![]() ![]() The skimmer was down so I was delivering the TNT charges by jeep. That how "C" Company SCUBA DIVERS did it in Nam, a everyday thing we did 52 Years Ago That Now Seem Really unsafe and Dangerous. Not a safe way of handling blasting caps and TNT materials. As it moved from a defensive to an offensive role, however, it eventually relocated to northern I Corps, operating in the area just south of the DMZ. When its advance units landed at Red Beach in DaNang in March 1965, its original mission was to protect the DaNang Air Base. (7) The 3rd Marine Division was the first major U.S. (6) The Song Cau Do river which flows along the southern boundary of Da Nang has two bridges, Cam Le Bridge on Highway 1 and Song Cau Do Bridge where Highway 541 crossed the river. Marine Corps Aircraft Group 16 used this airfield between August 1965 and May 1971 during the Vietnam War. (5) Marble Mountain Air Facility (MMAF), U.S. It originates in Quang Nam Province and empties into the South China Sea at Da Nang. (4) The Han River (also Da Nang River) is a river located in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. (3)"D" Company First Military Police Battalion, Force Logistics Command, THIRD Marine Amphibious Force was responsible for Security at the Cam Le Bridge ("D" Co, 1ST MP BN, FLC, 3rd MAF) (2)"C" Company Third Military Police Battalion, Force Logistic Command, Fleet Marine Force Pacific (USMC, "C" Co, 3d MP Bn, FLC,FMF PAC) (Was responsible for Da Nang Bridge Security) the bridge was renamed to Nguyen Van Troi and will be kept as a memento of the city. (1) USMC scuba squad at Han River fell under, The 3d Military Police Battalion, Force Logistics Command, Fleet Marine Force Pacific, and was located in San Francisco, California. The bridges were protected by elevated observation towers that were positioned at each end of the bridges and sandbag pillboxes and other defensive positions were situated at either end of the bridges with divers in the river, the Han River was big and deep with some marshy areas, and sandy sites near the banks and Sentries walking the bridges 24 hours a day with the order to fire at anything floating in the river. The Bridge is on an important supply route and is a vital road link between the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force headquarters and field units throughout I Corps and it was still in use in1998, the old French bridge nearby, It is no longer there. Bridge across the Da Nang River viewed looking toward Da Nang, 1,680-foot 14 - span Da Nang river bridge, nearly 2,500 ton of steel pipe were pre-fabricated at Poro Point Philippines and barged to Da Nang for the $7.5 million structure, was opened in July,1967 and " C " Company 3rd Military Police Battalion, is responsible for it protection.
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