Cam Ranh Bay: Ghost Town Part 2

[cajunhornet60]

I hope LBJ and McNamara burn in hell; 60,000 of us killed for a damned lie...

rob combs

20th SOS

Nha Trang AB

1968-69

[azdalin2000]

I always wondered what closing down a huge base like that would entail. I remember reading a vets recollection about landing temporarily at Da Nang ( in 1972?) when it was manned by a skeleton crew that was wrapping things up. He said that a lot of the base had already been cannibalized by locals who had ripped-out sinks and toilets. He also told on how they actually spent the night in the abandoned hospital ward and could still see bloodstains on the floor.