The Distinctive Unit Insignia (also called a DUI or a unit crest) of the 44th Engineer Group, approved on 2 October 1969, uses imagery to highlight the Group’s service record.
Besides immediately identifying the organization as belonging to the Corps of Engineers, the two white towers refer to the unit’s participation in two World War II campaigns: Rhineland and Central Europe. Serving as the backdrop are two stylized mountain peaks that symbolic the mountainous terrain of Korea where the unit fought in two campaigns, earning a Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for their outstanding service; the award is represented by the red and blue
taeguk between the mountaintops.
The Group’s construction expertise is denoted by the sawtooth-edge disc on which the taeguk rests and the blue plumb bob—an essential tool for construction crews—directly below it. One of the Group’s larger projects was the construction of Camp Friendship in Thailand while the Group was a component of the 9th Logistics Command. Adjacent to the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base. Indeed, Camp Friendship was actually larger than that facility and featured offices, barracks, on-base clubs for both Enlisted and NCO Soldiers as well as for Officers, hospital, athletic fields, and more.
SEMPER LABORAMUS, the unit motto, is Latin for “We Labor Always.”
It is not clear when the 44th Engineer Group was inactivated. We encourage customers who served in the unit or who have knowledge of its post-Vietnam War history to
email us with any pertinent information.