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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 28 July 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the U.S. would increase the number of its forces in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. The arrival of additional USMC and United States Air Force squadrons at Da Nang AB led to severe overcrowding at the base and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (I MAW) began looking for an alternative site for the helicopter squadrons of MAG-16.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Crewman on EKA-3B #142657 that disappeared en route from Naval Air Station Cubi Point to Da Nang Air Base. The body of the navigator LCDR Eugene F. McNally was recovered [77] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] May 16: Skeen, Richard R: Commander: US Navy: VAQ-135, USS Coral Sea: South Vietnam, South China Sea