Marble mountain air facility.
Marble mountain during vietnam war.
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.
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Navcommfac transmitter site 6 miles south of danang next to 3rd amtrac.
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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.
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During the war the vietnamese manned mortar emplacements here.
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Marble mountain some past history about these mountains and the military units that were based around them during the war.
Invasion of cambodia during the vietnam war on may 4 1970.
This airfield was used by the french air force during the first indochina war then abandoned in 1954.
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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.
Marble mountain ngu hanh son in vietnamese comprises five formations each named after an element water fire wood earth metal.
Caves used as buddhist shrines honeycomb these hills.