# Red Beach Base Area

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'''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](/source/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam) (ARVN) logistics and support bases northwest of [Danang](/source/Danang).
 
==History==
The base was located along [Highway 1](/source/National_Route_1_(Vietnam)), 8&nbsp;km northwest of Danang at Red Beach, the site of the landing of the [9th Marine Regiment](/source/9th_Marine_Regiment_(United_States)), 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](/source/Force_Logistics_Command), U.S. Marine Corps, responsible to [III Marine Amphibious Force](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/58th_Transport_Battalion) from February 1968 to April 1972 and the [39th Engineer Battalion](/source/39th_Engineer_Battalion)<ref name=Kelley/>{{rp|537}}
*Paddock Compound, base for the [18th Engineer Brigade](/source/18th_Engineer_Brigade%2C_45th_Engineer_Group_(Construction))<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](/source/People's_Army_of_Vietnam).

==References==
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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

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