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The base was located on the Kỳ Hà peninsula north of Highway 1 approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Da Nang. [1]On 6 May units from the ARVN 2nd Division and 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines secured the Chu Lai area.
Chu Lai was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1965 to 1970, and a United States Army military base from 1970 to 1971 during the Vietnam War.Roughly 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Đà Nẵng, the base had an airfield to supplement the major base at Đà Nẵng.
Texas Marine Aviation Training Support Group 23 ... Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler. ... Chu Lai. 1970 Dung Quat Bay.
Camp Evans (Vietnam) Camp Horn; Charlie 2; Chu Lai Air Base; Chu Lai Base Area; Con Thien; Cửa Việt Base; D. Đông Hà Combat Base; Đức Phổ Base Camp; F ...
Map depicting the military regions of South Vietnam including the I Corps/I CTZ area. I Corps (Vietnamese: Quân đoàn I) was a corps of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975. It was one of four corps of the ARVN.
Cai Cai Camp; Cam Lộ Combat Base; Camp Davies (Vietnam) Camp Eagle (Vietnam) Camp Enari; Camp Evans (Vietnam) Camp Holloway; Camp Horn; Camp Radcliff; Catecka Base Camp; Charlie 2; Chi Lăng Training Center; Chí Linh Camp; Chơn Thành Camp; Chu Lai Base Area; Củ Chi Base Camp; Cửa Việt Base
The base was established in 1968 by the 23rd Infantry Division and was located approximately 32 km northwest of Chu Lai and 16 km southwest of Landing Zone East. [1]The base was occupied by elements of the 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 14th Artillery when it was attacked by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) V-16 Sapper Battalion on the early morning of 12 May 1969.
[4]: 246–7 In May the Marines and ARVN forces secured the Chu Lai area to establish a jet-capable airfield and base area. [ 5 ] : 29–35 On 30 July, COMUSMACV General William Westmoreland told III MAF commander General Walt that he expected him to undertake larger offensive operations with the South Vietnamese against the VC at greater ...