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Dục Mỹ Camp

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Type
  
Army Base

Battles/wars
  
Vietnam War

Province
  
Khanh Hoa Province

Occupant
  
Vietnamese Rangers

In use
  
1961-75

Occupants
  
Vietnamese Rangers

Year built
  
1961

Address
  
QL26, Dục Mỹ, Ninh Sim, Tx. Ninh Hòa, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam

Dục Mỹ Camp is a former Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Nha Trang in Khánh Hòa Province, south central Vietnam.

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History

The base was established in 1961 northwest of Nha Trang.

Duc My was home to the ARVN Ranger training centre and artillery school.

The Dục Mỹ airfield was built as an auxiliary training field to the Vietnam Air Force Air Training Center at Nha Trang Air Base.

Current use

The base has reverted to housing and farmland, the airfield is still visible on satellite images.

References

Dục Mỹ Camp Wikipedia