Landmarks around the Dak To airfield,
Airfield Overview,
and Dak To area map
Airfield Overview,
and Dak To area map
These following photos of the airfield were found on Google Earth's photo layer, and elsewhere on the web. Some of these are from before Operation Greeley / MacArthur. Photo ownership is shown when possible.
Over Tan Canh, looking west toward Dak To 1 airfield (on top-right edge of photo) and Dak To 2 airfield (in the distance at top of photo) in 1971.
In the top center is the ARVN compound.
In the top center is the ARVN compound.
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Two more images of the ARVN compound. Photos copied from the BattleOfKontum website.
Nguyen Xuan - Approaching Dak To 2 airfield. Looking west-northwest.
Nguyen Xuan / Will Miller 1966-1967 - Dak To Airfield, looking east. Notice Dak To 1 airstrip at top road dogleg.
Nguyen Xuan - Dak To Airfield, looking southeast.
James Loesch - Dak To Airfield - 1967, looking southeast.
Nguyen Xuan - Dak To Airfield, approaching runway 10, heading East.
Will Miller - Dak To 1966-1967
Nguyen Xuan / Will Miller - Dak To airfield. Looking south toward Hill 1338.
Special Forces camp, ramp (showing new center taxiway), runway, revetments. Looking southwest.
Nguyen Xuan / Will Miller 1966-1967 - calls the airfield "Phoenix". Must be from a previous operation (Hawthorne?)
Nguyen Xuan / Will Miller 1966-1967 - Special Forces A camp, looking east. Notice the airport terminal building, top-left of photo.
Nguyen Xuan / Will Miller 1966-1967 - Special Forces A camp, looking north, towards the runway. Notice the school building at top.
Nguyen Xuan / Will Miller 1666-1967 - Special Forces A camp, looking south toward the river.
Nguyen Xuan - Special Forces A camp. Looking south toward the river.
Nguyen Xuan / Will Miller 1966-1967 - northwest corner of the runway, 173rd Airborne Brigade area. Looking south.
Nguyen Xuan? - Resupply Area - north-west corner of airfield. Looking south toward 173rd area and runway.
This topographical map shows the area around Dak To.
Hills are shown in red, fire support bases are shown in blue and NVA / US action in black.
Fire Base info was found on the 1/92 Field Artillery Assn. website
and in the book "The Battle of Dak-To" by Robert Quinn,
and on a list of all locations in Vietnam, put together by Snuffy Smith and others.
Click Here to view the map in a much higher resolution, where you can see all the detail.
Note: To view this map in Google Earth, desktop, go to the Links page, Google Earth section.
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Since Snuffy Smith's list has more information than I have put on the map, I've extracted those locations
on Snuffy's list that are on the map. To view that abbreviated list and try to find locations yourself, Click Here
If you want to see the complete list, Click Here
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Here is another list of locations around Dak To. This one was put together by Bill Kindred and others. This list includes lat/long coordinates in addition to military map coordinates. If you use Google Earth or other mapping application, you may be able to locate sites easier with lat/long.
Like Snuffy Smith's list, Bill's includes all of Vietnam. I've extracted only those entries for Dak To. Click Here
If you want to see the complete list, Click Here
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I'm asking for your help: In using several different sources to identify landmarks in the Dak To area, there was bound to be some discrepancies and errors. For example, after adding landmarks to the map I see that there are multiple sites with the same name, and some locations given for sites do not seem to be correct.
Your help: If you find an error on the map, or if you have a landmark that should be included on the map, please let me know. Also, if you find an error on the lists from Snuffy Smith or Bill Kindred, let me know about that too, so I can make corrections.
Hills are shown in red, fire support bases are shown in blue and NVA / US action in black.
Fire Base info was found on the 1/92 Field Artillery Assn. website
and in the book "The Battle of Dak-To" by Robert Quinn,
and on a list of all locations in Vietnam, put together by Snuffy Smith and others.
Click Here to view the map in a much higher resolution, where you can see all the detail.
Note: To view this map in Google Earth, desktop, go to the Links page, Google Earth section.
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Since Snuffy Smith's list has more information than I have put on the map, I've extracted those locations
on Snuffy's list that are on the map. To view that abbreviated list and try to find locations yourself, Click Here
If you want to see the complete list, Click Here
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Here is another list of locations around Dak To. This one was put together by Bill Kindred and others. This list includes lat/long coordinates in addition to military map coordinates. If you use Google Earth or other mapping application, you may be able to locate sites easier with lat/long.
Like Snuffy Smith's list, Bill's includes all of Vietnam. I've extracted only those entries for Dak To. Click Here
If you want to see the complete list, Click Here
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I'm asking for your help: In using several different sources to identify landmarks in the Dak To area, there was bound to be some discrepancies and errors. For example, after adding landmarks to the map I see that there are multiple sites with the same name, and some locations given for sites do not seem to be correct.
Your help: If you find an error on the map, or if you have a landmark that should be included on the map, please let me know. Also, if you find an error on the lists from Snuffy Smith or Bill Kindred, let me know about that too, so I can make corrections.