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The PAVN/VC rocket troops fired in two bursts, one at 03:42, followed by a second barrage three hours later. About the same time as the rocket attacks on the Da Nang base and Marble Mountain, PAVN/VC mortars bombarded the command post of the 7th Marines on Hill 55 south of Da Nang and forward infantry positions. These included Hills 65 and 52 ...
A PAVN rocket attack on Da Nang killed seven civilians and three ARVN. [126] Democratic Senator Stuart Symington said that the U.S. was spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a clandestine war in Laos, while Senator Edward Kennedy accused the Nixon Administration of whitewashing U.S. involvement there. [128] 6-7 June
ARVN armored and airborne invasion of Laos with US airlift and air support along Route 9 to Tchepone to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Route 9: 2163: 1529 ARVN KIA, 625 MIA, 215 US KIA, 38 MIA Mar 1 – Jul 1: Operation Finney Hill [1] [4] 11th Infantry Brigade and 198th Infantry Brigade operation: Quảng Ngãi Province: 781: 93 Mar 1 – Jul 1 ...
On 22 September 1940, the Vichy Government signed an agreement with Japan allowing the Japanese to station troops in Tonkin and use three airfields there. [1] On 14 July 1941, the Japanese sent the French an ultimatum demanding the use of bases in Annam and Cochinchina, the French acquiesced and by late July, the Japanese occupied Cam Ranh Bay, Bien Hoa Air Base and Tourane Airfield.
February 21, 1971: C-130B 61-2642, c/n 3678, of the 463d Tactical Airlift Wing, damaged in rocket attack at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam. Written off and tail used to repair AC-130A. November 12, 1971: C-130E 69-6578, c/n 4353, of the 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed due to fin stall on take-off from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.
Affecting all units and personnel stationed at Phù Cát AB was the threat of communist mortar and rocket attacks. Until 1969 the base was relatively secure from stand-off and sapper attack because of the number of South Korean (ROK) and US Army units patrolling the area. Using the operations plan developed by the 1041st SP Squadron, the 37th ...
On 13 May a mortar attack on the base caused major damage to an OH-6. [12] On 11 June a mortar attack on the base caused major damage to two OV-1Ds. [13] In August 1972 the 11th Aviation Group departed Marble Mountain Army Airfield and resettled at Da Nang AB. [14] On 5 September 1972 the base was handed over to the South Vietnamese. [15]
The Da Nang area, with Cam Ne indicated in red. The Cam Ne incident was a Vietnam War incident in which U.S. Marines burned the huts of South Vietnamese civilians living in the village of Cam Ne in Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam. The incident became one of the top news stories in the United States about the war. [1]