| 154th Transportation Company (Terminal Service) |
| The 154th Transportation Company (Terminal Service), commonly referred to as the Anchor Team, joined the 4th Transportation Command (TML C) from Okinawa during December 1966. It was initially assigned to the 71st Transportation Battalion, Newport, and operated a portion of the terminal facilities. On 25 May 1969, the unit was assigned to the US Army Transportation Battalion, Saigon (Provisional). It was charged with the mission of operating three deep draft berths in the commercial port of Saigon, discharging, backloading and clearing general and refrigerated cargo, as well as operating the consolidated MHE maintenance facility and a dunnage yard. On December 31, 1969, United States Army operations in the port of Saigon were curtailed and on 31 January, after phase-out of the Provisional Battalion, the Anchor Team was again assigned to the 71st Transportation Battalion, Newport. The 154th Transportation Company is now operating a river barge site at Tay Ninh in support of the 25th Division, supplying personnel as necessary to supervise discharge of USAID cargo and transfer of MASF cargo in the commercial port of Saigon, as well as operating the retrograde yard and vehicle wash facilities at Newport |
| Members of the 154th Transportation Company in Vietnam |
| Frank Carletta Allan Furtado Wally Peregrine Arthur Poulin Larry Letterman William Smith Donald Dillman Danny Robinson Barry Moreland James Borowski Ronald Melton David Chapman Jr. Don Chambers Chuck Hurst Tom Brown Gordon Paul James L. Lake ***** R. Dale Taylor Klim Nesmith Robert Batz Phil Wright Ruben Mora Gregory Farris David Carpenter Samuel Cutlip Ronald Chavez James R. Krupa Van Woody Jr. Thomas Gardner Dean Thome Ivy R. Willis Jr. Charles T. Schultheis Larry Sheffey Michael C. Walser Jack Rhodes John Edward Smith Gary G. Tabor Frank Hunter Joe Drinon Dan Ireland Walter Pascal Wayne A. Wight Douglas S. Murdock Eugene Butler Carlos Sisneros Calvin Pepper Sam G. Ellerson Jerry E. Burge Gary D. Shannon Bernard J. West Paul Machado Harry Shelton Harold Sharp Tom Poston Wayne Boyter Ron Hall Vernon Allen Mike Whittle Guillermo Bracero Rodney Baker Harold Atkinson Ronnie Branam Melvin M. Craver David Stonaker |
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| **James Lee (Jimmy) Lake was KIA during a rocket and mortar attack at Newport Terminal on May 12, 1968** |
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| Greg Farris Allan Furtado David Carpenter David Chapman Frank Carletta Van Woody Ronald Chavez James Krupa Larry Sheffey Joe Drinon |
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| Campaign Participation Credits World War II Sicily (With Arrowhead) Rome-Arno Southern France Rhineland Korean War United Nations Defensive United Nations Offensive CCF Intervention Second Korean Winter Korean Summer 1953 Vietnam Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, PhaseII Counteroffensive, Phase III Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet 69/Counteroffensive Summer-Fall 1969 Winter-Spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase VII Consolidation I Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation - Streamer Embroidered Korea 1950-51 Meritorious Unit Commendation - Streamer Embroidered Korea 1953-54 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation - Streamer Embroidered Korea 1950-52 Republic of korea Presidential Unit Citation - Streamer Embroidered Korea 1954 Meritorious Unit Commendation - Vietnam 1 July 68 - 31 Mar 69 |
| MHE Maintenance Newport MHE Maintenance Newport NA Stevedore/Fuel Handler NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Mess Cook NA NCO 1st Ship Platoon NA NA Newport Barge Site Operations Security Guard Newport Stevedore Hatch 5 Mess Cook N/A - Now Deceased Camelot Security Newport Stevedore Longshoreman LST Site Longshoreman Newport Staging Ops Company Driver/Newport Stevedore R/T Maintenance Cargo Handler/Longshoreman Jeep Driver for 1sgt 1sgt OIC Newport LST/Barge Operations Stevedore/Documentation Clerk 1st Platoon Leader Company Commander Stevedore Forklift Operator Forklift Operator N/A N/A Crane - Forklift Operator Security at Camelot N/A Truck Driver Forklift Operator Forklift Operator Platoon Leader Newport-Barges-LST-LCU Heavy Truck Driver Camp Camelot Security N/A Newport Stevedore Forklift Operator N/A N/A N/A Platoon Sgt Director of Documentation |
| Photo Courtesy Of United States Army Transportation Museum At Fort Eustis, Virginia |
| If you arrived on this page from a search, please don't miss the photo section. There are many photos of Newport, Camp Camelot, barge sites and the surrounding area. |
| Lineage and Honors 154th Transportation Company - Terminal Service |
| Constituted 1 October 1941 as Company B, 396th Quartermaster Battalion Activated 27 March at Fort Hamilton, New York Redesignated 27 March 1954 as the 154th Transportation Company Reactivated 1 June 1966 at Fort George G. Mead, Maryland |
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| Mike Walser Charles Schultheis John Smith Paul Machado Tom Poston Harry Shelton Carlos Sisneros Tony Bracero Rod Baker |
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