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Vietnam: Nui Ba Den(Black Virgin) Mountain  
   

Vietnam: Nui Ba Den(Black Virgin) Mountain

Flying Over Cambodia

January 4th 2008
A flight from Ban Lung in Ratanakiri Province to Sen Monoram in Mondulkiri Province, then on to Phnom Penh. total time was 1.5 hours! Impressive considering it takes 13 hours by bus. These are the aerial pictures from the flight. There's a lot of them, but I moved the best ones to the first page. Full disclosure, most have been cleaned up in Photoshop, it was very hazy that day. I included so ... read more
Asia » Cambodia » East

Cambodian Flag Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more
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25th November 2010

spent 4 tours atop nui 1972
I spent 4 tours atop Sundog alpha as we placed and coordinated airstrikes in III corp and Cambodia and aided battle of An Loc with B-52 and Spec C130 gunship support.
8th April 2011

588th Combat Eng.
I was at the base of the mountain with the 588th combat eng. Every night the 40's would fire on the mountain. I would think surely part of that mountain would be gone when day light came. Day light would come and it appeared nothing happened. Was med vac out June 1967, never got to go back.

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