Red Beach Base Area

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Red Beach Base Area
Site information
TypeMarines/Navy/Army
Location
Red Beach Base Area
Coordinates 16°05′46″N108°08′35″E / 16.096°N 108.143°E / 16.096; 108.143 (Red Beach Base Area)
Site history
Built1965
In use1965-present
Battles/wars Vietnam Service Medal ribbon.svg
Vietnam War
Red Beach Airfield
Summary
Elevation  AMSL 3 ft / 1 m
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
1,500457 PSP

Red Beach Base Area (also known as Camp JK Books, Camp Haskins, Camp Viking, Paddock Compound or Red Beach Camp) is a complex of former U.S. Marines, Navy and Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) logistics and support bases northwest of Danang.

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History

The base was located along Highway 1, 8 km northwest of Danang at Red Beach, the site of the landing of the 9th Marine Regiment, the first US combat troops deployed to South Vietnam on 8 March 1965. [1]

The area comprised a number of separate adjacent bases as follows:

The base area was handed over to the ARVN in March 1972. Camp Viking was used by the ARVN 102nd Artillery Battalion. [1] :537

Current use

The area has largely been turned over to housing although part of it remains in use by the People's Army of Vietnam.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 439. ISBN   978-1555716257.
  2. "Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 58" (PDF). U.S. Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. Cosmas, Graham. U.S. Marines In Vietnam: Vietnamization And Redeployment, 1970-1971 (PDF). USMC Military History Division. pp. 18–20.