Phu Bai Combat Base
| Phu Bai Combat Base | |
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| Coordinates | 16°24′06″N 107°42′10″E / 16.40167°N 107.70278°E |
| Type | Army/Marine Base |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Seized 1975 by PAVN, Now Civil Airport |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1963 |
| In use | 1963-1975 |
| Battles/wars |
 Vietnam War |
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| Elevation AMSL | 49 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||
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Phu Bai Combat Base (also known as Phu Bai Airfield and Camp Hochmuth) is a former U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps base south of Huế, in central Vietnam.
The Army Security Agency, operating under cover of the 3rd Radio Research Unit (3rd RRU), established a radio facility at Phu Bai in 1963, 12 km southeast of Huế on Highway 1. The operational unit was later redesignated as the 8th Radio Research Field Station (8th RRFS).
In 1965, the U.S. Marine Corps established a base across Highway 1 from the 3rd RRU facility.
In late 1965, The 3rd Marine Division established its headquarters at Phu Bai and would remain there until late 1967, when it was moved forward to Đông Hà.
In late November 1967, the base was named Camp Hochmuth in honor of Bruno Hochmuth, Commanding General, 3rd Marine Division, who was killed in a helicopter explosion north of Huế.
In June or July 1968, U.S. Special Forces established Forward Operating Base 1 (FOB 1) at Phu Bai. The base remained in use until early 1969.
Marine units based at Phu Bai during this period included:
On 30/31 January 1968, the base was hit by Vietcong mortar and rocket fire as part of the Tet Offensive. The base was used to support U.S. and ARVN forces fighting in the Battle of Huế. The first relief force was disapatched from Phu Bai to the MACV Compound in Huế City.
On 15 February 1968, General Creighton Abrams established MACV Forward at Phu Bai to assume direct control of US forces in northern I Corps, which were then engaged in the Battle of Huế, the Battle of Khe Sanh, and the Tet Counteroffensive. MACV Forward ceased operation on 10 March 1968.
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