NUI BA DEN 1969 PHOTOS
                                ON TOP OF PAGODA WHERE I CALLED IN FIRE MISSIONS. (Not Me)
          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.Â
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                         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/
                               Current picture of the Special Forces boulder taken in 2010
                       PAGODA – THE VERY TOP OF NUI BA DEN
                                          81 mm MORTAR SQUAD
                                ABOVE THE CLOUDS
                                          A324 SPECIAL FORCES BUNKER
THIS IS THE PHOTO USED FOR THE BACKGROUND PAGE