Marble Mountain Vietnam 1968

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.

Marble mountain vietnam 1968.

Kim metal thuy water moc wood hoa fire and tho earth. I would like to know if there are any of you who might have been at phu bai marble mountain in 1967 1968. Bill davis ordered charlie and delta companies of the 1st battalion 7th marine regiment to get off hills 270 and 310 and. All of these mountains had cave entrances and numerous tunnels.

Jul 28 2018 explore donna stewart s board vietnam war marble mountain 1968 on pinterest. The arvn troops are celebrating the capture of an nlf vc flag. See more ideas about vietnam war vietnam war. 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. I receive service related death benefits. All of the mountains have cave entrances and numerous tunnels and it is. 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.

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. Jones died in october 2004 from a rare form of non hodgkin s lymphoma. After this 30 minute rampage the viet cong withdrew leaving behind 17 dead and 4 wounded. In february 1968 eight marines volunteered for a suicide mission.

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. 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. My husband walter s. Marble mountain was one of five mountains located south of da nang that stretched from the coast inland or westward.

Marble mountain was on the south side of fob 4.