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Show Amy leserw St siirJed Constuction is underway on a $389,000 addition to the Army Reserve Headquarters for the 259th Petroleum Battalion Bat-talion in Pleasant Grove. The battalions staff administrative admin-istrative assistant Lt. Col. L. J. Hoff reported that 7000 square feet of space is being added to the east side of the present building. The addition is scheduled for completion at the end of August in 1975. According to Col. Hoff, the project will double the size of existing headquarters. Added will be a drill hall, kitchen, storage area, rifle range and expanded parking facilities. M. Morris and Son of Ogden are the prime contractors on the construction. Col. Hoff said the kitchen will be located in the southwest south-west corner of the extension as will the food storage area. The drill hall will be in the center and rifle range at the east end of the new addition. Dimensions for the add-on are 118 feet by 83 feet. The new area will be slightly larger than the present building. build-ing. The existing structure built in 1963 measures 6500 square feet. The officer explained that plans for the addition have been underway for two years. Originally a building was also scheduled for Provo but inflation infla-tion has driven prices so high he said that the army finally i decided to only enlarge the Pleasant Grove facility at this time. Col. Hoff said 125 men and women are members of the Pleasant Grove Army Reserve Headquarters. Battalion members mem-bers come from Idaho, Utah and one man even flies in from San Francisco for drill once a month. The 259th Petroleum Battalion Battal-ion was mobolized in 1969 for participation in the Vietnam War. The unit's resposibility is in the laying of oil pipelines. Col. Hoff observed that in Vietnam the group was called on to repair leaks in the pipe more than anything else. Some leaks were accidental, he said, but many came from Viet Cong and Vietnamese tapping the lines to get oil for their own use and then leaving the pipes to leak when they got through. |
