
were
Frequent delayB
the
through
WOl e olow uncl the number or
communication
ilwtrumont3 uvailable
telophone
baae
l olephone
was
Motorola
Engineering Squad
Turnkey Proj ect
station
consisting
Office
was
relocated to the
Relations
16
RED
En lnooril1e OpOl 11Liontl Offioo
HORSE
not hns saved hundreds
of
rosponne botwoon Airfield
Logistics
The
Base
coupled
to
of Tuy Hoa
peoples
Cnntoluoont
of the
severely limited
surrounding
while
around the air
opportunities
communities
a
part
qase
many of
had
tiono
daily
the
by
projects
roadway
chaplain
were
staff
offered
by
from surveyors to
contact with the Vietnamese
with these
the
with five
for the railroad
personnel
our
lcnowing
of the RED HORSE organization
will be laid
railway
friendly relationship
the
for
Nevertheless
for civic action
preparing
equipment operators
whose land the
the
into the local communi ties
opportunities
In addition
and
7
pass
heavy
through
rays maintained
t
al
a
villagers
Morale
1
The morale of the persoIlJ1el of the 820th Civil
neering Squadron
1967
remained
high during
The IOOn realized that
worst conditions
that
they
tour in Southeast Asia
7
Eneineerine Oper
with restricted hours authorized for visits to the
inquiries
several
June
reaction
hours of work of the personnel at Tuy Hoa Air
long
hundred Vietnamese employees
C
by providing quick
with Civilian Communities
1
and
tnotioa rud10
l
non
and COIJUnnnd Sections
B
ln
hours
rntul
11 110
were
and
Civic Action Activities
they
likely
watched
1
the
had
of
April through
passed through
to encounter
the
April
quarter
Engi
the
during
this
day to day improvement
30 June 1967
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faclHtio
J
available to them
additional satisfaction that
fnciJJ
tnn
t
with
good
replaced
with solid structures also contributed to
of authorized
manning
amount of new
evidence of his
own
without adverse effect
approached
Hawaii
vided
or
a
a
personnel
to
man
on
the lDlit
had the
produced
enj oyed
91
a
pro
the visual
efforts
and received bro ad acceptance
to break up
each
had
squadron
construction and
The R and R program
3
of
squadron strength
m BEEF tours reduced the
pun
satisfaction of knowing that the
digious
Departure
personnel
As the end of the tour
morale
had constructed these
they
morale of RED HORSE
prior
percent
had the
thomnolvon
tents were
the
they
In many instances
was
in the
encouraged by
Squadron
the Commander
The
opportunity
remote tour with visits with their families in
sight seeing
in the exotic cities of the orient
definite boost to the
spirits
of the
lOOn
who went
pro
on
R
and R
Captain
4
ball teams to
league
provide
compete
DeMartino
organized
in the base
league
did not materialize the intra
a
recreational outlet for
three slow
our
Although
pitch
the base
squadron competition
men
soft
did
SUMMARY
the
During
Civil
period
April 1967 through
1
Eneinecring Squadron
unit at Nha
Trang
in the
actively employed
was
tion of facilities at Tuy Hoa Air Base
deployed
30 June 1967 the 820th
Viet Nam
and also had
Viet Nam
Air Base
construc
Neither of these
the total mission effort
bases had been damaged by enemy action
so
of the
squadron
construction to better
enable
the Uni tad States Air Force to
was
Asia
Southeast
directed toward
As the
Turnkey
squadron
agency at
Hoa Air Base
was
also
phasing
out his
its mission in
accomplish
contract at
assumed the role of
the RED HORSE
Tuy
new
a
lIoa
Tuy
phased
was
out
construction
major
At Nha Trang the PJ 1K BRJ contractor
which made RED HORSE the
operation
prime
construction agency at that location also
The
percent
squadron military strength dropped
of authorizations
relatively
sonnel continued to improve
in the
as
and
results of their efforts
quarters
facilities
lrere
were
erected for all
completed
These
our
took
a
personnel
remained
justifiable pride
conditions
Living
to 91
and civilian per
military
men
percent
strellorrth
Vietnamese employees
Skills of both
constant
from 98
improved
were
and additional base
improvements
were
a
significant
contribution to continued high morale
Large quantities
supply system
and
of
supplies
contractor
continued to arrive
surpluses
were
stocks of construction material available
pages
occurred for
critical
supply
items
added to the
While
the
through
some
growing
work
frequency
the
stop
of these
Bases
wasgreatlydecreased
19
work
stoppages
Performance of
has earned
Nha
Trang
assigned personnel
from the
praise
The
Air
wing
IG
the
ron an
overall evaluation of
conducted
kind
The
leadership
at Nha
Trang
report
inspection
was
accomplishing
a
primary
the mission
at
20
no
The
Hoa and
gave the
success
squad
IG inspection
discrepancies
Trang inspection
factor in the
Tuy
and
Tuy Hoa conducted
May 1967
Satisfactory
Air Base listed
of the Nha
outstanding
commanders at both
period 15 May 1967 through
during
has been
stated
of any
Professional
of this unit in
20
APPENDIX 1
UNlTS ASSIGNED
A
Vietnam
One officer
313
n tllI10n
plua
Tuy
Hoa Air Base
tllroo PUDru
DEEll
512 Vietnamese omployees
Deployed
Vietnamese
EnGineoring Squadron
lUOVOll officoI n
and
plumbers
B
820th Civil
Hq
40
Unit Number 1
airmen
employees
plus
Nha
Trang
Air Base
two PRIME BEEF
plumbers
Vietnam
and
130
ORDERS
21
APPENDIX
2
SPECIAL
Thore
were
no
G
series
the 820th Clvil lnuinoorinE
history
special
Squu
orders
h on
published pertaining
during
the
period
of this
to
ROSTEROFKEY
APPENDIX 3
PERSONNEL
1
NiUiE
RANK
OonU
nuor
Foul J
Lt Col
J ume sO
Putnam
Deputy
Commander
Major
Allan D
Aikens
Chief
Engr Ops
V18 j or
Joe
Chief
Cantonment Section
Cluet
Airfield Section
Major
HumIn
lO
Lt 001
Favatella
Jr
Iayne Steele
Logistics
Bronner
Section
Officer
Captain
Robert F
Captain
John R
Carstensen
Engineering Operations
Captain
Jack D
Clayton
Medical Officer
Captain
Joseph
Captain
Francis A
Captain
All
Captain
Warren R
MSgt
Jack D
Administrative Services Officer
Oorbett
F
Del 1artino
Hiller
Kings
Engineering Operations
Asat
Guggolz
D
Section
Jr
Ohief
Section
Airfield Section
Engr Ops Section
Asst
Chief
First
Sergeant
PaulJHamm
Co10nol
sity
of
Academy
CorpB
ll
llulll
Biography
Colonel
10
MurylullJ
ll Iltl
Mnrylund prior
to
in 19L
gr tduation in
Upon
pOI forming duty
D 29
8
Wing
on
Llvd of
During 191
Guam
School at
the 9lst
Tyndall
the United States
entering
1944
ho
wu
return to the U S
AFB
Florida
igned
oo
l1ilitary
he entered the
inl3tructor pilot in D 2Ll
tf
and 1947
Upon
ttl1J ntLonded tho Unlvor
s
Army
Air
ond lator
to the
314th
Bomb
he attended Air Tactical
and was
to
subsequently assigned
Strategic Reconnaissance Group
where he served
as
opera
tions officer in the 324th Electronics Reconnaissance Squadron at
McGuire AFB
New
Puerto Rico
In 1952 he
ment of the USAF
European
theater
heath RAF Ste tion
for his
subsequently
Engineering
as
Base
Strategic
and
the first
Peconnaissance
operating
was
he was
moved to
at
and
Ramey
operational
Field at
awarded the
Bay
AFB
squadron
detach
program into the
Distinguished Flying
to Forbes AFB
Texas
level
Engineering
North Iest Territories
project
During
Am
u1denhall RAP Station and Laken
assigned
Biggs
Air Force Oivil
Frobisher
ing
muanded
co
Louisiana
Cross
successful electronics reconnaissance achievements
return to the U S
duty
Barksdale A
FB
Jersey
Kansas
Upon
and
Here he entered the Civil
In 1959
Site
he
was
assigned
representative
Canada
on
at
the SAC Refuel
this assignment he functioned
as
the
United States Air Force liaison officer to the Canadian Government
and
Upon
was
awarded the Air Force
return to the U S
he
was
Commendation Medal for this work
assigned
to
Headquarters
Second
A 1r 11 01 00
Ci vil
un
Oporlltitmn
Division in tho D1roctol nto of
A
large pnrt
of his time
Engineering
dovolopment
thlu
Chler of
was
of the rOillI facilities nudntonance
work ho
WW
llwnrdod
to the
applied
rllIll and for
pro
tho FIrat Oak Loar Oluntor to the Air
Forco Oonunendntion Modul
In
January 1963
he
the Armed Forces Staff
to that
he
assignment
Directorate of Civil
of the
Second Air Force and attended
departed
College
at Norfolk
transferred to
was
Engineering
ussile Facilities
Virginia
Subsequent
Headquarters
USAF in the
Maintenance Division
as
tenance Branch with later
Chief
duty
in
the Utilities Branch of the Haintenance Division
In June
1965
he
was
of Defense
as
Managemnt
Staff where
assignment
he
now
accounting
property
was
to the Office of the
the Air Force member
property
utilized
for funds
assets
the Real
on
as
an
a
Secretary
Property
February 1967
uniform system for
a
interdepartmental
basis
Maintenance
During
evaluating
guide for programming
expended
of the
on
he served until
developed
i
tion of real
system is
assigned
the
this
con
This
budgeting
and
in the maintenance of the real
Department
of Defense
For this work he
awarded the Second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Force Commenda
tion Bedal
In
March
1967
ate progr8lIl end
arrival in RVN
as
he entered C 12J
completed
a
0123
to the Red Horse Civil
this
pilot
pilot training
training
he
Engineering
was
in
April 1967
immediately
program
in the Palace
as
a
re
Upon
assigned
result of
being
a
f101eotocl for
After
Group
promotion
brief orientation
Colonel Hunun
Squadron
to tho rLUm 01 Colon l
at
Tuy
was
Hon AB
period
aPsiened
in the 1st Oivil
to the
where he
820th Civil Engineering
ssumed commnnd
a
Engineering
on
10 June
1967