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Đông Hà Combat Base (also known as Camp Spillman, Camp Red Devil or simply Đông Hà) is a former U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army base northwest of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam. The base was first used by the 4th Marines in late April 1966. In mid-July Đông Hà was used by the Marines as a helicopter base and logistics area.
The base at Dong Ha was used as a staging area to mount an attack on the DMZ and the area around the Rockpile. Brigadier General Lowell English , a commander in charge of Operation Hastings, stated that the Marines sought to take the North Vietnamese by surprise on their crucial infiltration routes and to smash and destroy their force in the ...
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 ...
Eleven's first casualty was Senior Chief Barnes and the Seabee Camp at Dong Ha was named for him. [26] The battalion saw the most severe enemy fire experienced by any CB since WWII while on this tour. The primary projects were the air field at Dong Ha Combat Base, CB Camp, and twenty eight 50-foot
Description "May 1968: Moving In: Leathernecks of the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines [2/4] move into Dai Do village after three days of heavy fighting with NVA forces east of Dong Ha during Operation Napoleon Saline (official USMC photo by Private First Class Thurston Bechtel)."
During the Vietnam War, Đông Hà was the northernmost town in South Vietnam and was the location of a strategically important United States Marine Corps Đông Hà Combat Base, to support Marine positions along the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). [4]
More than 150 140mm rockets hit Dong Ha Combat Base killing 11 Marines and wounding 91. [9]: 24 18–28 May A 9th Regiment Marine mourns the loss of a friend during Operation Hickory. Operation Hickory was a search and destroy operation conducted by the 3rd Marine Division in Leatherneck Square. The operation resulted in 362 PAVN and 142 ...
The 57th Regiment was taking over the area from Đông Hà Combat Base north to the DMZ and east to the coast. The 2nd Regiment was taking over the combat bases north of Cam Lộ Combat Base. [4]: 23–4 The commander of the 56th Regiment was Lieutenant Colonel Pham Van Dinh who had fought in the Battle of Huế and Operation Lam Son 719.