Landing Zone Dottie (also known as Firebase Binh Lien, Nui Dong Le and Hill 102) is a former U.S. Army
firebase in
Quảng Ngãi province, Vietnam.
History
The base served as the headquarters of the
11th Infantry Brigade,
23rd Infantry Division from its arrival in
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
in December 1967 until its departure in October 1971.
It was from Dottie that
Task Force Barker deployed by helicopter to Sơn Mỹ village where they conducted the
Mỹ Lai massacre on 16 March 1968.
When U.S. forces withdrew in October 1971 they burned most of the base over a four day period, destroying any items that could be of use to the
Vietcong or local South Vietnamese villagers and bulldozed the bunkers and trenches.
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Following the departure of U.S. forces, a small ]Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April ...
(ARVN) Regional Force unit and a battery of the 23rd Artillery Battalion occupied part of the base.[
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References
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Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam
Buildings and structures in Quảng Ngãi province