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The Ammo Dump
1971 - The night the ammo dump went up. The initial explosion did a lot of damage around Qui Nhon. Blew all the mosquito screens out of the Pink Palace, tiles lifted from a number houses around us. A large hanger on the airfield was flattened and ordnance thrown into property and the streets. A couple of mortar shells were in the street along from the Pink Palace. A busy clean-up for the UXB squad, Arm-forces radio reported it as the largest non nuclear explosion.
The Ammo Dump
1971 - The night the ammo dump went up. The initial explosion did a lot of damage around Qui Nhon. Blew all the mosquito screens out of the Pink Palace, tiles lifted from a number houses around us. A large hanger on the airfield was flattened and ordnance thrown into property and the streets. A couple of mortar shells were in the street along from the Pink Palace. A busy clean-up for the UXB squad, Arm-forces radio reported it as the largest non nuclear explosion.