Marble Mountain Airfield Vietnam

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Marble mountain airfield vietnam.

I was assigned to the 1st marine division and sent to marble mountain airfield to join marine air group 16 and vmo2. Jul 28 2018 explore donna stewart s board vietnam war marble mountain 1968 on pinterest. In 1972 the women of this artillery unit destroyed 19 marine aircraft parked at the marble mountain air facility an american airfield at the base of the mountains. A testimonial to military success in the midst of holy buddhist surroundings.

The name of the so called marble mountain airfield was derived from a smattering of granite outcroppings jutting out of the sandy beach of the south china sea about 200 feet high and the size of a. Marble mountain air facility mmaf was first constructed and then used by the us marine corps between august 1965 and may 1971 during the vietnam war. Home of the marine aircraft group 16 was then transferred to the us army between may 1971 and august 1972 and finally to the south vietnamese air force until march 29 1975 when it fell to the north vietnam army. It s an interesting juxtaposition.

Ov 1 mohawk a seaboard world dc 8 landed by mistake at marble mountain army airfield ov 1 mohawk base at 2am in the morning. Vmo2 where i would spend the next thirteen months was just south of danang.