The base was located on the Kỳ Hà peninsula north of Highway 1 approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Da Nang.

[2]: 80 On 2 September Marine Aircraft Group 36 (MAG-36) was established at Kỳ Hà,[2]: 148  comprising: Also in September the 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion equipped with HAWK missiles was deployed to Chu Lai to defend the air base and base area.

By 1 June Marine Division had over 17,000 men in the expanded 340 square mile tactical area of operations around Chu Lai.

[4]: 131–6  From 6–14 July the Marines 1st Reconnaissance Battalion launched Operation Washington in the Do Xa region west of Chu Lai, resulting in 15 Vietcong killed and 8 captured.

[4]: 212–3  From 6–22 August the Marines and ARVN launched Operation Colorado/Lien Ket 52 to engage the PAVN 2nd Division in the Que Son Valley.

[5]: 63–8 In early April Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) gave instructions to commence the Task Force Oregon plan, which involved the movement of an Army task force to Đức Phổ and Chu Lai area to allow the 1st Marine Division to move north to Danang to support the 3rd Marine Division in northern I Corps.

[5]: 79 From August–September Task Force Oregon launched Operation Benton to the west of Chu Lai, resulting in 397 PAVN killed.

[5]: 232 On 31 January 1968 as part of the Tet Offensive Vietcong rockets hit the FLSG Bravo ammunition dump destroying over 600 tons of bombs and bulk explosives.

[10] Satellite imagery shows that the base has been turned over to housing and farmland, while the port facilities remain in use.

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