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Updated:    25 Aug 2009            

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USEFUL INFORMATION

Army Knowledge Online

A registration-required portal providing a wide variety of current information about and from the Army.  Eligibility requirements for registration includes Active Army, Army Reserve, National Guard, DA Civilian, Retired Army, and Army Guests.  Hint:  If you qualify and do attempt to register, be sure to click on the Next button after entering your information, rather than just pressing the Enter key.

Saigon Map

Detailed map of Saigon (1969) with unit locations identified.

GlobalSecurity.org

Loads of useful information about a multitude of military organizations

Critical Issues Round Table

Addresses issues of importance to present and former members of the Armed Forces.  Operated by BG (Ret) Alan Salisbury, former commander of the Information Systems Engineering Command and a veteran of the 1st Signal Brigade.  One of the projects described there is the Code of Support for Our Troops which has its own website.

Space Available Travel

Information on military space-available travel.  This site was provided by Roy Buckman. Roy served two tours in the Brigade, first in the IWCS Engineering and Management Office from Feb 66 to Feb 67 and second in the Regional Communications Group from Feb 70 to Feb 71. Roy passes away on May 31, 2005 and will be interned at Arlington National Cemetery at 11:00 AM, August 18, 2005.  This site will continue under the hands of Bill and Ann Crawford. They publish Military Living. Bill was the Brigade Commander in Korea in 1978-80.

Vet Friends

Membership site to register and locate other veterans.  Also offers a directory of veteran-owned businesses.

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HISTORY

1st_signal_rvn.tripod.com/history.htm

Several pages of interesting facts about the brigade, insignia and medals.
Extensive list of veterans of the brigade and links to a variety of interesting sites.
Reunion announcements for various units.

The Vietnam Project, Texas Tech University

A massive repository of documents, photographs and oral interviews describing the experience of the Viet Nam conflict. 
A "must see" reference for those who were there and those who were not.

www.MervinNorton.com/Publications.htm

Articles on Tropospheric Scatter systems in South East Asia , origin of IWCS and the 1st Signal Brigade.  Experiences and memories on Troposcatter systems in the entire Far East with emphasis on the IWCS and the 1st Signal Brigade.  Mervin L. Norton, Lieutenant Colonel (US Army Ret)

phulam.com/history. htm

Over 40 pages of information about the Phu Lam Signal Battalion.
The Veterans of the Phu Lam Signal Facility, Vietnam

http://www1.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=12477

The Professionals: History of the Phulam US Army Communications Base, a book by Josef W. Rokus

 http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/Vietnam/Comm-El/index.htm

Communications Electronics 1962-1970.  Major General Thomas Matthew Rienzi (later Lieutenant General).  1st Signal Brigade Commander 1969-1970

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/Vietnam/DivLevCom/index.htm

Division Level Communications 1962-1973.  Lieutenant General Charles R. Myer (US Army Ret).  Commander 69th Signal Battalion as Lieutenant Colonel1966-1967.  Commander 1st Signal Brigade as Brigadier General 1972

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UNITS AND PHOTOS

8tharmy.korea.army.mil/1sig/

Site of the active duty 1st Signal Brigade

http://www.military.com/HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,104646,00.html

This site showed 380 members and veterans of the 1st Sig Bde as of March 2004.

http://rickholt.net/vietnam.html 

Rick Holt’s Adventures in Vietnam with the 2nd Signal Group Aviation Detachment.  Many good photos.

http://www.21stsignal.org/

21st Signal Group.  Includes personal diary, letters home many good photos.

http://www.kerrlake.com/buggra/index.htm

 39th Signal Battalion Reunion

http://www.luminet.net/~mwalter/44th_signal.htm

 44th Signal Battalion Pictures and History.  Includes stories and pictures from former members.

http://www.cantho-rvn.org/

 Can Tho Air Field, 52nd Signal Battalion, 327th Signal Company 550 Signal Company.  Includes a lot of pictures.

 http://meyen.org/markmeyen/Vietnam/rvn6970.asp

57th Signal Company, 160th Signal Group.  Includes photos of Saigon, Tan Son Nhut and Long Binh.

http://www.167thsignalco.com/

167th Signal Company.  Includes History, Member List and photos.

http://duggan-family.org/lyman/vietnam/258th.htm

258th Signal Battalion – Vung Tau.  Includes pictures during revisit in to China and Vietnam in 1999

http://www.459thsignal.org

459th Signal Battalion -- Nha Trang.  History, honors, taps, more.

http://www.2ndclsu.com

Pictures, Roll Call, Unit History for 2nd CLSU, 57th Signal Co(CLS), Can Tho
The site is maintained by Gene Dennebaum

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