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!!! An Advance Base !!!
ATSB Tinh Bien
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Advanced Tactical Support Base

Advanced Tactical Support Base

!!! An Advance Tactical Support Base !!!


!!! On the Vinh Te Canal !!!
!!! West of Tinh Bien !!!

This is the advance tactical Support base near Tinh Bien on the Vinh Te border canal. It shows the PBRs, the bunk tents and the watch tower. It is very near the Cambodian Border in Vietnam. I was assigned to work at this advanced base for a few weeks. This site has a collection of pictures I took.

The Canal starts north of the town of Chou Doc in Chou Doc Province and very near the Cambodian border. Detachments that stopped by or stayed at the YRBM 20 and YRBM 16? used this base and patrolled the French-built border canal. The canal ran between the Bassac River and the Giang Thanh River connecting to the western ocean at Ha Tien along the Cambodian Border and within Vietnam. Cambodia was a protected sanctuary for the VC when I worked at this advance base. A North Vietnamese Unit crossed the border and the canal nearby while I was there and was the target of a B-52 raid in the nearby Seven Mountains.

Sampans on the Silver river

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Photo of Advance Base and PBRs Looking west at the Advance Tactical Support Base and PBRs.
The PBRs had roof guns to shoot over the canal banks.
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View of Watch Tower The local public path passes through the sleeping tents below the Watch tower.

View to the WestThe Canal continues west to the sea.
The far camp belongs to allied troops and Mercenaries.
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View to the West Looking west at the Advance Tactical Support Base and PBRs.
The Canal continues west to the sea at Ha Tien.
The far camp belongs to allied troops and Mercenaries.
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View to the East PBRs docked at the bank of the Vinh Te Canal
The Canal continues east to Tinh Binh and the Bassac River.
The far camp gun belongs to an adjacent RVN Army Base.
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Image of PBR departing for a Mission A PBR departs with allied troops onboard.
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Image of CambodiaLooking north to the hills in Cambodia.
White Rocks Mark the Border
One night this fobidden zone of hills was covered with hundreds of campfires.
Two days later.....

View to the east Looking east is a view of a B-52 raid on the 7 mountains.
The adjacent base belongs to the South Vietnam Army. In the foreground is the local head.

Sailor writing letter A PRB sailor writes a letter in the evening

View of Dock Looking northwest over the boat dock.
Local Vietnamese sold french bread and onions at this dock.
The onions could not improve C rations enough.
The PBR Crews are setting up to recieve a NVA prisoner.

The local Women The local women walking through camp on the Public Pathway.

View to the east Looking east at the Water buffalos that are dropped in by hilocopter.
and the local head.
The adjacent base belongs to the South Vietnam Army.
On the right is an unfinished bunker

Image of Sunset The sun sets on the watch tower and bunker.



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