The base was located along
Highway 1 at the 17 km mark from the city of Huế. Its name was an abbreviation of the French
Poste Kilometre 17. On 30 January 1967 a platoon of 2
M110 howitzers from the 1st 155th Gun Battery moved to PK-17. On 6 April 1967 PK-17 was attacked by
People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces, resulting in 2 Marines killed and 7 wounded. In January 1968 PK-17 was the base for two battalions of the ARVN
1st Division and one battalion of the
Airborne Division. ==References==