During 1968 units of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) made repeated attacks on the base, on one occasion destroying its ammunition dump. During these attacks, and in other actions in the general area the PAVN suffered heavy casualties.

Jun 25, 2019 · In spring 1968, the North Vietnamese Army had set its sights on Dong Ha, a Marine Corps base about 12 miles from the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Vietnam.

The Battle of Dai Do (also known as the Battle of Đông Hà) took place from 30 April to 3 May 1968 in Quảng Trị Province during the Vietnam War.

Battle for Dong Ha By Major Frank Breth On 30 April 1968, I was Major Frank Breth, the S-3 Ops/0 of 3/9, who coordinated and ran the ops for 3/9 ( Bill La Montagne) from March 1968-September 1968.

Nov 7, 2014 · For 3 days in April and May of 1968, a beleaguered battalion of 652 Marines (BLT 2/4) fought what was arguably the most tenacious and significant battle of the Viet Nam War. The stakes were extremely high. The odds against them were even higher.

Vietnam DONG HA AIRFIELD BOMB DUMP EXPLOSIONS! PHOTOS by Dr. Mel Hecker, 1968 DN, 366th SPS, DET CB-China Beach; DH, 1/620th TCS/SP; BT, 632nd SPS © 2011, by Dr. Mel Hecker My primary base was 366th Security Police Squadron, Đà Nàng AB. SSgt Mel [The day the bomb dump exploded--was a good day to have been at Rocket City and not Đông Hà!] 1.

Located several miles south of the DMZ, Dong Ha was exposed to more North Vietnamese attacks than any other naval activity. The site, on the south bank of the Cua Viet River, was within range of NVA rockets, artillery, and mortars. Sappers often tested the perimeter defenses of …

The fuel dump at Camp Kistler, Cua Viet, had been hit and sixteen 10,000-gallon fuel bladders had gone up. Worse yet, on 20 June at Dong Ha, light shelling set off an ammunition dump fire which cost the Marines a quarter-million artillery and mortar rounds.

NMCB FIVE was deployed to Camp Barnes on the Dong Ha Combat Base, Dong Ha, Republic of Vietnam from 30 November 1967 to 20 July 1968. The primary mission of the battalion was...