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Satahip Port Complex Projects
a.k.a. "Club Med - South"
The Cantonment Area later became the home for
the MIA/KIA Recovery Project Hqs for S.E.A.
prior to the permanent home of CIL-HAWAII...
Blueprint Credits:
U.S. Army Engineer History Office, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri
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You may also want to visit ...
.. while you are in Satahip |
Camp Vayama Page ".. the beginning"
Deep Water Port Page U.S. Army "Navy"???
Satahip Page "U-Tapao" "Newland"
697th Engr Co (P/L) Page
"Pipeline! CAN DO, SIR!"
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Camp Samae San
Sattahip, Thailand
Year: Est. 1969-70
4 Photo Credits: MSG Otto Uebel,
720th MP Battalion
- U.S. Army (Retired)
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Camp Samae San
Satahip, Thailand
Year est: 1969
View from Tanks on the Hill...
Photo Credits: 6 Tom Petty, 697th
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| Thai Army Soldier on Guard Duty
1971 was the year ..
No! No! No! "Moi" didn't pull guard duty ...
Huhhh .. the "conveniences" of duty in Thailand .. no guard duty ...
Photo Credits:
29 SFC John Sipkens USA - Retired
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Camp Samae San
Satahip, Thailand
Year est: 1969
View from Tanks on the Hill...
Photo Credits: 6 Tom Petty, 697th
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Camp Samae San
..up on the hill
Satahip, Thailand (1969)
"This picture -really- brings back memories!
- the early days of the Camp ..."
5 Photo Credits: Bob Potter, 697th
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Camp Samae San
..Old Orderly Room up on the hill
Satahip, Thailand (1969)
"Ralph Lemmer and ????" - anyone remember his name? TIA.
5 Photo Credits: Bob Potter, 697th
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Camp Samae San
..Construction of/Dirt Movers getting "fill"
Satahip, Thailand (1969)
"How many of you have climbed that hill?"
5 Photo Credits: Bob Potter, 697th
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Camp Samae San
..view from the 697th Motor Pool
Satahip, Thailand (1969)
Another view..
the New Buildings..
Motor Pool Main Shed
2nd View
"Notice -
that a lot of the equipment was designated 9th Logistics Command..."
5 Photo Credits: Bob Potter, 697th
22 Ron Renfro, 697th
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Camp Samae San
Satahip, Thailand
Year est: 1967-9
697th Pipeline Platoon Squad laying pipe at the Camp...
"If you've got plumbing problem complaints -
these are the guys! Don't bring it to the Orderly Room
- I move (only) papers!"
Frank/Company Clerk
Photo Credits: 6 Tom Petty, 697th
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Camp Samae San
Satahip, Thailand
Year est: 1967-9
Open Trenches during "Monsoon" Season ...
Photo Credits: 6 Tom Petty, 697th
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2nd Platoon, 697th Engr Co (Pipeline)
Camp Samae San 1968 - 69
Hi Everyone,
This is the story of what 2nd platoon and later all of the 697th had
to endure at wonderful sunny Samae San. 1st platoon faced the same
thing the year before. This shows the difficulties we had at Samae San.
Those who were there will testify to the truth of it.
#1 Pick up a truck load of pipe from "God Knows Where" and lay it
out along the trench, along with the couplers.
(On the right,) SP/4 Tobin and Thai helper are pulling the pipe together
with tool designed for the purpose. Rubber sealing rings are
inside the coupler to seal the pipe. Same as an "O" ring today
only 1/2" thick.
#2 During and after putting the pipe together make sure that it is
straight and level and all that other important b.s.
When the pipe is laid and straight etc shovel (99% of
the time by hand) sand between the couplings so that it will stay in place.
On the left, this is the picture (one of a few that I have) that I have shown
more people in the last thirty years than any other picture.
If the pipe lies in the ground without any water in it, and it rains,
it will float thru the sand to the surface, kink, bind, pull apart, and
fill with water,sand and sink back down into the sand. Even now as
I write this, I almost cry, because all the work we went thru was for NOTHING
- absolutely, positively NOTHING! If you look, this goes on for as far
as the eye can see. All the pipe that was not filled with water is now on the
surface! Period - end of story - do it all over again guys! Not
only that but the pipe is now contaminated (filled with sand and yuck) and it too
has to be cleaned out if it is too be used.
The trench has to be redug. If you look down the trench there are
blank spots. This is where the pipe has sunk back into the
trench. It will have to be dug out by hand and pulled back up out of
the muck. The first joint in the pipe is raised up
because where I am standing to take the picture is burried in the sand
and pulled the other pipe up into the air. That is how they pull apart.
Thank you for listening
Tom Petty
Narrative/Photo Credits: 6 Tom Petty, 697th
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697th Engineers - Pipeline
For more "photo opts" on the (exciting) life of the 697th'ers !
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U.S. Army CIL - Thailand, Camp Samae San, Satahip, Thailand
"An Honorable Profession"
Recovering of the remains of our own ...
For all of you that may have gone home from your tour of
duty in Satahip; wondering what ever happened to those nice facilities constructed in
the harbor/port area of Satahip, here is a partial answer ...
Here is an official quote/unquote from the U.S. Army web site found at -
http://www.cilhi.army.mil/casualty_data_section.htm for your edification:
"Casualty Data, or casualty analysis, was not a functioning part of the Central Identification
Laboratory (CIL) when the laboratory was established at Camp Samae San, Thailand (CIL-THAI)
in 1973. However, the need for a records room was immediately evident as CIL-THAI
inherited, along with personnel, all of the mortuary processing records (some 55,000 plus)
from both the Da Nang and Tan Son Nhut Mortuaries which had operated in Vietnam.
Additionally, as CIL-THAI recovery teams began recovering remains from Vietnam, the requirement
for ante-mortem records (medical and dental) for the identification process became paramount.
The need to have additional personnel to locate, request, receive, research, archive
and produce information and records for the identification staff and Recovery Elements gave
way to the birth of the Casualty Data Analysis Section.
When the organization moved to Hawaii in May of 1976 and became the Central Identification
Laboratory, Hawaii (CILHI), the Records Room activated as an operational section.
Staffed originally with three Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO’s), the responsibility of the
section grew with the organization. The requirement to conduct detailed map searches,
produce name associations and records research with each remains received became arduous.
Additional material such as maps, casualty reports, search and rescue reports, line of duty
investigations, witness statements, and eventually even the Da Nang and Tan Son Nhut Mortuary
files were researched and analyzed for each remains repatriated from Southeast Asia.
The requirement for research and analysis took a gigantic leap as CILHI took on the
responsibility to search for, recover, and identify individuals whose remains were not
recovered and identified from WWII, Korea, and the Cold War."
- Source:
U.S. Army CILHI .. for public information and free distribution ...
I urge you to take a hour; visit the official web site and learn
more about the "repatriation process" and the recovering of our comrades that gave their
all and the Mission to Bring Home our Fallen Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors!
Click here for the CIL Pictorial Story.
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Camp Samae San - the Cantonment Area
Sattahip Project Areas
Sattahip Depot Area
Blueprint Credits: U.S. Army History Office, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri
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