Marble Mountain Vietnam 1968

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 vietnam 1968.

Marble mountain was one of five mountains located south of da nang that stretched from the coast inland or westward. My husband walter s. All of the mountains have cave entrances and numerous tunnels and it is. Hello i am the widow of a usmc vietnam vet.

In february 1968 eight marines volunteered for a suicide mission. Marble mountain was on the south side of fob 4. I can t help but believe that the cancer was agent orange related. I receive service related death benefits.

All of these mountains had cave entrances and numerous tunnels. Jones died in october 2004 from a rare form of non hodgkin s lymphoma. Jul 28 2018 explore donna stewart s board vietnam war marble mountain 1968 on pinterest. Unbeknownst to sf personnel at fob 4 shortly after tet in 1968 the nva built a sand table of fob 4 in the marble mountain caves to organize the 23 august attack.

Bill davis ordered charlie and delta companies of the 1st battalion 7th marine regiment to get off hills 270 and 310 and. I would like to know if there are any of you who might have been at phu bai marble mountain in 1967 1968. The arvn troops are celebrating the capture of an nlf vc flag. Attack on marble mountain some 90 viet cong sappers infiltrated this huge marine corps airfield and destroyed 19 helicopters and damaged 35 11 of them severely.

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. There was a road that ran between crow s nest and marble mountain from danang through the mountain and about eight miles down to 3rd battalion 1st marine. Kim metal thuy water moc wood hoa fire and tho earth. After this 30 minute rampage the viet cong withdrew leaving behind 17 dead and 4 wounded.

This photo is of a 106 recoilless rifle mounted ontop of what the marines called crow s nest mountain one of the five mountain of marble mountain.