Camp Carroll

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Camp Carroll was a major U.S. Marine Corps artillery base in Quang Tri Province that played a key role in the defense of northern South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

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Camp Carroll canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine Corps installation ⓘ
artillery base ⓘ
military base ⓘ
armedWith 155 mm howitzers ⓘ
175 mm guns ⓘ
8-inch howitzers ⓘ
builtBy United States Marine Corps ⓘ
capturedBy People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
controlledBy South Vietnam ⓘ
United States ⓘ
country South Vietnam ⓘ
event surrender of ARVN garrison in 1972 ⓘ
frontLineDistance near DMZ ⓘ
function providing long-range artillery fire ⓘ
supporting operations along the DMZ ⓘ
garrison 3rd Marine Division ⓘ
U.S. Marine Corps artillery units ⓘ
laterControlledBy North Vietnam ⓘ
locatedIn I Corps Tactical Zone ⓘ
Quang Tri Province ⓘ
locatedNear Cam Lo ⓘ
Demilitarized Zone ⓘ
Route 9 ⓘ
namedAfter Captain James J. Carroll ⓘ
namedFor a U.S. Marine officer killed in action ⓘ
nearbyBase Dong Ha Combat Base ⓘ
Khe Sanh Combat Base ⓘ
linked to: Khe Sanh

The Rockpile ⓘ
notableFor heavy artillery concentration ⓘ
role in defense of Quang Tri Province ⓘ
partOf U.S. Marine Corps defensive network in I Corps ⓘ
defense of northern South Vietnam ⓘ
region northern South Vietnam ⓘ
role fire support base ⓘ
key artillery strongpoint ⓘ
statusAfterUSWithdrawal ARVN base ⓘ
statusDuringWar major U.S. artillery base ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Route 9 corridor ⓘ
defense of approaches to Quang Tri ⓘ
terrain hilltop position ⓘ
theater Indochina ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
usedBy Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ

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