Welcome to the memories...
If you served with us, be sure to leave your contact information for sharing with others, along with any memories and/or any photos you want posted. Send this link to others and let's have a common place to find each other. After all, nobody knows us like us. We depended on each other with our lives then, the least we can do now is stay in touch, share our memories, and maybe even help each other when possible.
But this web site isn't about the 169th Engineers, at least not in the broad sense. They have a web site of their own (and you can actually find it in our link list). It's about a certain group of people who served their country between 1966 and 1971. They served together as members of the 169th Engineer Battalion, Charlie Company in Long Binh, Vietnam.
This web site is for you, those very people to share their stories, their memories, their photos, and reconnect to those you served with. Despite what information you can find on other web sites, no one can know what its like, except for those that served and endured as you have.
While this site is being updated with a major redesign, if you find a page you wish to view has not been updated yet, you can click here and navigate the old site. Once the redesign is complete of the entire website, the like the old site will be removed.
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UPDATES:
January 31, 2010
Few member pages are up and fully completed, others still need thier photos retouched and uploaded yet. Also to make things a little easier, the reunion forms are now available online! There are two formats, Doc and PDF. Be aware that each file is 4 pages in length. More information can be found on the reunion page!
January 25, 2010
New members and new look!
There has been news that an official roster has been discovered, and with that, we have new members to add!
The following are the newest members to the website:
William G. Rinker
Roger Noble
George L. Jammer
Spencer Means
Lestell L. Dawson
Douglas B. Berry
Lenny Cristo
Darrel G. Boulware
ALSO!!!! Just a reminder to sign up for the upcoming "169th Engineer Reunion" in Tunica, MS at the Hollywood Casino on April 15-18, 2010. We need to get good idea on the number of people attending by the end of this month. Payment does not have to be sent until the end of February, however, we would like an advance head count.
Just send Sue Kraatz an e-mail if you know you are attending even if you haven't sent your form in yet.
The new and improved website is slowing coming up. After going over the little bit of feedback I've gotten, I've made a few changes.
First, the site no longer uses frames, which means that if you search for this site through google, and end up with one of the other pages, you can navigate alot easier without too much trouble.
Second, the images now open with a new viewer that let you cycle through the photos in bigger sizes. There will be no more flash slide shows, as I heard that they are not working for a few people. Also this way, if people wish to save the photos, you are able to, where the flash slide shows would not allow it.
Third, the member pages have been cycled through. Originally they were written up by those who found the site first and asked to be added. However it came to me that if someone was looking for a certain name, it might be better if it was alphabetized, which it is now.
And last change is the actual appearance of the site. I've simplified alot of the buttons and links. I've boosted up the text to make it more readable. Hopefully these changes work for everyone, and the site will be easier for everyone to access and flip through.
Thanks for your patience and your feedback.