Type Army Base In use 1965-1975 | Built circa 1965 | |
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Condition Seized in April 1975 by the PAVN, now an industrial/techno-park Occupants United States Army Vietnam (USARV)1st Logistical CommandII Field Force1st Aviation Brigade18th Military Police Brigade199th Light Infantry Brigade44th Medical Brigade24th Evacuation Hospital93rd Evacuation Hospital | ||
Long binh post during the vietnam war
Long Binh Post is a former U.S. Army base located in Long Bình ward between Biên Hòa and Saigon, Vietnam.
Contents
- Long binh post during the vietnam war
- Assault on long binh post 1969
- History
- Major units
- Post facilities
- Post Vietnam War
- References
Assault on long binh post 1969
History
Long Binh Post was located on the east of Đồng Nai river, 20 km northeast from Saigon (now called Hồ Chí Minh City). The base functioned as a U.S. Army base, logistics center, and major command headquarters for United States Army Vietnam (USARV). Long Binh Post was 7 km southeast from Biên Hòa Air Base. Long Binh Post was also unofficially known as "Long Binh Junction, influenced by the widely used initials of then-President Lyndon B. Johnson.
By mid-1967, United States Army, Vietnam (USARV), 1st Logistical Command and many other Army units dispersed in Saigon were moved to Long Binh Post to resolve centralization, security, and troop billeting issues. Long Binh Post was a sprawling logistics facility and the largest U.S. Army base in Vietnam, with a peak of 60,000 personnel in 1969. The base was the target of several attacks, especially during Tet in 1968 as well as 1969.
Major units
The II Field Force, 1st Aviation Brigade, 18th Military Police Brigade, 199th Light Infantry Brigade, 44th Medical Brigade and the 93rd and 24th Evacuation Hospitals were located on Long Binh Post. Logistics was provided by the 266th Supply and Service Battalion which provided graves registration; clothing and equipment; petroleum, oil, and lubricants (POL); and construction supplies for the III Corp Area in Vietnam. Another unit was the 90th Replacement Battalion, a first stop for newly arrived U.S. Army enlisted personnel, who were then permanently assigned to other units in Vietnam. Long Binh Post included the Long Binh Stockade, a U.S. Army prison, from 1966 to the 1970s also known unofficially as "LBJ" or "Long Binh Jail"
The Việt Cộng attacked the Long Binh ammunition supply point on 4 February 1967 destroying at least 15,000 high explosive 155 mm artillery projectiles.
Post facilities
Long Binh Post had dental clinics, large restaurants, snack bars, A Special Services Crafts Shop, that provided crafts, photo lab, wood shop, lapidary, leather crafting and silver/gold casting classes. Post Exchanges, swimming pools, basketball and tennis courts, a golf driving range, University of Maryland extension classes, a bowling alley, many nightclubs (officer, NCO, enlisted) with live music, a Chase Manhattan Bank branch, laundry services, and a massage parlor. The base and its facilities were handed over to the South Vietnamese army on 11 November 1972.
Post Vietnam War
The area formerly occupied by the Long Binh post is now Long Bình ward, which as of 2008 is largely given over to industrial use, known as Long Binh Techno Park and a shopping complex.