The first American ground forces deployed against the viet cong and the NVA were the US Marines, who came ashore at Da nang on the coast of South Vietnam on March 8th 1965. The following six years ...

Da Nang Air Base was shared by the Marines and Air Force, and only the Air Force was strategic, with very big planes that could bring in wonderful things from all over the world.

The next day, Rey, a Marine corporal assigned to Battery A of the 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion, was sent to Da Nang. He was among the first 100 combat Marines dispatched to Vietnam ...

Reporting from Da Nang, Vietnam — — ... As a teenager, she told us, she sold Americans Coca-Cola near the Da Nang air base, using the money she earned to put her brothers through school.

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the first American combat troops in Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, 3,500 Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade arrived in Da Nang to ...

Ohio native Michael Ryan was 18 when he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1963, and he was assigned to G Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. He landed in Da Nang and ...

From Da Nang, Florez was sent north to Dong Ha, and then Charlie 2, the closest U.S. base to the DMZ separating South from North Vietnam. “There were several of us Marines that were sent over to ...

The next day, Rey, a Marine corporal assigned to Battery A of the 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion, was sent to Da Nang. He was among the first 100 combat Marines dispatched to Vietnam ...

Three years ago, Quentin Derrick was eating clams at a beach-side restaurant in Da Nang. As he gazed east at the South China Sea, he couldn’t believe what was rolling in. Derrick has lived in ...