In the northern sector of Da Nang, PAVN/VC main force troops entered Nam O once again and killed the hamlet chief. Aircraft destroyed included F-4 Phantom II's \u0026 C-130's. The battalion was alerted and airlifted from Twentynine Palms, California, to Cherry Point, North Carolina, with its . They were ordered to the area to bolster defenses around the air base at Da Nang against possible VietCong attacks. Just 19 when he arrived, the horrors he witnessed would forever shape him. The 391 rockets that hit the base itself the figure was 69 in 1971killed four United States. Although agent reports and other intelligence indicated continued assaults north of the Cau Do River against Ha Vang and Da Nang City, most of these came to naught. Missiles launched from nearby mountains have caused eight deaths, many injuries and. Da Nang, the main Seabee base in the I Corps area, which bordered North Vietnam, came under repeated attack from Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars. Marine commanders and staff officers could only speculate that the enemy was probably infiltrating north in small groups to "predetermined rallying points" for a further assault either on the city or on the Air Base. He nevertheless released Task Force Miracle from the operational control of the 1st Marine Division and returned it to the Americal Division. CMSgt (Ret) Gary Chaffin, who was at Da Nang with the 366th Civil Engineering Squadron, recalls this attack much as Dick does. DaNang Air Base was known as "rocket city" for the number of attacks that occurred there between 1965 and 1973. In both these sectors support troops doubled as infantry, manning fixed defensive positions and conducting patrols. A total of 49 mortar and rocket rounds were counted landing on the airfield during this attack. Robertson shared these concerns with General Robert E. Cushman Jr., the III MAF commander. The area was around 200 square miles, and the 140mm rockets had a range of over 6 miles. Rummage reported about 50 PAVN dead with another 100 "probable." The ROKMC Marine Brigade deployed six companies around the city and the ARVN 51st Regiment prepared a reaction force. At that point, three fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopter gunships then bombed and strafed the enemy column. Allied intelligence officers identified members from the V-25th, R-20th, C-130th Battalions and the Q-15th and Q-16th Local Force Companies. . About 50 minutes later, another recon team, Air Hose, about 2,000 meters to the northeast of Saddle Bag, saw more than 50 enemy troops moving eastward. Some viewers may find some scenes or audio in this archival material to be unsettling or distressing. About 01:00, a Marine platoon from Company G, 2/7 Marines, positioned near the Nam Bridge on Highway 1 crossing the Cu River north of Da Nang, saw another two enemy on a raft with a wooden box. (AP) AP 1969. They later found four PAVN dead. I called all the regiments and battalions and the same was happening to them. The armored force pushed through the hamlet and encountered only occasional small-arms fire. The Marines and PF troops killed 22 VC and took another 23 prisoner. In the Southern Sector Defense Command, just north of the Cu River and west of Highway 1, a PAVN/VC 12-15-man sapper squad blew a hole in the defensive wire of the joint perimeter of the 7th Engineer and 7th Communication Battalion. Nearly 11 million liters of Agent Orange were handled on the base. In the pursuit, which amounted to a rout, the VC lost nearly 100 dead. At Duy Xuyn, however, the PAVN/VC overran the town, forcing the district chief to flee and take refuge with the Koreans. These included Hills 65 and 52 manned by companies of the 3/7 Marines in the southwestern part of the TAOR and Hill 41 defended by Company D, 1/7 Marines in the central western sector. 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines was in the north, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines was in the center and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines was in the south. However, because we did not have a firm grasp on the situation, our preparations had been cursory, the movement of our forces forward to seize attack positions had not been well organized and because enemy forces were too numerous and responded fiercely when we attacked, the forces that attacked the city on the night of 29-30 January were unable to seize their assigned objectives. [1]:154, Throughout the Da Nang TAOR, the intensity of activity increased during the night. Bringing up two artillery platoons , the ARVN gunners lowered their pieces and fired pointblank at the VC. At 08:30 a CAP saw a number of VC attempting to swim across the Cu to the island. DaNang earned the nickname Rocket City during the Vietnam war, having been attacked over 900 times in 10 years. [1]:143, While the PAVN/VC concentrated their forces for the large offensive, many of these units suffered from too many rapid replacements and in some cases from poor morale. Menu. About 07:45 approximately two companies or a reinforced company from the PAVN 31st Regiment ambushed a Marine platoon from Company G, 2/3 Marines. To the south, in the Korean sector, the ROKMC with the assistance of the ARVN again drove PAVN/VC forces out of the Hi An environs. About an hour later, PAVN troops who had infiltrated Duong Lam rushed the CAP compound. As the defector from the 401st later revealed, his unit lacked "weapons, experienced soldiers, and transportation manpower." With the departure of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in mid-January for Phu Bai Combat Base, the 3/7 Marines extended its area of operations to include An Hoa Combat Base to the south. The MPs shot one of the swimmers, took the other man prisoner and drove off the boats with a fusillade of bullets. In Vietnam this rocket comprised one of the primary means of inflicting standoff attacks against airfields and other . Darkness prevented any accurate bomb assessment. The Marines lost one helicopter and sustained damage to 29 others. Under pressure from the South Vietnamese relief forces and the Marine MP platoon, the VC retreated with the allies in pursuit. General Walt's staff received word on 27 October that a VC main force battalion was moving out of its base in "Happy Valley," 10 miles southwest of Da Nang, and heading towards the base. Despite the Marine patrolling, PAVN sappers, probably from the 2nd Sapper Battalion, blew three bridges and one culvert over Highway 1 in the pass area. In addition to the VC R-20th Battalion, south of Da Nang, the VC 1st and PAVN 3rd Regiments both part of the 2nd Division started to deploy toward G Ni Island. While successfully beating back the PAVN attack, the CAP leader called for help. At least some members of his group also reportedly provided security for Richard Spencer's often violent campus appearances. Major General Donn J. Robertson, the 1st Marine Division commanding general, kept under his direct control the 3/5 Marines and the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines. One sapper was captured. Instead of calling artillery fire immediately, the reconnaissance Marines arranged with Battery K, 4/11 Marines and a detachment of the 3rd 155mm Gun Battery at An Ha for an "artillery ambush." Would like to get in touch w/anyone attached to Security. The Front announced that the 1968 Tt greeting of "Chairman Ho [Chi Minh] is actually a combat order for our entire Army and population. Obtenez des photos d'actualit haute rsolution de qualit sur Getty Images Rummage radioed back that the AC-47 caught about 50 PAVN crossing a stream and the recon Marines could observe rounds hitting all around them. Lieutenant Colonel William J . Shortly after 01:00 on the 6th, PAVN gunners opened up on the hamlet with intermittent mortar rounds and small-arms fire. About 20 minutes later the missile battery sighted enemy rocket firing sites and two minutes later radioed that 12 rockets of undetermined size landed in and around its area. Next Photo. The Marines assaulted the island and the fighting continued throughout the night and into the next morning. [1]:1556, During the day and evening of the 31st, the PAVN/VC infantry units pressed the offensive on the ground. with rocket and mortar attacks at the Da Nang and Marhle Mountain Airfields on 30 January, and hit the Marble Mountain facility once again on 31 January, They hit the new Quang Tri airstrip with Doth rockets and mortars on 24, 27, and 29 January. On 29 January, a local village chief told the security officer of the Naval Support Activity at Camp Tiensha that about 300 VC would attack the Marble Mountain transmitter that night. According to this former member of the VC 401st Regimental Security Guard, local VC cadre stated that "the war had lasted too long and the Front had to seek a good opportunity to stage a great offensive that would bring the war to an early end." Newsreel story showing the aftermath of the shelling of an . Milantoni relayed the request to the air support center. Finally, according to Marine intelligence officers, another "very reliable source" flatly stated "that the time of attack throughout MR (Military Region) 5 would be" at 01:30 and no later than 02:00 on 30 January. On the afternoon of 7 February Marine helicopters deployed the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment into the hamlet of Duong Son (1) (155852N 1081124E / 15.981N 108.190E / 15.981; 108.190) 2km south of Cau Do. [1]:150, By this time, General Robertson had taken measures to bolster the ARVN south of the Cau Dau. The first U.S. air strikes also occur against the Ho Chi Minh trail. The following day, the same sources indicated that both the VC 1st and the PAVN 3rd Regiments had also withdrawn to the Go Noi. The Marines lost 12 killed and 6 wounded. Reinforced by another squad, the Company G Marines killed three and captured two. Joining up with the squad from the 1/7 Marines and some newly arrived ARVN troops, the tanks then relieved the CAP garrison. This apparently broke the back of the VC resistance. The Da Nang airbase was a major Ranch Hand facility during the American War in Vietnam. The fighting within the compound continued until daylight. This should include information pertaining to the rocket and mortar attacks at the Da Nang Air base from April 1967 to May 1968, to include any attacks occurring on or about July 14, 1967. At in Bn, the 51st Regiment reinforced by the ROKMC contained the attack. [1]:159, On the ground in the 7th Marines sector, PAVN units hit several of the CAPs, especially in the 3rd and 1st Battalion areas. One of the nicest persons died there on the day he was turning his outside plant tool kit. [1]:1478, The Marine response to the bombardments was rapid, the 11th Marines artillery units "initiated counter-rocket fires" at suspected avenues of approach. From firing positions southwest of the base, 28 122mm missiles fell on the airfield, destroying one aircraft and damaging six others. In the northeast, near the Force Logistic Command sector, villagers from Nam (160654N 1080744E / 16.115N 108.129E / 16.115; 108.129) just south of the strategic Nam Bridge, told PF troops, members of the CAP Q-4 platoon, that the VC planned to attack the CAP compound. The VC had learned that artillery and/or air strikes would be called in on the launch sites. The 1st MP Battalion completed three sweeps of the Air Base perimeter and the areas just southeast, southwest and just north of the airbase without incident. In the attack, the PAVN/VC fired 122mm rockets at Marine artillery positions at An Hoa, Hill 55 and Hill 10. A reluctance to cause undue damage to the historic town and avoid civilian casualties was suggested as a reason for the slow ROKMC advance. Company G repulsed a number of probes throughout the night until the PAVN broke contact at dawn. They collected some 200 people that they detained for further questioning. With one of his companies on the Tiensha Peninsula and the other three protecting the Air Base perimeter, Hill argued that he could not spare three platoons. "[1]:163, During the Tet Offensive in Da Nang, both sides experienced heavy casualties. "[1]:1578, The greatest danger to the TAOR at this juncture, however, was from the south in that area defended by the ROKMC and the ARVN 51st Regiment. Although most of the enemy activity was restricted to small-unit contacts, on the night of 2/3 February, PAVN/VC gunners again rocketed the Air Base. The VC continued to hold the hospital, however, and part of the engineer compound. [Peter Halferty photo]. Finally the PAVN broke contact at 20:00 and disappeared. This would be followed by a rocket barrage and an assault by the main force units on Allied military units and installations. Located between the Cu and Thanh Qut Rivers and on either side of Highway 1, the two battalions provided the last line of defense before the so-called "Vital Area." In the initial fighting for Ha Vang, the South Vietnamese and Americans accounted for 25 VC dead. It was the worst attack on Danang since July 5,. The South Vietnamese quickly rushed the newly arrived ARVN 5th Ranger Battalion into the area. On the ground a patrol from Company A, 1/7 Marines, operating below the battalion's command post on Hill 10, saw about 10 PAVN soldiers just south of the Ty Loan River preparing positions. He was killed in action on January 21, 1968, during the Battle of Khe Sanh in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. [1]:159, While from 15 February, the PAVN/VC ground assaults on Marine positions appeared to diminish , Marine spotters in the tower on Hill 55 reported the constant movement of small groups of enemy troops in the western portion of the ROKMC area of operations. "[1]:144, By evening on the 29th, the 1st Marine Division at Da Nang was on 100-percent alert. These rockets had a range of several miles and were deadly. During one attack I was writing a letter home and thought my guys were injured because of the rocket attack and I remember the no smoking sigh flapping in the wind because of the scrapnel. CriticalPast offers immediate downloads of full-resolution HD and SD masters and full-resolution time-coded screeners, 24 hours a day, to serve the needs of broadcast news, TV, film, and publishing professionals worldwide. The RPGs missed the apertures in the tower and fell to the ground. Given also the enemy rocket threat, he still needed to maintain extensive patrols in the so-called Rocket Belt. VC gunners from Ha Vang, nevertheless, maintained an intermittent mortar bombardment upon the I Corps tactical operations center. [1]:146, At 03:30, on the other side of the main Da Nang Bridge, MPs noticed two VC in the water and several sampans approaching. Pictures of Danang 11. The Truong Son and the Mekong River are moving. In this fighting, which had lasted about three hours, the South Vietnamese defenders sustained casualties of three dead, seven wounded, and two damaged armored vehicles. The Marine company called in mortar and artillery fire. Twenty rockets fell on Hill 10, manned by Battery G , 3/11 Marines which resulted in 23 casualties, including two dead. The PAVN/VC attacked a Marine bunker and ran through the Communications Support Company area throwing grenades and Satchel charges in the living quarters. in foreground gives perspective. About 03:30, perhaps to divert Marine attention from the ground assault on I Corps headquarters and the city of Da Nang, enemy mortars opened up on Marble Mountain. Marine and Army reconnaissance flights using infrared technology and XM-3 "People Sniffer" airborne personnel detectors (APD) mounted on UH-1 helicopters indicated strong enemy concentrations in the hills near Hiu c west of the 7th Marines. The struggle for Hi An would continue into the following day. I was in Danang less than a month when the Vietcong used rockets to attack the Danang Air Base for the first time in the war, on the morning of February 27. Remains of 45-1102; sandbag detail later. Moreover, once the PAVN units arrived south of Da Nang they "made no further attempts at maneuver even while being hunted by Marine and Army units, and when engaged, seldom maneuvered, except to withdraw." According to Murray, "from then on until Tt was over, there were just constant attacks." Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. Covered revetments to protect F-4s from rocket attacks -1969 [ Bob Kaatman photo ] American down as Marines arrive on scene just outside perimeter of DaNang AFB. At 07:30, the ROKMC reported about 200 to 300 enemy troops still in Hi An. Both battalions would be under the operational control of the 1st Marine Division. At 07:35, VC gunners fired two RPGs at the compound tower and a VC infantry platoon opened up upon the CAP unit. Even in the face of the artillery, the PAVN continued their advance upon the Marine positions. PAVN/VC gunners, however, continued to be active and shot down a Marine CH-46 attempting to insert a reconnaissance team into a landing zone in the hill mass in the western sector of Da Nang below the Ty Loan River. Pictures of Danang 9. Narrative: Possibly the worst ground aviation accident of Vietnam War occurs on March 23 1967 at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, when traffic controller clears US Marine Corps Grumman A-6A Intruder, BuNo 152608, of VMA(AW)-242, MAG-11, for takeoff, but also clears USAF Lockheed C-141A-LM Starlifter, 65-9407, of the 62nd Military Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Washington, to cross runway. Mar 3, 2021. Elements of the VC R-20th and local force units which participated in the attack on Ha Vang and I Corps headquarters attempted to escape the dragnet of Marine and ARVN forces. The VC R-20 and V-25th Battalions had struck again at Hi An, engaging both the Korean Marine Brigade and the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the ARVN 51st Regiment. The task force headquarters and its two battalions returned to Chu Lai Base Area the following day. On my second combat hop on the 14th I flew below 500 feet for 30 minutes 5 to 10 miles south of Da Nang searching for rocket launching sites. Flares light up the Da Nang area to make it easier to spot infiltrating guerrillas. The Stand Off Rocket attack of July 15, 1967 was the deadliest attack of the war at Nng Air Base. Considering the amount of ordnance that the enemy expended, casualties were relatively small. Da Nang Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of USMC and ARVN forces. In the 3/7 Marines area of operations, about 2,000 meters west of Hill 55 on the other side of a bend in the Yen River, a squad from Company L at 11:45 ran into what eventually turned out to be a fairly large-sized PAVN unit. They later found three enemy bodies at the site wearing black pajamas under their green utilities. According to Marine intelligence reports, on 9 February, the 2nd Division moved its headquarters back to the Go Noi from its more forward positions. Other units included the 402nd Sapper Battalion, the VC V-25th Battalion and other VC local forces. Base orientation brochure, Perimeter, Tent City. The Marines failed to determine whether this mixed force had a specific mission or consisted of remnants from units that had participated in the earlier attack on the I Corps headquarters. [1]:1523, The rest of the enemy efforts in the Da Nang area and TAOR were about as haphazard and relatively ineffective as the fight on the unnamed island. One of the rockets damaged one of the missile launchers and wounded three of the Marines. Despite the thinness of the Marine lines and the ability of the PAVN/VC to infiltrate, they never capitalized on these advantages. It also served to block one of the principal avenues of approach to Da Nang from the south. Cleaning up and repairs at Gunfighter Village. At about the same time, approximately 15 enemy 122mm rockets struck an artillery complex in the 11th Marines Northern Sector Defense Command which included a detachment from the 1st Armored Amphibian Company, the 155mm Gun and 8-inch Gun Batteries, as well as Batteries H, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines and M, 4th Battalion, 11th Marines. Another platoon from the Marine company also reinforced the engaged troops about an hour later. Caught east of the Cm L Bridge and Highway 1, on a small island formed by the convergence of the Cu , a small tributary of the river and the Vien Dien River, the VC turned to fight. CAP Q-4 there continued to hold out. . The PAVN then attacked forcing the Marine platoons to fall back to more defendable positions. "The call for assault to achieve independence and liberty has sounded; [1]:1589, For the next few days, there was a relative lull in the Da Nang sector, at least as compared to the last two days of January. According to a Marine report, "it was evident that the enemy was prepared to masquerade as Vietnamese civilians in the process of infiltrating the TAOR and that he was attempting to infiltrate his forces in small units. In a message to III MAF, Robertson observed "Never have so few done so much to so many. [1]:146, Lieutenant Colonel Twyman R. Hill's 1st MP Battalion operated directly under III MAF and was responsible for the "close-in defense" of the Da Nang Air Base, the two bridges between Tiensha Peninsula, Marble Mountain Air Facility and the Naval Hospital on the Tiensha (Tin Sa) Peninsula. 14 New Guns For 2022 by B. GIL HORMAN; A First-Year Magnum: Shooting The S&W "Pre-29" by JUSTIN DYAL; Contact; Donate; Eye Candy for the Gentlemen out there The Marines and PF troops fired at armed members of the crowd who appeared to be directing the march. DA NANG A.B. Two other squad patrols from Company C in the vicinity quickly joined the first squad. In the ensuing firefight fought at a range as close as five meters from one another with the Marines achieving the upper hand. Battery A, 1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion armed with MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles, in the mountainous Hi Vn Pass sector north of Da Nang, reported about 01:40 coming under 82mm mortar fire. "We carried bullet clips in our pockets, but no weapons, because the rifle boxes were nailed shut in their shipping crates. The communications bunker bore the brunt of the attack where the sappers destroyed both the bunker and the equipment inside and put the division tactical net off the air until 04:00. The PAVN fought a delaying action as they began to withdraw. Proud to have had . [1]:154, The ROKMC sent three companies to close the southern link and then moved forward into the attack. The two PAVN prisoners identified themselves as members of the H-2 Engineering Company, part of the 2nd Sapper Battalion. The U.S. major remonstrated that the site was relatively close to the compound, but Lm insisted that the air strikes be flown. "[1]:159, The heaviest action occurred in the 3/5 Marines and 4th Battalion, 51st ARVN sectors along Highway 1. Robertson remembered that "the ceasefire was to be in effect and the regimental commanders reported intense fire from the enemy and requested authority to continue artillery fire, if necessary" Robertson granted the request and then "about 18:40 we got the word from III MAF that the ceasefire had been called off.[1]:142, For some time, the American forces had been aware that the PAVN/VC was about to launch some type of major offensive. Today, several areas on the Da Nang Base including the loading, storage and mixing areas and Sen Lake to the north and the Pacer Ivy area at the south of the base have been confirmed to have . konstantin guericke net worth; xaverian brothers high school nfl players; how is the correct gene added to the cells; hong kong supermarket flyer calgary; ben fogle: new lives in the wild do they get paid; [ Bob Kaatman photo ] One of the first caches of bombs to explode. Marine counter-rocket fire from the 11th Marines and 1st Tank Battalion resulted in five secondary explosions. [1]:147, Major General Raymond Murray, the III MAF deputy commander, remembered that he heard a "hell of a lot of racket" and "woke up [to] the airfield at Da Nang being rocketed." A third C-123 squadron was stationed at Da Nang Air Base in 1963 and a fourth at Tan Son Nhut in October 1964 following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August. In the morning when searching the battle area, the Marines would find "ample evidence of enemy casualties, but only two enemy bodies." Total Marine casualties of this incident on the 30th were 10 Marines killed and 15 wounded, most from the platoon of Company G that was initially ambushed. Galand Kramer at the Danang Officers Open Mess, the DOOM Club, so appropriately named for those of us flying into the teeth of North Vietnams AAA, missile and MiG air defenses. The Air Force watch officer on duty protested, "that's too close, you'll never get a clearance for it." While the 1st MP Battalion supported by the 1st Tank Battalion established blocking positions north of the Cu River, the ARVN 3rd Battalion, 51st Regiment swept the sector south of the river. At first, the general and his steward confused the rockets with the traditional fireworks shot off in honor of Tt. Nine USAF personnel were killed during the barrage and 128 others were wounded, 40 of them requiring hospitalization. The Marine companies then pulled back and called in artillery and air. Because of the location of Hill 65, just above Route 4 about 4,000 meters west of the district town of i Lc and below Charlie Ridge (155610N 1080542E / 15.936N 108.095E / 15.936; 108.095), where the VC had heavy machine gun emplacements which precluded any helicopter lift, the Marine company had to make the move on foot. This platoon under First Lieutenant John E. Manning departed the airbase about 04:15 and arrived in the blocking positions about 05:15. With covering fire provided by 81mm and 82mm mortars, about a reinforced company reached the I Corps headquarters compound actually located within the city of Da Nang just outside the northern perimeter of the Air Base. During the night, VC resistance dwindled to sniper fire on the ROKMC positions. He and Randall agreed that they would deploy one of the battalion's two reserve provisional Quick Reaction platoons composed of headquarters personnel. According to the U.S. One of the major attacks was against CAP B-3 in the hamlet of Duong Lam (1) just below the Ty Loan River. [1]:160, By this time, Robertson was worried about the ability to contain the PAVN/VC offensive south of Da Nang. Linking up, under artillery and air cover, the two Marine companies continued their advance until forced to halt because of darkness and then took up night defensive positions. Although the Koreans and ARVN in a combined operation finally cleared Hi An, PAVN/VC units to the west south, and north of the city continued to press the attack. About the same time as the rocket attacks on the Da Nang base and Marble Mountain, PAVN/VC mortars bombarded the command post of the 7th Marines on Hill 55 south of Da Nang and forward infantry positions. Company M advanced toward a hamlet to the south of the ARVN. In a 1st Marine Division analyses, the author commented that the PAVN 2nd Division's approach was "along a single axis of advance so that his eventual target was easily identifiable." At 02:40, a squad from the 1/7 Marines, supported by two tanks from the 1st Tank Battalion, moved to assist the embattled CAP unit. a-~_ -~ ijsafss 0 w 86 i jun !17 history of 6994th security squadron Company L, 3/5 Marines set up blocking positions on the east bank of the Yen. They also mortared and rocketed MAG-13 at Chu Lai on 31 January 1968. VMO2, where I would spend the next thirteen months, was just south of DaNang. Lieutenant Colonel William K . Citation Nr: 1224394 Decision Date: 07/13/12 Archive Date: 07/18/12 DOCKET NO. [1]:149, The fighting did not subside with the coming of daylight. 17 apr 1966: arab 511, an a-1h (buno 135398), lt (jg) william l. tromp, va-115, went down following a night attack on coastal targets, near approximately 1818 . Additional intelligence tended to confirm the enemy was about to initiate something big. The USAF 620th Tactical Control Squadron established a control and reporting post (CRP) code-named Panama on the mountain in 1964 to support operations from Danang Air Base. Those infiltrations prepared the way for NVA ground attacks in the surrounding areas. With the departure of the 5th Marine Regiment to support operations further north in I Corps, there was only one Marine infantry regimental headquarters in the extensive Da Nang Tactical area of responsibility (TAOR). The attack began about 1 A.M. and the United States command said the missiles were Sovietbuilt 122mm rockets, each weighing about 100 pounds. The remaining rocket attacks were ineffective. Again the crowd dispersed and this time did not recongregate. Shortly after midnight on July 15, 1967, Da Nang Air Base in Quang Nam Province, RVN, came under a heavy rocket attack. The Marine staff speculated that the enemy launched the mortar attacks largely as a cover for the rocket attacks against Marble Mountain. Even at Marble Mountain the damage was relatively contained. The attacks were repulsed by combined United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Army, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) forces with the PAVN/VC suffering heavy losses. [1]:156, The Da Nang Northern Sector Defense Command dispatched a provisional company to assist the CAP Marines as well as the security detachment. The PAVN/VC rocket troops fired in two bursts, one at 03:42, followed by a second barrage three hours later. The NVA launched hundreds of rocket attacks on DaNang Airbase trying to hit the bomb dump. *** The first time that rockets were used in RVN by the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army. 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