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Originally posted by splummer I've been looking a lot at maps today. I think the road by Dak To in 11Corp was QL-14. It must have been a few hundred miles south of R-9 by the DMZ. I was never on QL-14. The closest I ever got was R-19 going to Pleko and Anke before our company moved up to Danang by LST's then to the Hue area around Feb 1968. We were on so many roads, I guess I really can't remmber where they were paved and where they weren't except for Danang.
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Steve, you're right about QL-14. James and I rode it when we went back. I don't remember where we picked it up, but we took up to Ban Me Thuot, Pleiku, and Kontum. It goes to Dak To and beyond. Paved all the way, but I think it turns to shit not far beyond Dak To. We doubled back on it to Pleiku to pick up QL-19 to get to Qui Nhon. Went through Anh Khe and over Mang Yang Pass. Once again, all paved.
In '66 operated around Dak To and, later, around Kontum with the 101st. QL-14 was all dirt that I saw of it. In '68 escorted convoys from Cam Rahn to Ban Me Thuot. Dirt all the way.