Sa Huỳnh Base

The base was located east of Highway 1 at the mouth of an inlet, some 18 km southeast of Đức Phổ Base Camp and 100 km south of Danang.{{cite book|last=Kelley|first=Michael|title=Where we were in Vietnam|publisher=Hellgate Press|year=2002|isbn=978-1-55571-625-7|page=452}} From 16–26 February 1967 the Marines Special Landing Force comprising 1st Battalion 4th Marines and HMM-363 conducted Operation Deckhouse VI an amphibious assault on Sa Huỳnh to clear Vietcong infiltration routes and secure an area to serve as a logistics support base for allied units operating in the area.{{cite book|last=Telfer|first=Gary|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967|publisher=History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps|year=1984|isbn=978-1-4942-8544-9|page=153}}

The U.S. Navy built the Sa Huỳnh Naval Support Activity in mid-1967 to support the arrival of the Army's Task Force Oregon in the area.{{rp|232–3}}{{cite book|last=Marolda|first=Edward|title=By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U. S. Navy and the War in Southeast Asia|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_d73UUmKru9IC|publisher=Diane Publishing|year=1996|isbn=978-0-7881-3250-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_d73UUmKru9IC/page/n269 257]}}

On 15 February 1970 Sa Huỳnh Naval Support Activity was disbanded and its facilities were transferred to the U.S. Army Support Command.{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Charles|title=U.S. Marines in Vietnam: High Mobility and Standdown 1969|publisher=History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps|year=1988|isbn=978-1-4942-8762-7|page=267}}

On 27 January 1973 the day before the ceasefire was to come into effect the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 141st Regiment captured Sa Huỳnh. The ARVN 2nd Division launched a series of counterattacks, forcing the PAVN out of Sa Huỳnh by 16 February 1973.{{cite book|last=Sorley|first=Lewis|title=A Better War The unexamined victories and final tragedy of America's last years in Vietnam|publisher=Harvest|year=1999|isbn=0-15-601309-6|page=365}}

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