unit history information
for 119 AHC
For date 700425
119 AHC was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Binh Dinh Province, II Corps, South Vietnam
Location, An Khe
Description: The 119th unit history states: "Well it looks as if someone got carried away with their marshmallow cook out because they used the mess hall building. Maybe it was because of the food being served? Then again it may have been an overload of he oven which caused a short circuit and set off a fire. At 0530 the 119th mess hall was set a blaze as a short circuit sparked a 45 minute fire that badly burning the cooking area and a portion of the dining area. With the aid of the company water truck, personnel quickly attempted to control the blaze. Back to C Rations and LRRPS again."
The source for this information was 119th Sup Hist by CW2 Oliver & W01 Wiggin (covered 1970)
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