Names of the CAP 2-7-2 day havens

By Roch Thornton, CAP 2-7-2, 1970-71Many spots in the CAP 2 area of operations were given descriptive nicknames for very practical reasons. Rather than rattling off a series of six-digit map coordinates, it was easier to tell somebody, “Take a patrol out past the ‘River House,’ cut north to ‘The Farm,’ then meet the rest of us by the ‘Big Pines’ at about 1800.”

Most of these “named” locations were frequently used as “night ambush” or “day haven” sites.

One spot along the trail by the river was called, simply, “The place where the two boots got killed” after two new guys who fell victim to a command-detonated booby trap. Here’s a partial list of those nicknames in no particular order:

The French House
The Boxing Ring
The Center
The Island
The Kitchen
The Farm
The Rice Factory
The Carpenter’s House
The Steps
The Alamo
The Old Temple
The Big Pines
The Little Pines
The Balcony
The Lieutenant’s House
The House Behind Dum-Dum’s
The River House
The Flower Garden
The Pink Palace
The Market
Cinderella’s

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