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Dục Mỹ Camp

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Dục Mỹ Camp
Infiltration Course at Duc My, 7 November 1971
Coordinates12°32′20″N 109°00′36″E / 12.539°N 109.01°E / 12.539; 109.01 (Dục Mỹ Camp)
TypeArmy Base
Site history
Built1961
In use1961–75
Battles/wars
Vietnam War
Garrison information
OccupantsVietnamese Rangers
Dục Mỹ Airfield
Summary
Elevation AMSL98 ft / 30 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3,200 975 asphalt

Dục Mỹ Camp is a former Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Nha Trang in Khánh Hòa Province, south central Vietnam.

History

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The base, located approximately 50 km northwest of Nha Trang, was used by the French Army in the 1950s as a training camp for the Groupement de Commandos Mixtes Aéroportés (GCMA). By 1957 it was the cantonment for the ARVN 15th Light Division. In 1961 it became a training center for ARVN rangers and artillery units.[1]

Duc My was home to the ARVN Ranger training centre and artillery school.[2]

The Dục Mỹ airfield was built as an auxiliary training field to the Republic of Vietnam Air Force Air Training Center at Nha Trang Air Base.

Current use

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The base has reverted to housing and farmland, the airfield is still visible on satellite images.

References

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  1. ^ Kelley, Michael (2002). Where we were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-1555716257.
  2. ^ LeGro, William (2013). Vietnam Combat Operations 1972 – 1975. Lulu.com. p. 324. ISBN 9781939335302.