It is also known as the da nang east airfield primarily built as a helicopter base mainly used by the marine forces.
Marble mtn naval unit.
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Beautiful views from marble mountain.
Another alternative would be to hike marble as a round trip from the upper music pass trailhead.
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With this option you could park at the upper trailhead.
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.
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Marble mountain air facility has the greatest scenery of all the us military bases in vietnam hands down.
I came to marble mtn and the group in the spring of 1969.
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I had been assigned as the 1st maw liaison nco at camp hansen okinawa.
I got hijacked on my my for third tour in 1st maw.
Marble mountain was one of five mountains located south of da nang that stretched from the coast inland or westward.
All of these mountains had cave entrances and numerous tunnels.
Could also be easily ascended from a camp in the meadow by reversing the descent route described above.
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November 14 2019 november 15th update with winter right around the corner the mountain looks great covered in its pre season white blanket.
Marble mountain 1969 1970 h amp ms 16 hml 267 personnel hello i was assigned to h ms 16 during that time frame.
Marble mountain air facility.
The land was first set aside in april 1931 as the marble mountain primitive area which comprised 234 957 acres 950 84 km 2.
This would be a mostly tundra hike with limited amounts of scree or rubble.
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.
