US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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I I Q I i Mal OCaIIaghan IOIh Engineer Bairalion Commander, wishes MfSgI. Ordie Bond, acring Bn. Sergeanl' Malor besi' of luck and success on his reassignmeni io Europe. Maior O'CaIIaghan and MfSg+ Bond eniered Ihe service I'oge'Iher in I940 wi+h fhe I06Ih Engineer Regimeni, 3IsI Infaniry Division al' Camp Blanding, Florida. Be'I'ween them 'Ihey 'IoIaI over 30 years of service Io our couniry. Coat of Arms of the 10th Engineer Battalion - BLAZONRY SI-IIELD: Argent, an anchor debruised by Iwo oars saliire- wise beiween in fess I'wo increscenis all sable: on a chief of 'rhe Iasi' a pale wavy or bearing a seven- poinied mullel gules. CREST: On a wreaih of 'Ihe colors Iargenr and sablel wi+hin a garland of oalc 'irucied argeni a spur gear sable. MOTTO: Laboramus suslinere IWe worlc Io assisil. DESCRIPTION The pareni member of 'I'he I0'I'h Engineer Baiialion saw service wi'I'h ScoI'I' in Mexico and Jroolc pari' in I'he Civil War. Therefore, Ihe lO+h has adopied I'he Iwo crescenis from General ScoH's coar of arms and used ihe color black since i+ was 'I'he color of Ihe iacings on Ihe uniform worn by Ihe Engineers in Ihe Civil War. The anchor and ears was Ihe badge of ihe Engineers and Ponioniers of Ihe Army of Ihe Poiomac. The wavy pale on Ihe upper pari' of 'Ihe shield recalls I'he Marne which Ihe pareni' uni'I' bridged: and 'Ihe seven-poinied s'I'ar from 'Ihe cap badge oi 'Ihe Ausiralians recalls I'he cooperaiion on 'rhe Amiens ironi. The cresi' is a silver oalc wreaih +o represen-I' 'Ihe cap- 'I'ure oi Clairs Chenes I'I'he Cleared Oalcsi Woods, 20 Oc'I'ober I9I8. The black gear suggesis +he molorizecl and mechanized equipmeni wi'Ih which 'I'he I0+h Engineer Baliaiion opera'I'es. The IOI'h Engineer Baiialion ICombaiI is enI'i'IIed +0 'Ihe following baioile honors and may carry slreamers on i'Is colors wi'Ih inscripiions as indicaied. BaH'Ie Honors and Decoralions of 'I'he IOIh Engineer Bailalion ICombaIl are: CAMPAIGN STREAMERS CIVIL WAR: Peninsula Aniieiam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Virginia I863 Wilderness Spoisylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Appomaiiox SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: Saniiago WORLD WAR I: Somme Defensive Champagne Champagne-Marne QCOmbatj Aisne-Marne S'I'. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne WORLD WAR II: Algeria-French Morocco Tunisia Sicily Naples-Foggia Anzio Rome-Arno Souihern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Ceniral Europe KOREAN CONFLICT: CCF Inierveniion Firs'I U.N. Counieroiiensive CCF Offensive U.N. Summer-Fall Offensive Second Korean WinI'er Korea Summer-Fall I952 Third Korean Winier Korea Summer-Fall I953 DECORATIONS WORLD WAR 1: Sireamer in Ihe colors of 'Ihe French Croix de Guerre with Palm, embroidered Champagne-Marne and Aisne-Marne WORLD WAR II: Dislinguished Uni+ Sireamer, embroidered CoImar Sireamer in 'Ihe colors of 'Ihe French Croix de Guerre wiih Palm, embroidered CoImar Fourragere in 'Ihe colors of Ihe French Croix de Guerre KOREAN CONFLICT: S+reamer in the colors of 'rhe Republic of Korea Presideniial Unii Ci+a'I'ion, embroidered Uiion- gbu Corridor Sireamer in Ihe colors of 'Ihe Republic oi Korea Presideniial Unir Cilalion, embroidered Iron Tri- angIe Meriiorious Uni'I SIreamer, embroidered Korea Bravery Gold Medal of Greece IChryssoun Arisiion Andriasl for Korea Presideniial Uni+ Sireamer INavyl, embroidered Chosin Reservoir, Company D SILVER CAMPAIGN BANDS KOREAN CONFLICT: Company C, inscribed U.N. Offensive, CCF in+er- ven'Iion 4 I I ' fi' 'awfus suswf'

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The use of barbed wire for field foriificafions demonsfrared. ROTC s+uden+s learn firsi'-hand +l1e many of foxboles and frenches. IOH1 Engineers use 'lhe la'res'r 'rype of fool- Heavy engineer equipmenr is moved up for close inspecfion by Hue denrs. ineers con+empla're 'rheir half-com pon+oon bridge. ROTC observers see +l1e IOH1 Engineers use a mo- bile assaull' hook +o cross a M-47 rank over a ravine.