Dục Mỹ Camp

Dục Mỹ Camp is a former Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base northwest of Nha Trang in Khánh Hòa Province, south central Vietnam.

Dục Mỹ Camp
Infiltration Course at Duc My, 7 November 1971
Site information
Type	Army Base
Location
Coordinates	12.539°N 109.01°E / 12.539; 109.01 (Dục Mỹ Camp)
Site history
Built	1961
In use	1961–75
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Garrison information
Occupants	Vietnamese Rangers

Dục Mỹ Airfield
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Elevation AMSL	98 ft / 30 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 3,200 975 asphalt

History

The base, located approximately 50 km northwest of Nha Trang, was used by the French Army in the 1950s as a training camp for the Groupement de Commandos Mixtes Aéroportés (GCMA). By 1957 it was the cantonment for the ARVN 15th Light Division. In 1961 it became a training center for ARVN rangers and artillery units.^[1]

Duc My was home to the ARVN Ranger training centre and artillery school.^[2]

The Dục Mỹ airfield was built as an auxiliary training field to the Republic of Vietnam Air Force Air Training Center at Nha Trang Air Base.

Current use

The base has reverted to housing and farmland, the airfield is still visible on satellite images.