FUELING THE FRONT LINES: ARMY PIPELINE UNITS - PART II

After the mid-1950s, there were only three pipeline companies in the Regular Army: * The 697th Engineer Company (Pipeline) was based at Fort Leonard Wood from December 1954 to February 1957; Fort Polk from February 1957 to April 1959; Fort Hood, Texas, from April 1959 to January 1962; and Fort Wolte...

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Published inEngineer Vol. 38; no. 1; p. 64
Main Author Petty, Thomas J
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Superintendent of Documents, United States Army 01.01.2008
Subjects
Armed forces
Construction companies
Korean War
Military personnel
Pipelines
Steel pipes
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Summary:After the mid-1950s, there were only three pipeline companies in the Regular Army: * The 697th Engineer Company (Pipeline) was based at Fort Leonard Wood from December 1954 to February 1957; Fort Polk from February 1957 to April 1959; Fort Hood, Texas, from April 1959 to January 1962; and Fort Wolters, Texas, from January 1962 until it deployed to Thailand in July 1965. According to an article in the July-September 2003 issue of Engineer, The pipeline was essential, as one of the Combined Forces Land Component Command's prestart conditions for the war with Iraq was the completion of the [inland petroleum distribution system] to Breach Point West on the Kuwait-Iraq border.
ISSN:0046-1989
1554-9496