Where is Cha Rang Valley located in central Vietnam?

Answer 1

Cha Rang Valley is north west of Qui Nhon Vietnam. I was stationed there in 67-68. All I really remember is that is is north of Qui Nhon on Highway 1. I don't remember how far up the road. It is in the Binh Din provence. I was there with the US Army 98th LEM (68-69). Our base camp included monkey mountain. I believe it was 15 miles from Qui Nhon and red beach. We had a Korean ROC battalion next to us. ================ The Cha Rang valley is actually west of Hwy 1. along QL19, in Binh Dinh province (see http://tinyurl.com/nloloq). The 98th was part of the 86th Maintenance Battalion, and the hill in the middle of the camp was known as Daffy Hill (see http://tinyurl.com/ye4sd97). The 86th was just west of the 54th Transportation Bn (8th Trans. Group) on QL 19. Google the 54th or Camp Addison for info on the gun trucks and the area in general. The area's highways and waterways were guarded by the ROK Tiger Division, whose HQ was on the south side of the mountains defining the valley. I was there too in '68-'70, CO of the 98th and then Bn. staff. -----------------------------Was with 98th in 69. If i remember right, the Top's name was Eastmore, not Eastwood, and he was always chomping on those cigars with the plastic tips. Daffy Hill had the 86th unit crest painted on a big rock, tout bien au rien. Story was a big ape lived up on Daffy, called the Charangatang. Was a small PX on compound, Arbuckle's Emporium, and the pool was open to all ranks, least nobody ever told me to leave. Quiet place except for H&I, the noise the 173rd made, and occasional ROK arty whistling over on the way to who knows where. There are current pictures of Daffy Hill linked on the answer page of this site. They were taken on a return trip in November, 2009. The hill is heavily vegetated, and there is a Vietnamese army base now on the same side that we occupied with our living quarters. QL19 is still a two lane blacktop all the way to Pleiku. Other than a lot more people, the area looks the same as it did 40 years ago.

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Answer 3

North northwest of Qui Nhon on Highway 19