I was there when it went.  I was with 9th Signal at the time and we were bunked on the Navy side of the base as that is where our MARS Station was located.  The Navy side of the base was the closest barracks to the dump.  I was awakened by someone yelling to go to the bunkers as there was a lot of incoming.  Being such a large base, an incoming attack might be landing quite some distance away so we were pretty casual about going to the bunkers.  A second person ran through yelling this was getting close so I got up and went outside.  The dump was ablaze and quite a sight.  As I watched for a moment, there was a small explosion and a flaming shell was blown toward me, passing over my head and making a sound like a freight train.  I needed no more to get me moving quickly toward the bunkers.  There was a very large bunker about 50 yards away.  As I entered the hallway toward the main underground room there was a tremendous concussion throwing me against the wall momentarily.  As it turned out this was the largest blast of the night. I regained my balance and entered the main room.  I was shocked to see about ten bodies on the ground, face down on the floor.  I was stunned.  But as I advanced into the room.  All ten looked up.  They were just hugging the ground.

Quickly we all decided that we should move to the far side of the base, further from the ammo dump as we did not know what was to follow. 

It was a very long night for everyone in the base.  The following morning the base was littered with shell fragments, covering every square foot of the base.  All the buildings in the half of the base nearest to the dump were destroyed or heavily damaged. 

Sgt. Steve Hall
Dong Tam MARS Station AB8AU
9th Signal
9th Inf. Div.