53012 - Field Fortifications W. Britain-War on the Nile Legion of the United States

Legion of the United States Infantry Officer Advancing

in the MACV Headquarters (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) or at the Pentagon in Washington

The stipulation was that the Marine regiment be organized and equipped according to the new wartime tables of organization developed by the Army

When established it was composed of 15 permanent combat groups

After a year of inactivity the French joined forces with Washington’s army and the combined force then marched to lay siege to the British at Yorktown

53012 - Field Fortifications W. Britain-War on the Nile Legion of the United StatesField Fortifications Military engineering is the oldest of the engineering arts and was the precursor of the profession of civil engineering. Construction of fortifications, roads, bridges, camouflaging positions, surveying, and mapping are the province of military engineers. Because they were in the vanguard of any military force these soldiers were called pioneers. Their main weapons were the pick, axe, and shovel. Pictured in this grouping are four