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
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April ...
(ARVN) logistics and support bases northwest of
Danang
Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one ...
.
History
The base was located along
Highway 1
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, 8 km northwest of Danang at Red Beach, the site of the landing of the
9th Marine Regiment
The 9th Marine Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps. Formed during World War II, it served until 1994, when it was deactivated during the post Cold War drawdown. Battalions of the Ninth Marine Regiment, but not the ...
, the first US combat troops deployed to South Vietnam on 8 March 1965.
The area comprised a number of separate adjacent bases as follows:
*Camp JK Books, Headquarters of
Force Logistics Command
In physics, a force is an influence that can change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (e.g. moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force can also be described intuitively as a ...
, U.S. Marine Corps, responsible to
III Marine Amphibious Force
III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps. It is forward-deployed and able to rapidly conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and d ...
(III MAF).
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*Camp Haskins, split into Camp Haskins North used as a base for the 31st Naval Construction Regiment and Camp Haskins South which was used as the Headquarters, III MAF after their move from ]Camp Horn
Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam.
History
Following the initial landing of Marines in South Vietnam on 8 March 1965, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (9th MEB) establish ...
in March 1970[
*Paddock Compound, base for the ]18th Engineer Brigade
The 18th Engineer Brigade (Theater Army) is an engineer brigade of the United States Army. It is currently a subordinate unit of 21st Sustainment Command (Theater) and is headquartered at Conn Barracks in Schweinfurt, Germany. Soldiers of the 18 ...
[
The base area was handed over to the ARVN in March 1972. Camp Viking was used by the ARVN 102nd Artillery Battalion.][
]
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
The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; vi, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam, QĐNDVN), also recognized as the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) or the Vietnamese Army (), is the military force of the Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the ...
.
References
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Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam
Military installations of the United States Marine Corps in South Vietnam
Installations of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Buildings and structures in Quảng Nam province