{{Infobox military installation | name = Red Beach Base Area | partof = | location = | coordinates = {{Coord|16.096|N|108.143|E|display=inline|name=Red Beach Base Area}} | image = | caption = | type = Marines/Navy/Army | code = | built = 1965 | builder = | materials = | height = | used = 1965–present | demolished = | condition = | ownership = | controlledby = | garrison = | commanders = | occupants = | battles = 60px<BR>Vietnam War | events = }} {{Infobox airport | name = Red Beach Airfield | elevation-f = 3 | elevation-m = | website = | metric-rwy = | r1-number = | r1-length-f = 1500 | r1-length-m = | r1-surface = PSP | footnotes = }}
'''Red Beach Base Area''' (also known as '''Camp JK Books''', '''Camp Haskins''', '''Camp Viking''', '''Paddock Compound''' or '''Red Beach Camp''') is a complex of former U.S. Marines, Navy and Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) logistics and support bases northwest of Danang. ==History== The base was located along Highway 1, 8 km northwest of Danang at Red Beach, the site of the landing of the 9th Marine Regiment, the first US combat troops deployed to South Vietnam on 8 March 1965.<ref name=Kelley>{{cite book|last=Kelley|first=Michael|title=Where we were in Vietnam|publisher=Hellgate Press|year=2002|isbn=978-1555716257|page=439}}</ref>
The area comprised a number of separate adjacent bases as follows: *Camp JK Books, Headquarters of Force Logistics Command, U.S. Marine Corps, responsible to III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF).<ref name=Kelley/> *Camp Haskins, split into Camp Haskins North used as a base for the 31st Naval Construction Regiment<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/seabee/UnitListPages/nmcb/NMCB%20058.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913151216/http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/seabee/UnitListPages/nmcb/NMCB%20058.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2012|title=Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 58|publisher=U.S. Navy|accessdate=26 November 2014}}</ref> and Camp Haskins South which was used as the Headquarters, III MAF after their move from Camp Horn in March 1970<ref name=Kelley/>{{rp|215}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Cosmas|first=Graham|title= U.S. Marines In Vietnam: Vietnamization And Redeployment, 1970-1971|publisher=USMC Military History Division|url=https://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/U.S.%20Marines%20In%20Vietnam_Vietmanization%20and%20Redeployment%201970-1971%20%20PCN%2019000309600.pdf?ver=2017-04-14-150918-977|pages=18–20}}</ref> *Camp Viking, base for the 58th Transport Battalion from February 1968 to April 1972 and the 39th Engineer Battalion<ref name=Kelley/>{{rp|537}} *Paddock Compound, base for the 18th Engineer Brigade<ref name=Kelley/>{{rp|}}
The base area was handed over to the ARVN in March 1972. Camp Viking was used by the ARVN 102nd Artillery Battalion.<ref name=Kelley/>{{rp|537}}
==Current use== The area has largely been turned over to housing although part of it remains in use by the People's Army of Vietnam.
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam Category:Military installations of the United States Marine Corps in South Vietnam Category:Installations of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Category:Buildings and structures in Da Nang Category:Military installations established in 1965