Hill 327, Danang
1st Marine Division line on top
I have no idea where I got this photo
The road up Hill 327, Danang
Photographer Unknown
From the Dale Summer Collection


Atop Hill 327 - Southwest View
Happy Valley (ahead)  below
Photographer Unknown
From the Dale Summers Collection

Atop Hill 327 -  North View
Entrance to Happy Valley in the distance
Photographer Unknown
From the Dale Summers Collection

Happy Valley as seen from atop Hill 327
From the Dale Summers Collection


Atop Hill 327 - East View
26th Marines/1st MarDiv HQ? forefront
Danang Air Force Base upper middle
 Monkey Mountain in the distance
From the Dale Summers Collection

Dog Patch on the way to Hill 327
From the Dale Summers Collection

Remember "Dog Patch" with those fetching young gals waving and calling??? Ours by day...Charlie's by night!!! Ah, but pleasure for all...
Hill 327 beyond
From the Dale Summers Collection


The jet crash site on top of Monkey Mountain!
Jet from the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard impacted in 1967 after pilot misjudged the clearance. Sadly, the pilot perished in the crash....
Photo by Rod Carbone



This is an earlier photograph in closer time proximity to the jet crash -  sans the graffito of later years...
Photo from the Keith Burd Collecton



Military Payment Certificate (MPC)
One Dollar (Head Side)
Photo by Jim Wood

Military Payment Certificate (MPC)
One Dollar (Tail Side)
Photo by Jim Wood

Military Payment Certificate (MPC)
Dime - Head Side
Photo by Jim Wood

Military Payment Certificate (MPC)
Dime - Tail Side
Photo by Jim Wood

Military Payment Certificate (MPC)
Nickel - Head Side
Photo by Jim Wood

Military Payment Certificate (MPC)
Nickel - Tail Side
Photo by Jim Wood

Jim Wood on Hill 327 along the 1st Marine Division Alpha Line
It was near this spot that three 1st Marine Division Bandsmen, Cpl Paul Mitchell, LCpl Victor Rabel, and Cpl John Ziegler, were killed
 in combat on February 23, 1969 at the onset of  the "second" enemy Tet Offensive
Photo by Jim Wood