Marble Mountain Vietnam 1966

The marble mountain mountains can be seen in the distance.

Marble mountain vietnam 1966.

Five elements mountains is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in ngũ hành sơn district south of da nang city in vietnam the five mountains are named after the five elements. All of the mountains have cave entrances and numerous tunnels and it is. At the time they were flying the ch 53a airframe. Hmh 463 was reassigned to marine aircraft group 16.

The marble mountain air facility mmaf in d. 1966 the 2nd battalion of the 7th marines helicoptered into an area near quang ngai to investigate reports of an nva regiment in the area. See more ideas about vietnam war vietnam vietnam war photos. This was a defensive position occupied by 9th marines who were the mag 16 security.

After 32 casualties during the first 30 hours of operation pursuit initiated in mid february 1968 by the 1st marine division to search for enemy rocket caches in the mountains west of da nang lt. Cruz tunes into the latest news on the apollo moon shot on a helmet mounted transistor radio while standing guard at da nang s marble mountain on july 17 1969. Jun 17 2018 explore w sonnenberg s board mag 16 marble mountain vn on pinterest. 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.

A four plane detachment from hmh 463 deployed to marble mountain vietnam in december 1966. Bill davis ordered charlie and delta companies of the 1st battalion 7th marine regiment to get off hills 270 and 310 and. Marine lance corporal david l. Vietnam vet senator john mccain repeated this lie in a 2013 article in the.

Kim metal thuy water moc wood hoa fire and tho earth. Attack on marble mountain some 90 viet cong sappers infiltrated this huge marine corps airfield and destroyed. It shows the marble mountains to the south. In background is a tall buddhist figure found in many limestone caves of the mountain.

The remainder of the squadron would deploy during may 1967 to marble mountain where they participated in the vietnam war for the next four years. Ghislain bellorget ap ghislain bellorget ap.