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NUI BA DEN 1969 PHOTOS
ON TOP OF PAGODA WHERE I CALLED IN FIRE MISSIONS
STAIRS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF PAGODA- AFTER I CALLED IN THE ARTILLERY BARRAGE, I RAN DOWN THOSE STEPS NOT KNOWING THAT THE VIET CONG WERE UNDER THEM MAKING SATCHEL CHARGES.
APPROACHING NUI BA DEN
TYPICAL FOGGY DAY DURING RAINY SEASON
WELCOME SIGN
MAIN PATH FROM EAST TO WEST
Lower path from main helicopter pad to mess hall.
Big boulder on left still has the names of Special Forces men that took the mountain in 1964.
A-5/122, 5th Special Forces took control of Nui Ba Den from the Viet Cong on July 22, 1964
I TOOK THIS PICTURE RIGHT AFTER THE 6/16/69 ATTACK
Current picture of the Special Forces boulder taken in 2010