Wunder Beach

Wunder Beach
Wunder Beach
	Wunder Beach, 17 May 1968
Coordinates	16.78°N 107.335°E
Type	Army Base
Site history
Built	1968
In use	1968-70
Battles/wars	; Vietnam War
Garrison information
Occupants	159th Transport Battalion

Wunder Beach (also known as Wonder Beach, Utah Beach and Sunder Beach) is a former U.S. Army logistics and supply base along the coast east of Quảng Trị and northwest of Huế.

History

The U.S. first established a base known as Utah Beach on 2 March 1968 to support the Tet Counteroffensive. The base was located on the coast at Thon Me Thuy, 16 km east of Quảng Trị and 40 km northwest of Huế.[1]

The base was developed as a ship offloading and logistics facility operated by the 159th Transport Battalion to support the operations of the 1st Cavalry Division and later the 101st Airborne Division.[1]

Other units based here included:

On 24 April 1968 the positions of the 1st Battalion, 26th Marines at Wunder Beach were hit by 11-15 rounds of 5" naval gunfire from USS Mullany killing two Marines.[2]

On 24 May 1972 during the Easter Offensive the Republic of Vietnam Marine Division's 147th Marine Brigade conducted an amphibious assault onto Wunder Beach before returning several days later to the My Chanh Line 10km to the south.[3]^:60

Current use

The base has been turned over to housing and farmland.

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References

Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. pp. 5–553. ISBN 978-1555716257.
"Command Chronology for period 1 April to 30 April 1968" (PDF). Headquarters 1st Battalion, 26th Marines. 11 May 1968. p. 63. Retrieved 25 April 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Ngo, Quang Truong (1980). The Easter offensive of 1972 (PDF). U.S. Army Center of Military History. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[Kelley-1] Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. pp. 5–553. ISBN 978-1555716257.

[2] "Command Chronology for period 1 April to 30 April 1968" (PDF). Headquarters 1st Battalion, 26th Marines. 11 May 1968. p. 63. Retrieved 25 April 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[Truong-3] Ngo, Quang Truong (1980). The Easter offensive of 1972 (PDF). U.S. Army Center of Military History. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.