Red Beach Base Area (also known as Camp JK Books, Camp Haskins, Camp Viking, Paddock Compound or Red Beach Camp) is a complex of former U.S. Marines, Navy and Army and

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 South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April 1975. It is estimated to have suffe ...

(ARVN) logistics and support bases northwest of

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History

The base was located along

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, 8 km northwest of Danang at Red Beach, the site of the landing of the 9th Marine Regiment, the first US combat troops deployed to South Vietnam on 8 March 1965. The area comprised a number of separate adjacent bases as follows: *Camp JK Books, Headquarters of Force Logistics Command, U.S. Marine Corps, responsible to

III Marine Amphibious Force III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps. It is forward-deployed and able to rapidly conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and d ...

(III MAF). *Camp Haskins, split into Camp Haskins North used as a base for the

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and Camp Haskins South which was used as the Headquarters, III MAF after their move from Camp Horn in March 1970 *Camp Viking, base for the 58th Transport Battalion from February 1968 to April 1972 and the 39th Engineer Battalion *Paddock Compound, base for the 18th Engineer Brigade The base area was handed over to the ARVN in March 1972. Camp Viking was used by the ARVN 102nd Artillery Battalion.

Current use

The area has largely been turned over to housing although part of it remains in use by the People's Army of Vietnam.

References

{{reflist Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam Military installations of the United States Marine Corps in South Vietnam Installations of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Buildings and structures in Quảng Nam province