Marble Mtn Naval Unit

Marble mountain air facility has the greatest scenery of all the us military bases in vietnam hands down.

Marble mtn naval unit. Beautiful views from marble mountain. Currently showroom by appointment only call for an appointment. Marble mountain was one of five mountains located south of da nang that stretched from the coast inland or westward. Jul 28 2018 explore donna stewart s board vietnam war marble mountain 1968 on pinterest.

With this option you could park at the upper trailhead. Mountain marble 91 thompson street asheville nc 28803. There was a road that ran between crow s nest and marble mountain from danang through the mountain and about eight miles down to 3rd battalion 1st marine. The early bird season pass sale has.

Could also be easily ascended from a camp in the meadow by reversing the descent route described above. November 14 2019 november 15th update with winter right around the corner the mountain looks great covered in its pre season white blanket. The land was first set aside in april 1931 as the marble mountain primitive area which comprised 234 957 acres 950 84 km 2. This would be a mostly tundra hike with limited amounts of scree or rubble.

Marble mountain air facility mmaf also known as da nang east airfield marble mountain army airfield and nuoc man airfield was an aviation facility used primarily by the united states marine corps during the vietnam war it was a helicopter facility that was constructed in august 1965 and served as home to marine aircraft group 16 mag 16 the 5th special forces group and an assortment of. Marble mountain air facility. I came to marble mtn and the group in the spring of 1969. The marble mountain wilderness is a 241 744 acre 978 30 km 2 wilderness area located 60 miles 97 km southwest of yreka california in the united states it is managed by the united states forest service and is within the klamath national forest in siskiyou county.

I got hijacked on my my for third tour in 1st maw. All of these mountains had cave entrances and numerous tunnels. Marble mountain 1969 1970 h amp ms 16 hml 267 personnel hello i was assigned to h ms 16 during that time frame. Located one mile south of fort jones california marble mountain machinery features a variety of parts new hay equipment and tools tillage equipment attachments and we offer appraisals and consignment sales.

Check out the latest from marble mountain news. See more ideas about vietnam war vietnam war. Another alternative would be to hike marble as a round trip from the upper music pass trailhead.