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The 588th Engineer Battalion (C) (A) at Tay Ninh, Viet Nam in 1968.

Dedicated to the soldiers who have served in the 588th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Army), and its predecessor, the 388th Engineer Battalion (1942-1954)

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Third Reunion! 16-19 June, 2000, Fort Hood, Texas!
Hosted by the 588th Engineer Battalion!

Second Reunion! 7 August, 1999, San Francisco!

First Reunion! 16 June.1998, Fort Hood, Texas!

Our P.O.C.'s (points of contact) work'em!

For Roster additions, contact our Roster Master, Jim (The Bugler) Chogyoji, at
Jim.Chogyoji@usa.xerox.com

For Memorial additions or corrections, contact our Guard de Honour pro-tem, Mike Buchanan, at
Buchana1@aol.com

For historical information or submissions, contact our Battalion Historian, John Hirsh, at
Bhd8ball@aol.com

For first hand Canol Project information, contact our Vice President, Frank Brehon, at
gbrehon1@juno.com

For other administrative queries, contact our 588th CEBA Secretary-Treasurer, Paul Luers, at
PALuers@aol.com

For thanking our Battalion Chaplain, Bruce Goodrich, for initiating the securing of
the War Memorial Building in San Francisco for our Second Reunion, please write Bruce at,
cookie@integrityol.com and wish him well!

For current Battalion status, or how to teach a Spec 4 how to properly manuver a
HUMV too the max @Irwin, contact our Battalion Laison (and Salinas home boy) ,
LTC Ed Cardon, at CARDONE@hood-emh3.army.mil

For tool-push information, contact me, our 588th CEBA President, Jon Hollcraft, at
588th@mendonet.com

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The Bulletin Board ... 50,000+ readings Last Twelve Months (ending Apr 30, 00)

Our Unit History * The 388th at Canol * The Battalion Crest *The 1998 Reunion

The Corps History * The 588th Today * Tay Ninh Map* Engineer Links * Other Links

Veteran Info * Gulf War * DoD Letter * The To Do List * Engineer Hymn/Songs

Lineage & Honors * 362nd (L)(E) Engineer Company * Stories * Photo Gallery 1

Commanders (u/c) * Message Postings (pre-BB) * Site Awards* Memorial


New Links:

Battle of Dau Tieng, 2/22/1969 "Charlie Company" was there

Jim "Frog" Ulm has started up a site for our brothers in the "Deuce"

Richard Burden, Desert Storm

The 588th CEBA is a member of several Webrings

187th AHC Pictorial History

How to get After Action Reports



Please read site disclaimer below. Thank You.

The 588th Engineer Battalion Crest

The crest for the 588th Engineer Battalion was originally approved for the 388th Engineer General Service Regiment on 16 March 1943 while the unit was stationed in Canada, and includes the following symbolism.

The 588th Combat Engineer Battalion Crest

Scarlet and white are the colors of the Corps of Engineers. The wavy diagonal division of the shield represents the rivers crossed with the black line the oil of the pipeline. The cost, which is a diminutive of the bend, is the heraldic representation of the scarf of a military commander and denotes the pipe handled by the organization in maintaining and constructing the road through the Canadian wilderness. The ptarmigan symbolizes the geographical area in which the battalion has served. The silver spruce tree is emblematic of the forests of spruce found in the Canadian wilderness, its silver colors represent the snow thereon.

The words "HIC ET UBIQUE" (Here and Everywhere) are the unit motto.



The To Do List

As an alumnus of the 588th/388th, this is your site: I'm just the tool-push. I welcome your suggestions on how to best serve us all. Seems like I'm always about 90 pages behind with MendoNet anyway, so what the hay ... the todo list :-) I invite your comments about:

  • A Bulletin Board to facilitate making connections ... Done
  • Roster Page ... Done and Growing
  • A memorial page to honor our brothers who made the ultimate sacrafice ... Done
  • Your stories will be a big part of this site
  • Your photos to share will all
  • Search engine if the site gets large enough ... it did!
  • Reunions, large and small ... #1 was in June, 1998 .. #2 is on 7 August, 1999 in San Francisco!
  • Visit to Tay Ninh or wherever

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* Disclaimer:
This site is provided as a resource for alumni of the the 588th Combat Engineer Battalion, its predecessor, the 388th Engineer Regiment formed in 1942, and the 362nd Equipment Company (LE), AND All of our visitors. Information provided here is deemed to be as accurate as possible and is the product of many contributors, including the helpful staff of the current active unit at Fort Hood. While this site is unofficially sanctioned by the active unit at Fort Hood, the opinions expressed here are those of the respective authors. This site was built and hosted by an alumnus who happens to be the webmaster for the MendoNet system. If you have an event, program, or URL link you would like to have included here, please e-mail me the details. If you can't find a site for your old unit, then I encourage you to build one. That is how this one started; with just One Page! It now has over 700 files. If I can help, please drop me a line.

Thanks for visiting, and ... Welcome Home!


I took the photo at the top of this page in 1968. It looks across the 588th Engineer Battalion from the south-western corner of Tay Ninh Base Camp, and is looking east/northeast towards Nui Ba Den. There was an artillery spotting tower outside the perimeter of the base camp in the vicinity of the 588th. I walked out to the berm and shouted up to the guys manning the tower and asked for permission to come up.
1998 pic, during 4 day (what's with all this traffic down here ;-) christmas pilgrimage
I had to negotiate 2 or 3 lines of apron and it was pretty slow going, but I made it. I climbed up into the tower and took this shot as it gently swayed in the breeze balancing a couple tons of sandbags. If you were there, you probably can recognize some of the buildings in the foreground. Battalion maintenance is toward the lower left corner and the S-4 sheds are easy to spot.
Engineer Crest


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