| With the increase of US forces in Vietnam,
the 70th Engineers were alerted for another deployment. In August 1965, the
battalion arrived at the port of Qui Nhon to become the first US combat
Engineer unit in Vietnam. The 70th's mission upon arrival was to prepare for
Operation Highland, the deployment of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in
position around An Khe. Following two years of carrying out combat engineering
tasks around An Khe, the battalion was moved to Pleiku. Here it continued to
perform combat engineering tasks under the 937th Engineer Group. The following
year, the battalion moved once more, this time to the Ban Me Thuot area where
it was primarily concerned with main supply route maintenance and bridge
repair, in addition to the construction of six forward fire support bases. In
October 1969, the battalion was alerted for redeployment to the United States
as part of the drawdown in Vietnam. The 70th engineers moved to Fort Lewis,
Washington, and were inactivated on 30 November 1969. |
