Marble Mountain 1968

After this 30 minute rampage the viet cong withdrew leaving behind 17 dead and 4 wounded.

Marble mountain 1968.

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. 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 only access to the gun was by ropes. The arvn troops are celebrating the capture of an nlf vc flag.

This photo was taken in. Kim metal thuy water moc wood hoa fire and tho earth. All of the mountains have cave entrances and numerous tunnels and it is. 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.

Marble mountain was one of five mountains located south of da nang that stretched from the coast inland or westward. 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. Sep 4 2015 this pin was discovered by the folly beach company. All of these mountains had cave entrances and numerous tunnels.

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. Bill davis ordered charlie and delta companies of the 1st battalion 7th marine regiment to get off hills 270 and 310 and. Marble mountain was on the south side of fob 4.

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