Marble Mountain During Vietnam War

Caves used as buddhist shrines honeycomb these hills.

Marble mountain during vietnam war.

During the war the vietnamese manned mortar emplacements here. Navcommfac transmitter site 6 miles south of danang next to 3rd amtrac. This report provides a detailed and graphic account of events as they unfolded. Fourteen year old mary ann vecchio screams over the body of 20 year old kent state student jeffrey miller after he was shot by the ohio national guard during a protest against the u s.

He describes the enemy as having been so certain of our. We re heading out to bunkers and fire pits for an all nighter out on the wire ou. The battle for khe sanh the battle for khe sanh stands as one of the most crucial and bitterly contested struggles in the vietnam war. Marble mountain ngu hanh son in vietnamese comprises five formations each named after an element water fire wood earth metal.

The mountains were very near the american marble mountain air facility during the vietnam war according to william broyles jr the marble mountains contained a hospital for the vietcong probably within earshot of the american air field and da nang beach which bordered the air field on the side opposite the mountains. John paul filo library of congress john paul filo library of congress. Marble mountain air facility mmaf also known as da nang east airfield marble mountain army airfield and nuoc man airfield was an aviation facility used primarily by the united states marine corps during the vietnam war it was a helicopter facility that was constructed in august 1965 and served as home to marine aircraft group 16 mag 16 the 5th special forces group and an assortment of. Marble mountain air facility.

Marble mountain some past history about these mountains and the military units that were based around them during the war. He served in vietnam in 1965 66 with hmm 263 and again in 1970 71 as s 4 of mag 16 and facility manager for marble mountain airfield. The vietnam war was the costliest and most controversial military campaign in american history and was a war that defined a generation and branded a decade. Vietnam war from the perspective of the vets who fought there on both sides the memories the vietnam war pictures and the humanitarian work that vwam now performs in vietnam.

Invasion of cambodia during the vietnam war on may 4 1970.