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Title: The Repair and Maintenance of an APC
Description: Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Armored Corps personnel work together on the repair and maintenance of an APC. Supporting Armour - Engineers: Engineers carried many responsibilities in Vietnam, among them the construction of roads, water supply and reticulation, civil aid projects that could include building schools, installing windmills and maintaining roads and bridges, many of which were destroyed by the enemy more than once during the war. One of their more hazardous tasks, however, was mine clearing. These hidden weapons were the cause of many Australian casualties in Vietnam and armored vehicles were particularly vulnerable. The danger grew as the war went on and on occasions such as Operation Renmark in February 1967 the havoc that mines could wreak was made tragically clear. To counter the threat mini-teams from the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) were allocated to armored troops on operations. These men had a particularly dangerous duty, sitting on the front of an armored vehicle looking out for signs of mines which, if they were located, then entailed the nerve-wracking task of defusing any anti-lift devices and neutralizing the mine. Also vital to the successful prosecution of armored operations was the work of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME). While crews were able to carry out certain essential maintenance tasks in the field, RAEME personnel were the mainstay of vehicle repair, they kept the armored vehicles operational. RAEME sub-units operated as part of a Royal Australian Armored Corps Regiment of Squadron and were known as Light Aid Detachments (LADs). LADs included those in the main support section that generally worked at the Task Force Base and sections allocated to each armored troop. Each LAD was under the command of an Artificer Sergeant Major who would also advise armored personnel on repairs and maintenance schedules and would also supervise the work of tradesmen. Repairs were often carried out in the field under all manner of conditions and in a wide range of environments. Being in the field meant that RAEME personnel were just as likely as any soldier in the combat arms to encounter the enemy and in addition to working on all types of vehicles, not just armor, they too had to be ready to engage the enemy should the need arise. At times some of their number volunteered to replace wounded crew members so that vehicles could get back into action quickly. To carry out their repair work LADs employed a variety of tools including specially modified APCs equipped with cranes, welding equipment and storage space in which spare parts were carried to avoid having to wait for much needed items to be brought to vehicles in the field. Heavier items were commonly brought to the site of break-downs or repairs by helicopter. Speed was often of the essence, as a disabled armored vehicle offered a tempting target for the enemy.
Subjects: Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME), repairmen, repairing, repairers, armored personnel carriers, casualties, maintenance, maintenance men, electrical engineers, engineers, military engineers, mechanical engineers, reticulation, water supply systems, land mines, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), Light Aid Detachments (LADs), task forces, troops
Local Identifier: 16-4733

Title: Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron At Danang
Description: Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron, Attack Weapons Team. Danang, RSVN, 1972. Photo by Gary King.
Subjects: Vietnam War, maintenance, military bases, military buildings, weapons, signs
Local Identifier: 16-3209

Title: Maintenance On Helicopters Was Conducted Twenty-Four Hours A Day
Description: Maintenance was conducted twenty-four hours a day, often outdoors and in all weathers. [Image courtesy of Max Speedy]
Subjects: helicopters, maintenance
Local Identifier: 16-4655

Title: Gunship Maintenance
Description: Gunship maintenance. Photo by Mike Gustin who came to Chu Lai to be with D-Troop after spending one year in the Central Highlands of Pleiku. Mike was a Door Gunner and Crew Chief with the "Scouts". D Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment. 1969-1970.
Subjects: Vietnam War, attack aircraft, military aircraft, Cobra helicopters, gunships, maintenance
Local Identifier: 16-4289

Title: Cobra Helicopter Undergoing Repairs and Maintenance
Description: Cobra helicopter undergoing repairs and maintenance in military hanger. Photo by Bill Foster who served with the "Blues" D-Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment. Nov. 1970-Aug. 1971. Courtesy of Mike Gustin
Subjects: repairing, repairers, repair shops, 1st Cavalry Division, Cobra helicopters, maintenance, helicopters, attack aircraft, aircraft, military aircraft, military vehicles, Saber Blues, D-troop
Local Identifier: 16-3966

Title: Capital Facilities Request 1985-1987
Description: This promotional video for Utah Technical College is an analog video resource from the Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Physical Archives digitized in Fall 2013 with funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act administered by the Utah State Library. This video, originally released for a 1985-1987 Capital Facilities Request, advertises enrollment data and various projects UTC was undergoing in order to increase student enrollment and generate grant funding. This video can be accessed at https://youtu.be/1gBoUlHvO60.
Subjects: Buildings, Maintenance & repair, video, maintenance, Salt Lake Community College
Local Identifier: 13-5413

Title: Capital Requests for 1984-1986
Description: This promotional video for Utah Technical College is an analog video resource from the Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Physical Archives digitized in Fall 2013 with funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act administered by the Utah State Library. This video, originally released for a 1984-1986 Capital Facilities Request, advertises enrollment data and various projects UTC was undergoing in order to increase student enrollment and generate grant funding. This video can be accessed at https://youtu.be/tCSnlCBSf7o.
Subjects: Utah Technical College at Salt Lake, Buildings, Maintenance & repair, maintenance, video, Salt Lake Community College
Local Identifier: 13-5414

Title: D Company Cobra Maintenance Building
Description: D Company Cobra Maintenance building. Image of Snoopy as a fighter pilot painted on the side.
Subjects: Vietnam War, military aircraft, military buildings, maintenance, military bases, Cobra helicopters
Local Identifier: 16-3846

Title: Student Purging Air From Refrigeration System
Description: Student Reed Johnson purging air from refrigeration system cooling coil. Note: tool box and refrigerant cylinder.Digitization completed with funds from a 2017 USHRAB (Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board) Grant that was awarded to Salt Lake Community College, Library Services.
Subjects: refrigerant systems, repairing, repairers, repair shops, maintenance, toolboxes, cylinders, refrigeration, Refrigerators, coolant, cooling coils
Local Identifier: 17-0556

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