3rd Engineer Battalion » Construction and Destruction

I have started work on the 1968 Battalion Roster and so far it has gone great. Unlike the 1967 files that were very hard to read, these are alot better. I hope to have these finished by the middle of May. I know some of you are asking if I'm going to go all the way through the years. The answer is I don't have enough time. Summer will be here and I'll be off to the golf course more than I'm home. This shouldn't stop anyone from ordering the years daily logs for 3rd Engineer battalion from the National Archives http://www.archives.gov/ . When you access that page look to the lower left and you will see RESEARCH and ORDER under that heading choose OBTAIN COPIES. Then just follow the directions. One years worth of Logs on microfilm will set you back about $85 shipping included and will take about 6 weeks. One of the bad things I've found is that government employees are going to make the copy for you, which means you may not be happy with the quality of the film. I want you to be aware of the hassles of tracking down the person that took your order so you can return them if your not happy.
If anyone purchases films I will be happy to help you on the next step. You have 3 choices 1) You can go to the library to read on a microfilm machine then copy the rosters by hand or print copies at .25 cents each. 2) You can send them to a company that will transfer them to PDF (costs about $100 per roll) 3) You can have a company copy files to Images (costs about $700 per roll) Cool

Each roll contains Battalion logs and rosters and Company logs and rosters A, B, C, HQ, and H&Spt.
What amazes me is our Battalion throughout 1967 fluctuated around 1000 men and the names I gathered 1,382 are probably about 100 short of a full list. If we have that many in a year the possiblities of this membership growing to 3,000 is not out of the question. I'm asking everyone of you to get the word out to every Marine Corp organization and advertise our website. Today I got our website published in our Marine Corp League newletter and next month I'm hoping to get us published in the State newsletter. I have Ohio covered, so how about you and your State.
We have an advertisement for our site at Together We Served now. I have tried a few other websites but no luck so far. I'm doing my part, now I hope you can do yours. Semper Fi Brothers

May 2008