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In addition a LCU/YFU offloading facility operated by the Naval Support Activity Detachment, Dong Ha was developed to receive supplies ferried from the Cửa Việt Base. [2]: 198 On 12 April 1967 the 9th Marines moved their headquarters to Đông Hà. [3]: 20 On the night of 27/8 April the base was hit by more than 50 PAVN 140mm rockets.
John Grider Miller, The Bridge at Dong Ha (Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1996). ISBN 1-55750-587-X "Colonel John W. Ripley, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) — Director, Marine Corps History and Museums (Biography)". Character Development Division, United States Naval Academy. March 22, 2002. Archived from the original on February 3, 2006
Đông Hà (listen ⓘ) is the capital of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam.Đông Hà is situated at the crossroads of National Highway 1A and Route 9, part of the East–West Economic Corridor (EWEC).
The base was established on Dong Ha Mountain northeast of The Rockpile north of Highway 9 during Operation Lancaster II. [1] [2] The 3rd Battalion 9th Marines secured Fuller as part of Operation Virginia Ridge on 2 May 1969. [3]: 73 By July the 1st Battalion 9th Marines had assumed responsibility of the area around Fuller.
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On 29 August 2/4 Marines returned to Dong Ha while the 1/4 Marines conducted a reconnaissance in force along Route 9 meeting no resistance. Marine losses in August in Operation Prairie were 37 dead while PAVN losses exceeded 200 dead.
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