Historical Vignettes -- Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Historical Vignettes

The Office of History publishes short articles on activities and episodes from the Corps' past. On the left-side navigation bar, you will find archived vignettes organized by category. Please check back for new material.

Newest Vignettes

Galveston District in the Spanish-American War - NEW
Twenty Years of Operations in Iraq - NEW
Memphis District Responds to a Plane Crash, 1944 - NEW
The Corps Responds to Hurricane Agnes, 1972
Army Engineers and the Lincoln Memorial

Featured Vignettes

50 Years Since the Clean Water Act - NEW

Other Featured Vignettes

20 Years Since

20th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks and Response

40 Years Since

Mount St Helens Erupts

50 Years Since Apollo

50 Years Since Vietnam

thatched roof L-shaped building in a clearing with palm trees

HQ Building of the 5th Air Force

HQ Building built by Army engineers for the 5th Air Force at Milne Bay, New Guinea. January 10, 1944.

low dam holds back green water and sediment

Debris retaining structure

Mount St. Helens Eruption Recovery: The debris retaining structure on the North Fork Toutle River, ca. 1982.

color image of collapsed bridge in the Rhine River

Collapsed Bridge in Rhine

164th Engr Bn (C): The collapsed Remagen bridge: 1945

sign for the Engineer District Canaveral

Canaveral District sign

Sign near the offices of USACE's Canaveral District, ca. 1967.

Red Dust at Black Horse in Vietnam

Typical working conditions at Black Horse [Camp Blackhorse, near Xuan Loc, Vietnam]. 27 March 1968.