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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
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.
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.
Dong Ha; Con Thien; Camp Carroll; The Rockpile; Vandegrift Combat Base; Ca Lu; Khe Sanh; Lang Vei; Route 9 became a vital supply artery to these bases and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were frequently able to cut or ambush Route 9 during the "Border Battles" period from 1967 to 1969. Route 9 was the access road used in Operation Pegasus and ...
Chu Lai, Da Nang, Dong Ha, Qui Nhon, Huế, Phu Bai, Quang Tri, Operation New Arrival Southwest Asia Service Streamer with two Bronze Stars September 1990 – February 1991 Desert Shield, Desert Storm Iraq Campaign Streamer: March 2004 – March 2005, March 2006 – February 2007 Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Streamer: March–May 2003
The SPOS outlined in the original Dyemarker plan envisioned a virtual defensive wall stretching from the South China Sea to Dong Ha Mountain. The plan called for a fence, a line of twin steel apron and barbed steel tape, an anti-personnel mine field, a passive sensor detection system, and another line of twin steel apron and barbed steel tape ...
Jay R. Vargas (born July 29, 1938) is a retired United States Marine Corps colonel who served in the Vietnam War.He received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty" in 1968.