Other Links
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View the Wall | An interactive photographic view of The Wall. Enter a name to begin the search, then zoom in or pan left or right to find a photograph of that person’s name on The Wall. |
Awards Branch, U.S. Army | Official link to all the awards, medals, rules, images, etc. |
Center for Veterans Enterprise | Are you a vet? Are you in business or planning to start a business? No direct funding, but other resources in abundance. |
PersCom | The official link to the United States Army Personnel Command |
Groups, Organizations, Locations
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Pleiku Pals |
Very active mailing list and meeting place for people who served in and around Pleiku. Links. Photos. |
Combat Medics | A site by and about the combat medics, doctors, and nurses who risked life and limb to save life and limb |
Dak To Defenders | A site dedicated to the men of the 299th Engineer Battalion (HHC, Alpha, Delta, and the 115th Engineer Co.) who helped defend Dak To during the seige of May 9 thru July 1, 1969 |
The Army Engineer Association |
The 20th Engineer Battalion is part of a 225-year-old tradition. Find out more about it here |
Camp Holloway | Vet site dedicated to the various units of Camp Holloway |
Units (Division, Brigade, Battalion, Company)
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1st Cavalry Division/20th Engr Bn – (Site is down) |
Another 20th Engineer Battalion history page, this one created for the 1st Cavalry Division Association |
20th Engineer Bn (Mech) |
Active U.S. Army site for the 20th Engineer Battalion, now based at Ft. Hood |
III Corps – Fort Hood | Home of the re-organized 20th Engineer Battalion |
20thengineers | From the perspective of the 20th Engineer Regiment. Another history. Great details, WWII art |
The Guard Shack |
Fantastic historical site created and maintained by the grandson of one of the original members of the 20th Engineer Regiment. Photos, history, links
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299th Engineer Battalion Vietnam Veterans Association | A site centered on the 299th and those who served in it during Vietnam. There site also contains information from other eras |
18th Engineer Brigade | A site launched in 1998 by James Szabo Sr., who died in April, 2005. The site is being maintainted by his sone, James Szabo Jr. |
538th Engineer Company |
Great site for unit that was attached to the 20th for a while, working with the 584th. |
Issues (Political, medical, social)
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Vietnam Veterans of America |
‘Nuff said |
VVA Agent Orange site |
A great starting point if you are wondering about all the stories about the use of Agent Orange to keep the Engineer Hill perimiter clean as a whistle. |
From Engineer Hill to Hanoi | In 1969, C. David Thomas was an artist/draftsman working with the 20th in Pleiku. He has spent many years since leading efforts to reconcile the U.S. and Vietnam through the arts. |
Personal Sites
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Mike Morrow’s My Backstage Vietnam | Mike |
Petester’s Vietnam Pages |
AF pilot Peter A. Bird’s tremendous work documenting his tour in words and many, many pictures. |
Vietnam Memorabilia & Pictures | A unique collection of audio recordings and a lot of great images from Vietnam, especially the Central Highlands, and of the equipment and souvenirs of the war, from the experience of James R. Claeys. |
Portals, collections of links, etcetera | |
Global Security.ORG |
Has brief Historical breakouts for HHC and A Company, B Company, C Company |
Vietnam Veterans Homepage | Launched in 1994, a great collection of information and links. |
View the Wall | An interactive photographic view of The Wall. Enter a name to begin the search, then zoom in or pan left or right to find a photograph of that person’s name on The Wall. |
Awards Branch, U.S. Army | Official link to all the awards, medals, rules, images, etc. |
PersCom | The official link to the United States Army Personnel Command |
VETERANS’ ORGANIZATIONS SITES
American Ex-Prisoners of War Service Foundation
The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA)
Disabled American Veterans DAV
Gulf War Veteran Resource Pages
National Gulf War Resource Center
Paralyzed Veterans of America PVA
The Retired Enlisted Association
VFW – Veterans of Foreign Wars
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SITES
Department of VETERANS AFFAIRS Main Page
DVA Facilities
and Leadership Directory
DVA Index of Veterans Organizations
DVA National Cemetery Information
DVA Veterans Benefits Administration Home Page
Department of DEFENSE DefenseLink Main Page
DOD American Forces Information Service
Page
DOD American Forces Press Service Page
The LEGISLATIVE
House of Representatives
Main Page
House Committee on Veterans Affairs Page
Addresses and Home Pages for U.S. Congressional
Representatives
Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs
Page
Addresses (inc. e-Mail) for
U.S. Senators
The MILITARY U.S. AIR FORCE Main Page
U.S. ARMY Review Boards Agency (ARBA)
GulfLINK (Office of the Special Assistant
for the Gulf War Illnesses)
OTHER FED’L Gov’t National ARCHIVES
Main Page
Military Records Request
Form SF170
National Archives Database of Holdings
GPO – Government Printing
Office Document Databases (full text)
LIBRARY
of CONGRESS List of Many Government Web Sites
SSA – Social Security Administration Main Page
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Zip+4 Zip Code Lookup
OTHER SITES
1st Bn 5th U.S. Infantry Home Page (25th Infantry Division)
33rd Infantry Division Association,
Inc.
4th U.S. Infantry Division Home Page
Army Times Publishing Co. Military City
Online Site (some services are not free)
Florida State University World War II Project
Site
Freedom Flight – POW-MIA Hot Air Balloon
Team
The Military Chaplains Association of
the US
Military Life – “Your Online Military
Community”
Military Artist George Skypeck’s
Home Page (commercial sales)
Sons and Daughters in Touch
Site
The Stars and Stripes Newspaper