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Ken Jobe - Vietnam War
Ken Jobe served as an engineer officer during the height of the Cold War, including the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. He pulled a tour in peacetime Korean with the 44th Engineer Battalion, and served with B Company, 577th Engineer Battalion in Vietnam, seeing action along the often contested Route One, along the South China Sea.
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Left to right: Captain Kenneth Jobe, IFFV (I Field Force-Vietnam) Commanding General, Lieutenant General William “Wild Bill” Rosson, and the unit’s Bridge Company Commander (name unknown) review results of Viet Cong attack of M4T6 Bridge site.
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Approximately 10 km South of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam
When:
Early Fall 1967
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Narrator’s photo
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Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth D. Jobe at 44th Engineer Battalion Camp Mercer.
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Bub Yong Dong, South Korea
When:
1978
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Public domain
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Battalion Commander Jobe conducting a briefing.
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Camp Mercer
When:
1978
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Narrator's photo
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Major John F Langowski, Jr., the incoming Battalion Executive Officer.
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Public domain
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Major Richard J. Lunsford, Jr., the outgoing Battalion Executive Officer.
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Public domain
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Left to right: Major John F. Langowski, Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth D. Jobe, Command Sergeant Major Clayton L. McKelvie.
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Public domain
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Lieutenant Colonel Ken Jobe, center, with two of his staff officers. The caption reads "The Governing Council of the Cherished short-stick."
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Public domain