Happy Valley 15°55′00"N 107°58′00"E was the name given by US Marines to a valley southwest of Danang in Quảng Nam Province

Quang Nam Province

Quảng Nam is a province on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bordered by Thua Thien-Huế province to the north, the nation of Laos to the west, Kon Tum Province to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi Province to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east, and the city of Da Nang to the...

, Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

Base camp

Happy Valley was a major Vietcong (VC)/North Vietnamese Army (NVA) base camp, storage area and supply infiltration route. Men and material would move from NVA base areas near Ai Yen 20 km east of the Laotian border, down Route 614, to units operating near Song Tuy Loan or other positions overlooking or surrounding the Danang vital area, comprising Danang City, Danang Air Base, Force Logistics Command, port facilities, and Marble Mountain Air Station. The NVA would fire 122mm rockets (with a range of 12 km) from the hills overlooking Danang (the “Rocket Belt”) at the city and military facilities. The Happy Valley area was covered by dense undergrowth and elephant grass 7 – 10 feet tall.

Engagements

The Valley was the scene of numerous engagements during the Vietnam War, to disrupt NVA movement and counter the rocket belt, including:

Operation Mameluke Thrust
Operation Mameluke Thrust

Operation Oklahama Hills
Operation Oklahama Hills a clear and search operation mounted by the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines and ARVN 51st Regiment from 1 March to 29 May 1969.

External links

• Map of Happy Valley