Engineer Memoirs _____________________________________________________________________
such as the 307th from the 82d Airborne Division, have a lot of tools and implements; they
could put together a museum readily. They've played history and heritage for years and
they've got quite a package, where others never have thought of it much.
The first Honorary Colonel of the newly established Engineer regiment, called the Corps
of Engineers, Lieutenant General Frederick J. Clarke (Retired), former Chief of
Engineers, passed the colors of the regiment to General Kem, Commandant of the
Engineer School, at the unfurling of the new colors at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on 23 June
1986. The colors remained at the ceremonial home of the new regiment, the Engineer
School, then at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Sergeant Major of the Army (Retired) Leon Van
Autreve (second from the right) was the first Honorary Sergeant Major of the regiment.
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