Camp Carroll

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Vietnamese monument that stands at the former entrance to Camp Carroll.

Camp Carroll was a United States Marine Corps artillery base during the Vietnam War. It was located at 16°45′47″N, 106°55′50″E (MGRS 48QYD062545), 8 km southwest of the town of Cam Lo. Camp Carroll was also at the centroid of a large arc of the strategic Highway 9 corridor south of the demilitarized zone, which made it a key facility.

The camp was commissioned on November 10, 1966 and became home for the 3rd Marine Regiment. On April 2, 1972, Lt. Col. Pham Van Dinh surrendered the facility to the North Vietnamese Army. Nowadays the land belongs to Xi Nghiep Ho Tiev Lam, the Vietnamese state-operated pepper enterprise.

Camp Carroll also refers to a U.S. Army camp located in Waegwan, South Korea. It is referred to as "The Crown Jewel of Area 4".

[edit] External links

• Army map of Camp Carroll location
• Big Guns of Camp Carroll, by Peter Brush
• Surrender of Camp Carroll, vnafmamn.com