-U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Batallion

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DECEMBER 1968 - JULY 1969 PHU BAI, RVN

Uo So NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION FORTY Fleet Post Office

New York 9 New York 09501 MCB-4ogS-3gWMB 5213 Serg

Fromg Co1111aading Officer 9 Uo So Naval Mobile Coastructioa Battalion FORTY To: COll!lla1l.der Construction Battalions Pacific

Subjg USNMCB FORTY ~plo1JDeRt Completi on Report; forwardi"ng of

Refg (a) COMCBPACINST 5213olE

Encl g (1) Deploymeat Gompletion Report

lo ERclosure (1) 9 a summary of Uc s . Naval Mobile Coastruction Battalion FORTY 0s deploymeat to Phu Bai 9 Republi c of VietBaJI~ duriag the period of December 1968 through July 1969 9 i s forwarded in accordance with refereace (a)o

Copy to g CINCPACFLT l COMSERVPAC l CO MC BI.ANT 2 SEABEE HIST 1 DIR OF NAV HIST l CG FMF PAC l CG III MAF 1 NAVFAC (06) 1 NAVFAC (063) l COMNAVFORV l COMSERVLANT l COM3NCB 2 COM30NCR 2 COM31NCR 2 COM32NCR 2 C<>t20NCR 2 COM21NCR 2 CO CBGEN POR HUE l CO NAVSCOLCONST PORHUE l CECOS l ALL NMCB 0S l CO NCEL 1

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U o So NAVAL MOBILE· CONSTRUCTION·· -BATT-ALIGN- FORTY Officers and Leading Chief Petty Officers

CDR Wo Fo DANIEL (Oct 1967 - Jul 1969) Commanding Officer

CDR Ro K. WHITE (Jul 1969 - Present) Commanding Officer

LCDR D. Ro AUSTIN Executive Officer

LTJG C. Wo COULTER Administrative Officer

ENS D. Ao IDDINGS Personnel Officer

LTJG Eo J o KUNZ Military Readiness Officer

LCDR Wo Mo BELL Operations Officer

LTJG Ro Ao BRUCE (May 1967 - Jun 1969) Assistant Operations Officer

LTJG E. I. HANDELAND Engineering Officer

LCDR Jo Jo CUNNINGHAM (Aug 1967 - Feb 1969) Logistics Officer

LCDR D. Ao BRADLEY (Feb 1969 - Present) · Logistics Officer

LTJG W. So REED Disbursing Officer

LTJG So Ro MULVIHILL Material Liaison Officer

LCDR D. Fo MCCAHILL "A" Company Commander

LTJG J o Wo KING (Dec 1967 - Jul 1969) Asst "A" Company Commander

WOl M. G. THATCHER (Dec 1967 - May 1969) Asst "A" Company Commander

LT Jo Jo MALLA "B" Company Commander

LTJG R. Ao HOYT (Jul 1967 - Jul 1969) Asst 11B11 Company Commander

LTJG Po F. BOSAKOWSKI "C" Company Commander

LT J. Ao CAPARROTTI "D" Company Commander

LTJG Ro M. NORMAN Asst "D" Company Commander

LT Ao Fo LERITZ Dental Officer

LT H. M. IANNOTTI Medical Officer

LT Ro Go KOCK Chaplai.Jk

LTJG R. Lo BELLAFROHTO Civic Actioa Officer

LTJG Ro MICHALSKI Resorces Control Officer

LTJG Jo Jo COLLIER 'AD to THIRTYaoSF£0ND NCR

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UTCM Go Lo WEST Battalioa Chief

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BUCS P. Ro JOHNSQN

SWCS To Wo 'YlTES

CECS Ro Eo HINKLE

BUCS Jo D. FINCH

"A" Compa~ Chief

(Feb 1969= Preseat) 911)~ CoapaJg' Chief

Operatioas Chief

(Dec l968=Mar 1969) •0B'' Co•peiy Chief

Traiaiag Chief

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22 JAN - Captain D. G. ISELIN 9 Commander 9 Naval Construction Bat­talions , Uo So Atlantic Fleet 9 Came aboard Camp Campbell to tour job siteso

3 FEB - LT D. F. McCAHILL9 Alfa Company Commander was promoted to the r ank of Lieut enant Commandero

14 FEB - Security Bunker #12 reported receiving 1 round of enemy fire from 2 individuals sighted in front of their positiono

20 FEB - Listening Post X~ray was fired upon by an enemy unit and re­turned fire while a 3rd CAG unit was called in by Base De­fense o The CAG unit engaged the enemy and the Listening Post withdrew to our lineso

3 MAR - RADM J . V. BARTLETT 9 COM3NCB and RADM J . G. DILLON , Prospec­tive COM3NCB 9 visi ted Camp Campbell on a familiarization touro

7 MAR - NMCB FORTY established a new single-day production record of 1 ,000 tons of asphaltic concrete 9 breaking the previous Phu Bai plant record of 825 tonso

10 MAR - Detail Al fa , consisting of eight men9 departed for Quang Tri to support NMCB ONE TWENTY=EIGHT in soil stabilization of the Quang Tri airfieldo

11 MAR - RADM H. J. ROTRIDGE, CINCPACFLT Fleet Chaplain, visited Camp Campbell o

19 MAR - RADM J. G. DILI,bN9 COM3NCB 9 visited Camp Campbell and toured job siteso

20 MAR - Phu Bai Combat Base came under mor tar attack at approximately 24oo. No rounds were received within Camp Campbello

22 MAR - RADM W. M. ENGER 9 Deputy COMNAVFACENGCOM, and RADM J . G. DILLON, COM3NCB, visited Camp Campbell and toured job siteso

22 MAR - Phu Bai Combat Base came under rocket attack at approximately 0645. No rounds were received wit hin Camp Campbell o

25 MAR - Captain C. G. MILLER , Chief Staff Officer , COMCBPAC 9 and CDR B. J . HACKENSEN 9 CBPAC Logistics Officer 9 visited Camp Campbell and conducted the CBPAC Command and Logistics Inspectiono

27 MAR - NMCB FORTY survey crew received 12 rounds of sniper fire south of the Phu Bai Combat Base check- point . No injuries resulted.

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28 MAR - Phu Bai Combat Base came under rocket attack at approximately 00450 No rounds were received within Camp Campbello

11 APR - NMCB FORTY graduated its first class of 8 ARVN engineer traineeso

13 APR - NMCB FORTY mid- depl oyment celebration was heldo

26 APR - Phu Bai Combat Base received seven rounds of 122mm rocket fire at approximately 22000 No rounds were received within Camp Campbello

5 MAY - Pre-deployment party from NMCB ONE arrived for visit and tour of job siteso

9 MAY - Camp Campbell came under 122mm rocket attack at approximately OllOo Two 122mm rockets impacted within the camp areao One rocket demolished CPO Hut 6 and caused severe damage to CPO Hut 7o A total of sixteen men were woundedo Two men were seriously wounded and were eva: uatedo The remaining men were given treatment at the NMCB FORTY dispensary and returned to dutyo

9 MAY - Pre-deployment party from NMCB ONE_departed Camp Campbell for CONUS.

9 MAY - COMCBPAC Admin and Operations Inspection team arrived at Camp Campbell o

9 MAY - NMCB FORTY asphalt plant and fire truck personnel assisted in rescuing 2 pilots from an Air Force 0=2 aircraft which had crashed near the asphalt planto

10 MAY - COMCBPAC Inspection team departed Camp Campbello

11 MAY - NMCB FORTY asphalt plant personnel assisted in re~railing a car on the Vietnamese national railroad after it de~railed near the asphalt planto

14 MAY - Asphalt Plant set a new daily production record ~y producing 1,146 tons of asphaltic concreteo

17 MAY - Asphalt Plant set new weekly production record by producing 59 319 tons of asphaltic concrete for the week of 11-17 Mayo

25 MAY - Asphalt Plant set new monthly production record by producing 17 9080 tons of asphaltic concrete for the month of Mayo

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30 MAY - E02 BUCK was hit by sniper fire in the left forearm 9 while performing Civic Action work north of Hueo

1 JUN - Phu Bai Combat Base came under 122mm rocket attack at ap­proximately 21100 No rounds were received within Camp Camp­bello

5 JUN - Ensigns BELLAFRONTO~ MULVIHILL and NORMAN were promoted to the rank of LT(jg) o

10 JUN - Camp Campbell came under 122mm rocket attack at approximate­ly 01200 One rocket impacted within the camp areao The gen­erator plant and equipment and a 5 ton truck suffered major damageo There were no personnel injurieso

16 JUN ~ Phu Bai Combat Base came under 122 mm rocket attacko No rounds were received within Camp Campbello

18 JUN - Phu Bai Combat Base came under 122mm rocket attack ,at approx­imately 19500 No rounds were received within Camp Campbello

20 JUN - Rear Admiral Heaman and Rear Admiral Dillon arrived at Camp Campbell for -visit of camp and job sitesQ

21 JUN - Ensigns COLLIER and MICHALSKI were promoted to the rank of LT( jg) o

26 JUN - Phu Bai. Combat Base came under 122mm rocket attack at about 194oo No rounds were received within Camp Camp.hello

29 JUN - NMCB FORTY 0s Advance Party departed for Davisvilleo

30 JUN - NMCB ONE 0s first flight of their Advance Party arrived at Camp Campbello

2 JUL - Battalion Equipment Evaluation Program (BEEP) begano

4 JUL - Commander Ro Ko WHITE ~ CEC 9 USN 9 prospective Commanding Of­ficer of NMCB FORTY arrived a t Camp Campbell o

7 JUL - Phu Bai Combat Base came under 122mm rocket attack at about 0120 and 02000 No rounds were received within .. Camp Campbell.

8 JUL ~ Commander Ro Ko WHITE 9 CEC, USN 9 took command of NMCB FORTY from Commander Wo Fo DANIEL 9 CEC 9 USN ~ at a Change of Com­mand ceremony held at Camp Campbell o

11 JUL - Battalion Equipment Evaluation Program (BEEP) was completedo

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ll JUL - Phu Bai Combat Base came under 122mm rocket attack at about 22250 No rounds were received within Camp Campbell o

13 JUL - Second flight of NMCB ONE's Advance Party arrived at Camp Campbello

17 JUL - First flight of NMCB FORTY's main body departed Camp Campbell for Davisville 9 Rol o

21 JUL - Commander T. J. MITCHELL 9 CEC 9 USN 9- Commanding Officer9 NMCB ONE, took command of Camp Campbell from Commander Ro K. WHITE 9

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24 JUL - X..at flight arrived at Davisville 9 Rhode Islaado Ho11ep0rt deplo111eat c01111eacedb

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