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The US Air Force and South Vietnamese Air Force used this end of the base for their operations. There were T-28s, A1-Es, L-19s, DC-3s, C-123s, and C-119s. Da Nang and the bay are in the background. The mountain coming out of the water was where Highway 1 went through the Hai-Van pass and proceeded north to Hue and Quang Tri.
Their facilities were a lot more modern than ours.
This is where we crashed the USO show and
our officers had their difficulties with the Air Force
Officers Club. They actually had a PX where we used our booze and cigarette
ration cards. As I remember, you could get 2 cartons of cigarettes,
2 bottles of hard liquor and 4 cases of beer a week. I guess this
is a standard Marine ration. If you could get through this, the VC
were a piece of cake.
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This was the chopper end of the Da Nang airfield. We shared
this end with the
Army Dragons and Air Vietnam. Note the Marble Mountains in the background.
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Submitted by:
Warren R. Smith, former Cpl. USMC
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