Marble Mountain Airfield Vietnam

Ov 1 mohawk a seaboard world dc 8 landed by mistake at marble mountain army airfield ov 1 mohawk base at 2am in the morning.

Marble mountain airfield vietnam.

In 1972 the women of this artillery unit destroyed 19 marine aircraft parked at the marble mountain air facility an american airfield at the base of the mountains. It s an interesting juxtaposition. Home of the marine aircraft group 16 was then transferred to the us army between may 1971 and august 1972 and finally to the south vietnamese air force until march 29 1975 when it fell to the north vietnam army. Marble mountain air facility mmaf was first constructed and then used by the us marine corps between august 1965 and may 1971 during the vietnam war.

Marble mountains linh ung pagoda from da nang from 38 00 morning small group to marble mountains am phu cave monkey mountain from 32 20 magnificent marble mountain tour from 66 67 hue to hoi an or hoi an to hue by car via hai van pass monkey mountain beaches from 40 00 my son sanctuary marble mountains day trip from da. I was assigned to the 1st marine division and sent to marble mountain airfield to join marine air group 16 and vmo2. Vmo2 where i would spend the next thirteen months was just south of danang. The name of the so called marble mountain airfield was derived from a smattering of granite outcroppings jutting out of the sandy beach of the south china sea about 200 feet high and the size of a.

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