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Cam Ranh Bay provided a relatively safe natural sea port midway between the Mekong River tributaries of the southern tip of South Vietnam, and their northern border on the DMZ.
This gave ships easy and safe access to bring in the supplies needed by the U.S. to fight the war.
The Navy port also contained an Air Force base, a replacement depot, a supply depot, and an Army hospital.
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Why is there little mention of the US Army in Cam Ranh Bay during the Vietnam war?
Cam Ranh Bay was a beautiful seaport, as well as a large military base. The Russian Battleship Fleet anchored there in 1905 enroute to the battle of Tsushima, fought on 27 May 1905. Cam Ranh Bay, Bien Hoa, Da Nang, were all major entry points into South Vietnam...by airliner or ship. With the exception of the Tet offensive in 1968, combat normally occurred outside of those major bases.
What were multiple goals of the us during the Vietnam war?
To keep the Soviets & Red Chinese at bay, and preserve the Republic of South Vietnam.
How did the Vietnam receive there supplies in the war?
US supplies arrived by ship and airplanes. The USSR & Red China supplied enemy war material, which was shipped into Haiphong Harbor in North Vietnam and across the Red Chinese border; then TRUCKED down into South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh trail.
When did American troops first enter Vietnam?
Reports from the "field" (US Advisers/Special Forces) indicated that the South Vietnamese Forces were losing ground in their fight against communitst forces. The request was made for regular US ground troops, to turn the tide against the communist forces.
How did soldiers get transported to Vietnam from US?
During 1965 and 1966 when entire divisions were deployed to Vietnam, they traveled by troop ships. Individual replacements arrived on Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) contracted flights on commercial airlines - mostly in Boeing 707s. Medical evacuations from Vietnam were in C-141 cargo jets specially equipped for medical transport. Although entire units arrived in country early on together, they were replaced by individuals and when troops completed their 12 month tour, they flew home on the commercial MAC flights. Most of those flights were from the San Francisco or Oakland airports from the Oakland Replacement facility or Travis Air Force Base; or from Seattle-Tacoma airport from the replacement facility at Fort Lewis, Washington. In Vietnam, they landed at either Ton Son Nhut air base (which doubled as the Saigon Airport) or Cam Ranh Bay airbase.
