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Da Nang

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Da Nang or Da·nang  (d-nng, dänäng) Formerly Tou·rane (t-rän)
A city of central Vietnam on the South China Sea. It was the site of an important U.S. military base during the Vietnam War. Population: 459,000.

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The 2005 Las Vegas parade was organized by retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mike Jackson and former journalist Tara Dixon-Engel, who together wrote a book, ``Naked in Da Nang,'' about Jackson's experience as a forward air controller in Vietnam.
They applied tourniquets to Roy's legs and used flares to signal a helicopter which soon had the point man and Roy on the way to the hospital at Da Nang.
The squadron deployed to Vietnam in 1966 and operated from Da Nang.
 
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