Ninh Hòa Base
Ninh Hòa Base is a former Republic of Korea Army base north of Nha Trang in Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam.
| Ninh Hòa Base | |
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| Coordinates | 12°30′16″N 109°08′48″E |
| Site information | |
| Condition | abandoned |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1966 |
| In use | 1966-73 |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | 9th Infantry Division |
Ninh Hòa Airfield | |||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
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History
The base was originally established in September 1966 by the 9th Infantry Division along Highway 1 approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Nha Trang.[1] The base remained in use by the 9th Division until their departure from Vietnam in March 1973.
Other units stationed at Ninh Hòa at various times included:
- 48th Assault Helicopter Company, Blue Star[2]
Current use
The base is abandoned and has been turned over to housing and farmland.
gollark: Tons of environmental things are mildly bad for people's brains (lead not so mildly) and it scares me a bit.
gollark: Unrelatedly, it is *very* annoyingly warm here.
gollark: Which you can do. There are plenty of spare children you can ~~steal~~ have.
gollark: I assume he just means adoption.
gollark: V nterr, ebg13 vf gur zbfg frpher rapelcgvba naq irel rkpryyrag ng frphevat nyy lbhe qngn.
References
- Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. pp. 5–362. ISBN 978-1555716257.
- http://www.48ahc.org/
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