| Lineage and Honors |
| Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment |
| 71st Transportation Battalion |
| Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 48th Quartermaster Regiment Activated 10 February 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia Redesignated 14 December 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 48th Quartermaster Truck Regiment Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 71st Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile Inactivated 15 April 1946 in Japan Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 71st Transportation Corps Truck Battalion Redesignated 28 June 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 71st Transportation Battalion Activated 19 July 1954 at Fort Riley, Kansas Inactivated 24 September 1963 in Korea Reorganized and redesignated 21 March 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 71st Transportation Battalion Inactivated 19 December 1976 at Fort Eustis, Virginia Headquarters transferred 21 July 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and organized at Fort Eustis, Virginia |
| 71st Transportation Battalion (Terminal) |
| Headquarters, 71st Transportation Battalion, normally known as the Expediters, arrived in Vietnam during August 1966, was assigned to the 4th Transportation Command (Terminal C) and charged with the mission of operating the US Army Terminal Newport, which began operation during October 1966. The port initially consisted of shallow draft port facilities for the reception, discharge and port clearance of cargo barges, LCU's, LCM'S, and LST'S. Facilities for deep draft operations were opened during the period February - July 1969. To accomplish the currently assigned mission of operating the port facilities at Newport, Saigon and Tay Ninh, provision of the harborcraft services for the III and IV Corps tactical zones, and management of the battalion cantonment at Camp Camelot, the battalion has attached the 154th, 300th, 368th, 551st, 561st and the 567th Terminal Service Companies, 372nd and 402nd Terminal Transfer Companies, and the US Army Harborcraft Company (Provisional). |
| Campaign Participation Credit |
| World War II East Indies Papua New Guinea Leyte Luzon (with arrowhead) Vietnam Counteroffensive, Phase II Counteroffensive, Phase III Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, IV Counteroffensive, V Counteroffensive, VI Tet 69/Counteroffensive Summer-Fall 1969 Winter-Spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase VII Consolidation I Consolidation II Cease-Fire |
| Decorations |
| Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM - 1 July 68 - 31 March 69 Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM - 1 January 72 - 1 July 72 Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER - 1944 to July 1945 |
| Members of the 71st Transportation Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment in Vietnam |
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| Full Speed Ahead |
| Tom Le Moine Charles D'Arcy Carl F. Laube Donald J. Day David McNaught James B. Dowds Glenn Davis Frank Jay Ruben Mora Jim Tompkins Dennis Koziel Doyle Gaither Bob Masteller Nelson Ouellette Rick Lemons Jarvis Rau David Waters Larry Taylor Mark French Steven Gonzales David M. Salazar Jack Park Chris Coomes Michael Haas Bob Burgermeister Don Giacone Rex Dietz Kazimere Winnicki Thomas J. Beauchane Stu Upson Ken Colucci Dale Snyder George G. Mosgrove Frederick Hagreen John P. Santry Harold G. Lloyd John Carr Hugh Scott William Kester Glenn Durden Art Salazar Bruce Barbre John D. Brown Domer M. Watt Robert Thompson Gary Stewart Charles Gress Vince Cannamela Norman P. Houde John Taylor Gary Tenpas |
| West Allis, WS Stow, OH Macomb, MI Panama City, FL Corona, CA Hot Springs, AR Gnadenhutten, OH Monroe, MI Midland, TX No Info Dallas, GA No Info Shelton, WA Biddleford, ME No Info Jarvis Rau Passed Away No Info No Info Chino, CA No Info Alvin, TX Hamilton, MT No Info Wilmington, NC Kenosha, WI NA N/A No Info N/A New Bern, NC Boston, MA Ephrata, PA No Info Carnation, WA No Info No Info Woodbridge, VA N/A N/A Vancouver, WA Raton, NM N/A Gilbert, AZ N/A Lykens, PA Everett, PA Myerstown, PA Gainesville, FL Las Vegas, NV Santa Maria, CA Menomonee Falls, WI |
| If You Arrived On This Page From A Search - Please Don't Miss The Photo Section - Many Photos Of Newport and Camelot And The Surrounding Area |
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| David McNaught Tom LeMoine Dennis Koziel Jarvis Rau Jim Tompkins Kazimere Winnicki Bob Masteller Mike Haas Rick Lemons |
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| 67 68 69 71 67 68 69 67 68 67 66 67 68 67 67 67 67 67 67 N/A 69 68 69 69 69 69 67 67 69 70 67 69 66 67 68 68 69 71 72 67 67 70 66 67 68 70 68 68 67 69 69 |
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| 68 69 71 72 68 69 70 68 68 68 68 68 69 68 68 68 68 68 68 N/A 70 69 71 70 70 70 68 68 70 71 68 70 67 68 68 69 N/A 72 72 69 68 71 68 68 70 72 70 68 68 70 70 |
| Jack Park Bob Wills Peacock Doyle Gaither Nelson Ouellette Bob Burgermeister David Waters Ken Colucci David Salazar |
| John Brown Vince Cannamela |
| Newport Documentation Battalion Adjutant PX Operation Battalion XO Doc.Clerk Vehicle Inprocessing & Retrograde N.T. Documentation Driver For CO Port Security Assistant Adjutant Generator Maint Message Center - Mail Clerk Draftsman Message Center Message Center Battalion Personnel Section Message Center/Mail Clerk Battalion Chaplain Battalion Adjutant S-4 Supply SGT NA Battalion Personnel Section NA Battalion Clerk - Motor Pool Clerk Newport Operations S-2 S-3 Asst & OIC of Security Force Battalion HQ HHD Truck Driver 71st Battalion Commander - Now Deceased 71st Battalion Commander 71st Battalion Commander - Now Deceased 71st Battalion Commandar - Now Deceased 71st Battalion Commander 71st Battalion Commander 71st Battalion Commander Det 1 TD Aug 4th TC Battalion Supply Sgt. Inspection of vehicles leaving country Newport Documentation TD Aug Newport N/A Command TOC Bunker N/A Head Of Battalion Message Center Battalion Personnel CO Newport Security Force "Sheriff" Company Clerk HHD |
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| Photo Courtesy Of United States Army Transportation Museum At Fort Eustis, Virginia |
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