Ken, That was the 2nd Plt., B Co. that built Peanuts (the bridge) at the west end of Derose Hill. I was a Sgt. and with us were Barney Bacon, Tim Hall, Steve Zadroga, Sgt. Rip Van Winkle,Charlie Ayers and a lot of other good men. We were on QL-11, and boy were we glad that the earth moving Plt. finally cut through Dreos hill, before you used the old French road- up-down-over - back, a real good place for an ambush.

Served with the 589 in September 1969. I remember us working on a road and a hill called "DEROS Hill". Anyone remember. I weas a Sgt E-5.

To All, If you want to hear some of the best if not the best music from your days in Nam, go to vietnamlandclearers.com and click on the picture of the dozer,then scroll down to vietnam era, click on and you will find all the good music from back in the day, 9 different playlists.

To Fred Buyze, Thank you for responding and if you are interested, the 687th has it's own web site at 687th landclearing.homestead.com

Jim Castro, I knew a lot of the guys in the 687th when it was formed. In 68 I was in the 87th Engrs. When they went home in Jan. 69, they took all of the earthmoving plts. and made them into the 687th. In 69 one plt. of the 687th was at Phan Rang re-equiping, I went over and found a bunch of my buddies from the 87th. I haven,t thought about the 687th in a long time.

My name is Jim Casto, I started out with the 687th Landclearing Co. under the 18th Engr Bde, 35th Engr Group from June of 1970 to Nov or Dec when the 687th De- Activated, I transfered to the 84th Engr Bn, D Co in An- Khe, We moved from An-Khe to a place I called Con-Soom, I may be saying it wrong. Con-Soom was located in between Nha-Trang and Bamethout just above the Nha-Trang Pass. The whole D Co, 84th Engr Bn because we moved so far from An-Khe now became C Co, 589th Engr Bn, I never met anyone from any other Co with-in the 589th Engr Bn and never even knew where Bn Headquarters was located. When I left Viet-Nam in April of 1971, Co C was still in Con-Soom. The Company Commander went by the name of Croft, Captain, I was A 62B20 Heavy Equipment Mechanic and the Motor Sgt Was SSG Nettles and the Motor Pool Officer was CWO Grovenberg. Does anyone out there remember any of this?

Hi guys any of you guys from co.C in song pha. I was there from july 1970 to jan 1971 when we pulled out. I was the crain opr. A bunch of us got sent up north to phu bui. I love to here from anyone who remembers me.

Perry got my hat. It is awesome. Will see you at reunion.

I enjoyed talking to Alex Hill, and Don Hazen this week. I have just set up my own email account so please feel free to email me or call me anytime you get a chance. It is really nice talking to my brothers of war. Take care and I will be looking forward to hearing from all of you.

Bonney: Good to talk to you. Will see you at the reunion Alex

Good to see some familiar names from HHC Personnel shop. Alan Byrd and Jim Bond, right off the top. Charles Alexander, too, and Bill Smith 'Smitty.' Glad to hear you are still with us. Has anyone heard from Dave Schmidt, Dave Sciara, Roy Nichols or Hank Fung?

looking for members of dco who was in an ke in 67 to 68 till it moved up to don doung at the dam and was changed to 577 iwas heavy equip mech be glad to hear from you

I'm looking for these men, they were in my squad at LZ Last Chance in 70. Harold "CURT" Curtis, Charlie Ayers, Wilbur Stone Jr., Larry "Comrade GRUPP" Gruppman, and Eric Mobley. Also, does anyone remember a RED, he had bright red hair, and was in the Maint. Plt. and transferred to the EM plt to drive a dozer.b6f86