Chu Lai (15.412275° N 108.704478° E) was a United States Navy base in Dung Quat Bay, Vietnam, which was used from 1964 - 1971 during the Vietnam War. The base was roughly 56 miles southeast of Danang. It consisted of a base with air field to help as support facilities to the major base at Danang. The former base is currently maintained by the Vietnamese government, who plan to turn it into a industrial and transportation hub. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... A base is: in mathematics: A number that is raised to a power, or base of an exponential function. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies—notably the United States military in support of... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... It has been suggested that Danang, Vietnam be merged into this article or section. ...

The base itself was named after General Victor Krulak, the United States Marine officer who selected the area for a base. Chu Lai was reportedly the Mandarin Chinese abbreviation of his surname ^[1]. Krulak named the base after being told that the area had no previous associated name on the maps. General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... Mandarin has a number of meanings: mandarin, a bureaucrat of Imperial China, and in the United Kingdom and Canada, by analogy, any government bureaucrat Mandarin, a group of dialects of spoken Chinese, or more specifically, its standardized dialect, Standard Mandarin Mandarin Airlines, a subsidiary of China Airlines mandarin duck, Aix...

The area of the base was also involved in the Battle Of Chu Lai on August 18, 1965 where the United States Marine Corps made a pre-emptive strike on gathering Viet Cong forces who were preparing to attack the base ^[2]. August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ...

References

• Chu Lai map
• Veteran's account and pictures
• Naval Support Activity in Chu Lai
• Battle of Chu Lai reference
• Chu Lai coordinates

External links

• Google Maps - Chu Lai