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Marble mountain vietnam 1967 68.
Marble mountain was one of five mountains located south of da nang that stretched from the coast inland or westward.
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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.
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Navcommfac transmitter site 6 miles south of danang next to 3rd amtrac.
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All of these mountains had cave entrances and numerous tunnels.
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I would like to know if there are any of you who might have been at phu bai marble mountain in 1967 1968.
Cruz tunes into the latest news on the apollo moon shot on a helmet mounted transistor radio while standing guard at da nang s marble mountain on july 17 1969.
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Jones died in october 2004 from a rare form of non hodgkin s lymphoma.
Five or more aerial shoot downs yet the north vietnamese had 16 including nguyen van coc right the top ace of the war with nine kills.
In background is a tall buddhist figure found in many limestone caves of the mountain.
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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.
23 1967 coc led several mig fighters to intercept a group of 40 american aircraft on a bombing mission.
This photo was taken inside the preminteerer of mag 16 in early 1965.
The mag 16 command chronology reported that at 0338h marble mountain air facility mmaf received 29 incoming enemy 122mm rockets resulting in one minor injury to mag 16 personnel.
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It shows the marble mountains to the south.
This was a defensive position occupied by 9th marines who were the mag 16 security.
I can t help but believe that the cancer was agent orange related.
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The marble mountain mountains can be seen in the distance.