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What Vietnam base is this in all these pictures.....anybody???

 

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What Vietnam base is this in all these pictures.....anybody???

It seems to be in the city of Vinh Long, one of the images comes up here:
https://mapio.net/pic/p-68879828/

 

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Portrait of an unidentified US Army soldier, his face smudged, as he sits on the ground beside an APC (Armored Personnel Carrier), in the fog along Route Nine, I Corps (South Vietnam), Republic of Vietnam, February 2, 1971. His convoy was involved in supporting Operation Lam Son 719, the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam)-led invasion of Laos. (Photo by Christopher Jensen/Getty Images)

 

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A Staff Sergeant of Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry, 82nd Airborne scans the terrain ahead whilst a on patrol in early 1968. The unit insignia of the 1/505, a black panther, is stencilled on his helmet cover.

Source: US National Archives

 

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SOG Spike Team Ohio members Joe Parnar (left) and Tommy Carr after returning from a reconnaissance mission. Both men are armed with CAR-15 (XM-177) rifles and have CIDG rucksacks. Photo taken: Summer 1968, Kontum (CCC)

Source: Vietnam hear.com

 

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Marine 1st Lieutenant Robert H. Phieffer (Waterville, Maine) carefully scans the terrain below for signs of enemy activity in Vietnam. The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Leatherneck and his recon team were flown to their patrol area by a CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 [HMM-263] (official USMC photo by Gunnery Sergeant Bob Jordan)."

Description and photograph sourced from: the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

 

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Under Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable John W. Warner, speaks with Silver Star holder Sergeant Ted Ott (Monroe, Wisconsin) of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, during the secretary’s half-day visit to the 1st Marine Division recently (official USMC photo by Sergeant J. K. Mullins)."

Source: From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

 

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Elephant grass hampers Marines as they run from CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 [HMM-265], June 22. The Marines were heli-lifted to a zone southwest of Khe Sanh on a search and clear mission (official USMC photo by Sergeant Mike Saska)."

Sourced from the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.

 

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Elephant grass hampers Marines as they run from CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 [HMM-265], June 22. The Marines were heli-lifted to a zone southwest of Khe Sanh on a search and clear mission (official USMC photo by Sergeant Mike Saska)."

Sourced from the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.

 

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HM2 Gerald Strode, 21, is decorated with the nation's second highest medal. The Navy Cross was presented to Strode by MajGen Donn J. Robertson, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division. Strode received the award for extraordinary heroism under fire in a battle during Operation Swift, September 4, 1967, when he saved the lives of several wounded Marines."

Original description and photograph sourced by the 1st Marine Division Press Releases and Photographs Collection (COLL/4532) at the Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections

 

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Marine Lance Corporal William G. Cox (Jackson, Mississippi) emerges from one of many Viet Cong tunnels found in the Batangan Peninsula. Cox mapped the tunnel and found it to be over 158 yards long and two levels deep. He is serving with the 26th Marines, now conducting Operation Bold Mariner to root out the Viet Cong infrastructure (official USMC photo by Staff Sergeant Bob Jordan)."

Original text and photo sourced by the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections

 

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Private First Class R. L. Sandy, a rifleman with the 2d Battalion, 26th Marines [2/26] finds that going down a hill can be just as rough as climbing it during Operation Bold Mariner. The Leathernecks teamed up with infantrymen of the Americal Division and Army of the Republic of Vietnam’s 2d Infantry Division in the multi-battalion cordon-and-sweep operation designed to reduce the Viet Cong’s military and political grip on the Batangan Peninsula south of Chu Lai (official USMC photo by Corporal D. Kramer)."

Original text and photo sourced from the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections

 

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Marine Sergeant R. L. Slemons, 24 (Lewiston, Pennsylvania) places an explosive charge into a VC hideaway. Slemons is a combat engineer attached to the 26th Marines. The Leathernecks are participating in Operation Bold Mariner in Quang Ngai province, South Vietnam, to dig out Viet Cong political underground and guerillas who terrorize remote villages and hamlets (official USMC photo by Lance Corporal W. R. Schaaf)."

Original description and photograph sourced from the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections

 

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Lance Corporal Larry L. Town (Eureka, Kansas) has a big job of plotting fire for the 81mm mortar platoon he is serving with. Town is with the 26th Marines on Operation Bold Mariner on the Batangan Peninsula in South Vietnam (official USMC photo by Staff Sergeant Bob Jordan)."

Sourced from the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections