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From the 44th Engineer Group (Construction) monthly operational reports,
here are some of the charts, diagrams, maps and project photos on "The Road"
between Sattahip, the deep water port and the "Northeast" where the war was
being waged against Laos and North Vietnam via Nakhon Phanom R.T.A.F.B. and
Udorn R.T.A.F.B., Hqs for the CIA and the Secret War in Laos.
To get a better perspective of the region of S.E.A.,
click on this map of Thailand with Sattahip circled.
"Isaan" country or the Northeast may be described as the region of Thailand
from Korat, in the central plain over towards Cambodia and Ubon up to Nong Khai and
Nakon Phanom. Nong Khai is on the Mekong River, just below the capital city
of Laos, Vientiane. My wife was from Vientiane and in 1977 became a 4-year
refugee in the camp at Nong Khai and then a short 6-month period in the Phillipines...
The 44th had two battalions of engineers, the 809th working in the Northeast (primarily)
and the 538th on the portion in the south from the deep water port at Sattahip taking
"The Road" up pass (bypass) Bangkok through Korat and Camp Friendship army base up, up,
up to Khon Khaen and span off towards Nakhon Phanom (NKP) via two routes: 22 & 223.
The R.T.A. (Royal Thai Army) had a battalion, the 23rd, involved in this major
undertaking to link, a "triangle," Udorn with NKP and Khon Khaen... Route 22 is
a more direct route between Udorn and NKP and Route 223 provided fast transport between
the supply channels in the south via Khon Khaen.
Click here, for a unit location diagram and
here for yet another chart with route numbers...
Click on hyper-link "bordered" photos for larger image.
Route 22 grading work ...
Grading a road near Korat R.T.A.F.B.
Pit operations, Inland Road
Closing the Inland Road, 24 Jun 67
Bangkok Bypass Road Extension near Kilo 64
Upgrading and realignment section of the Bangkok Bypass near Kilo 85
Upgrading and realignment section of the Bangkok Bypass near Kilo 85
Completed section of the Bangkok Bypass near Kilo 91
Excavation ready to receive precast box culvert, Route 22, Northeast ...
Asphault laydown operations on Route 22, Northeast ...
Forgot the map locations???
Thailand
Routes
Unit Dispositions
FY 68 S.E.A. Contingency Funds - USARSUPTHAI
19 Oct 67
Visit
Official
Dept. of Army
History Section
for complete reports!
Photo Credits: U.S. Army History Office, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri
("Home of the Engineers")
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