Marble Mountain 1968

All of the mountains have cave entrances and numerous tunnels and it is.

Marble mountain 1968.

In february 1968 eight marines volunteered for a suicide mission. 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. All of these mountains had cave entrances and numerous tunnels. 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.

The arvn troops are celebrating the capture of an nlf vc flag. Sep 4 2015 this pin was discovered by the folly beach company. Kim metal thuy water moc wood hoa fire and tho earth. 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.

After this 30 minute rampage the viet cong withdrew leaving behind 17 dead and 4 wounded. Bill davis ordered charlie and delta companies of the 1st battalion 7th marine regiment to get off hills 270 and 310 and. 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. See more ideas about vietnam war vietnam war.

Discover and save your own pins on pinterest. 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. This photo was taken in. The only access to the gun was by ropes.

Jul 28 2018 explore donna stewart s board vietnam war marble mountain 1968 on pinterest. Another photo of the 3rd amtrack area at marble mountain in 1968. Marble mountain was one of five mountains located south of da nang that stretched from the coast inland or westward.