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The 18th Engineer Brigade was formed July 29,
1921, as the 347th Engineers (General Service) in the Organized
Reserves. It was ordered into active military service May 6, 1942, at
Camp Claiborne, La., and redesignated the 347th Engineer General Service
Regiment. For its service in Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland
and Central Europe during World War II, the unit received the
Meritorious Unit Commendation. After the war, it was deactivated in
Germany. Redesignated the 18th Engineer Brigade, it was reactivated at
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., on Oct. 25, 1954. On March 26, 1963, it was again
deactivated, but on July 16, 1965, was activated at Ft. Bragg, N.C., and
prepared for deployment to Vietnam. An advance party of the brigade
arrived in Vietnam on Sept. 3, 1965, and became operational two weeks
later.
Units of the 18th Engineer Brigade have constructed everything from depots to seaports, airfields to orphanages throughout central and northern Vietnam. |
