Chu-Lai Vietnam Color:Khaki China Beach is an American

China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War

The base eventually expanded to house the headquarters of the 52d Combat Aviation Battalion

It was the site of fierce fighting from February 1967 through February 1968

The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the "Red Diamond"

Chu-Lai Vietnam Color:Khaki China Beach is an AmericanOrder this cap today. Chu Lai was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1965 to 1970, and a United States Army military base from 1970 to 1971 during the Vietnam War. Roughly 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Nng, the base had an airfield to supplement the major base at Nng. It was not named for any local geographic feature, but rather was named by then Major General Victor Krulak using the Mandarin Chinese characters for his own name.[1]