Khe Gio Bridge

West of Cam Lo, National Highway 9 crosses a stream on the Khe Gio Bridge. Look closely and you can see trucks, tanks and APCs moving along the road toward Vandergrift Combat Base. Highway 9 was the only supply route to this USMC base and the bridge was a real choke point. It had not been designed to support this kind of traffic and needed constant repair to keep it functional. It also needed ground patrols to keep the NVA from destroying it. 1/61 and 1/11 often had that duty.

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