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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
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]
Nine U.S. and one ARVN soldiers were killed by a VC booby-trap 66 miles (106 km) southeast of Da Nang. [3]: 350 15 October. The 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines handed over An Hoa Combat Base to the ARVN 1st Battalion, 51st Regiment. [4]: 102 18 October. A U.S. plane accidentally bombed an ARVN camp at Thien Ghon killing 18. [3]: 350 19-21 October
The Da Nang area, with Hill 55 indicated in red Hill 55 (also known as Nui Dat Son or Camp Muir ) is a hill 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southwest of Da Nang , Quảng Nam Province , Vietnam. The hill is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of the confluence of the Yen, Ai Nghia, and La Tho Rivers and was a United States Marine Corps base during ...
On 27 February 1969 a People's Army of Vietnam rocket hit LCU-1500 while it was loading at the Bridge Cargo Ramp killing 13 crewmen. On 30 June 1970 NSA Danang was deactivated and on 1 July new Army-Marine service support agreements went into effect. [6] In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam ...
The Wing commander, Colonel Le Van Thao organised a flight of 40 A-37 Dragonflies and they carried out a night attack on the base perimeter successfully breaking up the attack. On the morning of 31 March, the 2nd Air Division evacuated the base taking 32 aircraft, but abandoning a further 50; the PAVN/VC occupied the base that afternoon.
The base was located on Highway 1 approximately 8 km northwest of Quảng Trị and 8 km southeast of Đông Hà beside the Thạch Hãn River. [1]Following a series of artillery and rocket attacks on Đông Hà Combat Base, the Marines' major logistics and aviation support base in northern Quảng Trị Province, throughout the year, the Marines decided that Đông Hà was too vulnerable to ...