Engineers at War

The United States Army in Vietnam #11

by Adrian G. Traas, U.S. Army Center of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army

With full color maps and illustrations. Center of Military History publication CMH 91-14-1. United States Army in Vietnam series. Covers how the engineers grew from a few advisory detachments to a force of more than 10 percent of the Army troops serving in South Vietnam. The 35th Engineer Group began arriving in large numbers in June 1965 to begin transforming Cam Ranh Bay into a major port, airfield, and depot complex. Within a few years, the Army engineers had expanded to a command, two brigades, six groups, twenty-eight construction and combat battalions, and many smaller units.

668 pages, Hardcover

First published February 25, 2011

Reviews

[Will]

I received Engineers at War by Adrian Traas in 2011 when I was at Engineer BOLC. It is about US Army Engineers in Vietnam. I did not finish reading it until this last Memorial Day weekend. I really liked the reading the narratives about Combat and Construction Engineers. What Engineers accomplished in Vietnam was unbelievable and very captivating. I did not particularly care for the length (the book is about the size of a small phone book) and the sections on budget and road construction metrics helped me get a lot of restful nights of sleep from 2011 to 2020. Overall, unless you really like Army Engineering history or have a serious sleeping problem, Engineers at War may not be your cup of tea.