Danang, VN _ _ DS CS: 1964: Feb 1973: Detachment Bravo, FLTSUPDET, Navcomsta, PI. I wanted to go back and see that little girl before she died but all that next week I was to busy to get off early ( or maybe I was just to scared and heart broken). This was a Sunday afternoon BBQ about 1800 hr. Thursday morning we stripped the forms and started building the framing of the first building. paths and painted white and there were white picket fences around almost every In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. Cest pourquoi tous les fichiers proposs sur iStock, quil sagisse dune, Des publicits sur les rseaux sociaux aux panneaux daffichage, en passant par les prsentations PowerPoint et longs mtrages, vous aurez la libert de modifier, redimensionner et personnaliser tous les fichiers sur iStock, y compris toutes les images et vidos, dessins Humoristiques et Bandes dessines, Notices lgales et protection de la vie prive. If there were any trouble calls from the Marines (usually lights out on the perimeter or something not working at the mess hall) then it was jump in the truck drive out and check and drive over to our hooch and get who ever was needed to go fix the problem. That was the LTs first rocket attack and he didn't react fast enough. Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. Welcome to Viet----fuckn Nam you FNGs ( funking new guys) !!! This article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Some of the women were in their early twenties, so there is still hope. The Marines broke out in laughter. I suppose we had a good conversation but don't have a clue of what. Gave me the creeps then and still does now when I think about it! 6320 Selago Drive. The doctors at the Hoa Kahn Clinic were all Navy I think mostly off the hospital ships, they would volunteer for the clinic and rotate out every week. 2021/09/07 Cpl. My very first I jumped into the fighting hole beside the post and yelled at the Marines there "holy shit some one is shooting at me!" Well I had 11 months to go and it was going to be a very long 11 months ! I'm sorry my last letter to you was so abruptly ended, but I figured I'd best get it sent, otherwise you'd still be waiting. We stopped work and watched. I don't remember when I stopped doing work at the Children's clinic, Maybe the end of June or early July. For the time being they were stashed in my hooch and on May 24, Karl Voiles spent his first day assembling beds. It became the headquarters for all U.S. The two crew members jumped out just under the flames .They carried their M-60 machine guns. . Boy life was improving a lot. As such a small group we couldn't do the standard Navy 4 hour watch. Luxury. Go through their front gate then out their back gate to the causeway. The first half of my year in Vietnam (1967) I was stationed at the large U. S. base in Danang. Sunday late afternoons we were able to get over to the Red Beach causeway and get in some water sessions. Style attributes. He praised me for staying calm and I had done good then he said I should go outside and sit down as I was looking a little green around the gills! [1] In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. In Feb 1973, evacuated Danang to San Miguel . Administration Armed assigned Assistant August Back base boats Camp Tien Sha CAPT Captain cargo Center CHARLES Chief of Staff combat . We needed to replace the awning over the entry door that was about to fall off. Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. Don't go to Dog Patch at night and stay way from the prostitutes. Soon we came to the bridge across the Han River. This comment has been removed by the author. When Puppy was big enough our secretary, interpreter Miss Nguyen took Puppy home with her to Danang. ( very much reminds me of cutting up chickens at butchering time). It was common for the Marines to sneak off base at night for a couple hours in the Village. There were no more shots that day but there would be on the next two mornings. I have never found any but I still have hope. I thought they were trying to lighten their load. On February 10, 1970, SN Robert T. Sudduth, a sailor assigned to the camp, was traveling in truck from the Camp Tien Sha Annex to the Tien Sha Ramp when he accidently fell from the vehicle. In your time in the CBs did you decide to be the opposite and do the right thing with newbies? while we were starting the wall framing we heard the sound of a UH-1 helicopter. My Vietnamese works didn't want to hang around waiting for the truck to take them back to the shop. This is the inside of our shop.The office was upstairs and to the left. One of them used to take me to the MACV Club located by the USS Repose. Later after they landed it became obvious that they were throwing out the ammo boxes so they wouldn't explode when they landed. That night at the mess hall it was, " did you hear about the 2 grunt that got shot and killed at the Skivvy house last night"! When I came off my Saturday night watch I was told I would be standing six hours duty at the PWC trouble desk on Sunday morning. At that time the base fir truck showed up. It started raining Saturday June1st and rained continuously until Wednesday morning but that didn't slow down work any. What ever it was we were done by shortly after 1600 hr. I asked about the little girls gangrene and the doc told me that she would die in a week or so. Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! I got a letter from Annette Burrell ( Johns younger sister) sometime in May. Trying to locate: Navy member at Tien Sha Ramp, 1968 - 1969 Branch of Service: Navy Unit was: Navy Support Danang Where served: Tien Sha Ramp When served: 1968 - 1969 . I was going to start building my own hooch so I would have a place to sleep ! A couple of our guys , Craig Taylor and Pat Brown were interested in learning to Scuba dive so I took it upon my self to teach them. He got in line and they loaded his truck with beds, lots of beds. Yes, everyone called him soccer ball head ! Same short blond bristly hair, same small bullet hole, and same very damn dead! Craig Taylor was pulled from the job to go work another project.He had also gotten cement poisoning in a cut on his foot so would not be able to help on any more concrete work. So my hooch would now have 5 of us. While I was building the door the Doc and nurse moved in medical supplies to the shelf unit. If you served in Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Often times during a rocket or mortar attack rounds would over shoot landing in Hoa Kahn or Dog Patch ,providing children for the Clinic. And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. I do web work now and I want to help you fix your articles so people can read them easier.I'm not asking to get paid I just want to do something for you. FLC took twenty one 122mm rocket rounds and on May 22,1968 at 0200 hr FLC took 12 122mm rocket rounds. middle , Mr Kim a Korean Philco Ford electrician . thought though was he was just putting on a show for us new guys. It was kind of like the work orders I got. . Well I never did hear from Barbee. Detachment Dong Ha - 1967 - 1970. The sign on the mess hall door He was laying on his back and we had tied his arms (wrists) to the legs on one end of the desk and then had tide his upper thighs to the other legs of the desk. that's one of our generators upper left. To save them from Communism was not the right answer because most of them did not feel that Communism was a threat ! Wittig, a seaman aboard the USS Pocono LCC 16 who . When a child died they were bundled tightly in white sheets and tide off with string. So after the 2400 check in I would jump in the truck with M-16 and ammo. Yes that's puppy and our new steel worker (Calhoun). The Doc started by cutting the legs off. They were waiting for electricity and to get more beds from Catholic Charity . An example of what we did. Had tied their hands behind their backs and executed them. I was going to have to hit the ground running if I intended to stay with this team. line. Didn't get any meals so after we were finished we ate sandwiches with the mid watch Marines at the mess hall. He told me step by step every detail. While originally designed to be two volumes, it was decided that unity and cohesion required one book. What we finally did was a one man 12 hour watch. With tears in my eyes I told the guard that I had been helping the doc at the children's clinic and he could take his fucking travel chit and shove it up his ass! Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. They did hit the fuel bladders at truck company several time so I knew there would be a nice warm fire if our fuel tank got hit. right , Huan one of my carpenters. a lot in Vietnam. Mostly I was just kind of mentally numb. My day was done!! just out of the picture on the right. Closer and closer, the engine starting to whine! I just haven't had time for any more. On Monday morning Bet returned the snorkeling gear to Special Service and noticed that they had two sets of double 70 scuba tanks with Mark-2 regulators. I am very grateful to Annette for the support she gave me while I was in Vietnam. In mid-October 1968 the Deep Water Pier complex (16.12N 108.214E) on the Tien Sha peninsula was completed, beginning operations in September 1968. and I was just finishing up the door. Save. Any damage at FLC was my teams responsibility to asses , clean up and repair or replace so I had direct involvement in all rocket and mortar attacks at FLC. Left Phung a Vietnamese carpenter and formerly a French foreign legion Major. Jan 30, 2008. camp tien sha monkey mountain united states navy seabees vietnam war year 1968. So every week there would be a different doctor. Had fun there, especially since I had to wear civilian clothes. Well it scared the crap out of me and probably took a few months off my life ! : . Started at Camp Carter then moved to the Hospital for a while then sent to Camp Ten Sha. During Vietnam war - Evac. I was not prepared and he totally over powered me! Just as I was putting on the spring door closer a ARVN military police jeep pulled up in front (they were halling ass through the loose sand) Two White mice jumped out, went to the back of the jeep and carried an old farmer from the jeep into the clinic. We had to give Puppy away as we were not even supposed to have a dog. Coate was not there to know about Puppy. Our generators were not even running yet so I heard the rocket coming in. So off to Camp Tien Sha to get my gear and check out. Indianapolis, IN 46203. I was 19 years old when I got my orders to go to Vietnam. Sometimes we could be called out 2 or 3 times in a night. A very nice book. That sure screwed with our sleep! Go to vintagefilmarsenal.com to purchase a full-length 31min DVD of "Tien Sha and Da Nang 1969" -- home movies filmed at Camp Tien Sha and DaNang, including . Both of his legs had been pretty much blown off. Clayton Beerworth and I were working on major repairs there by 0600 and the Mess hall was in operation more or less by that evening although it took a couple more days to get it up to 100% . Target audience. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIBITY DANANG, VIETNAM" patch on the front cover with gold embossed Naval Support Activity Da Nang 1966-67. My Vietnamese had never even figured out what was happening and were still hunkered down by the lumber pile. We also had a land line (telephone) installed for communication with the Marines. Some times a lot of shit happened . It even included a week in Coronado, a week at Pendleton (weapons training), ands a week at Whidby Island (E&E, and SERE. The Docs loved coming to Hoa Kahn Clinic. His name was Coate and he was a 3rd class yeoman. We were also vulnerable to sappers . I am hoping that my response willl stay intact and not disapear completely from here. The main supply base for the Marines in I Corp was at Tien Sha near the coast in Da Nang. Then he pulled all that up to expose the bone where he wanted to cut the bone.The nurse held all the skin and muscle up while the Doc cut off the bones. I was a certified SCUBA diver. All of the rounds hit in swamp area between the main base and FLC command building . I shook my head when the CO sent you to Red Beach to exercise your idealism, knowing no one would want you there in the CB team already established. LCM is up to port side of barracks craft. (Actually, I rode in a truck.) 30 on it. nstar48; Media item; Jan 30, 2008; korean engineers maintenance control division vietnam war year 1968; . Iowa. Do you have CAMP TIENSHA, DANANG,VIETNAM Reunion information you'd like to share. As soon as they caught on they would take on that task and I would move on to the next. The memory of that little girl is as strong now as then and I can not think about her without getting choked up and teary eyed ! I think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . and to listen to music. DA NANG 66-67 - Camp Tien Sha Naval Support Activity Camp Tien Sha Danang Vietnam Danang Vietnam 1966 1967 Camp Tien Sha was an old French army base. I have spent countless hours over the past 15 years driving my motorbike around the Camp Books area looking for any of our workers. She would throw dirt into the air and scratch at her face until it was bleeding , rubbing dirt into the cuts. I had to pick up a box of those little "letter balls" for IMB Selectric typewriters from Camp Tien Sha and from there, "fight" my way all the way to China Beach. Was I scared ? November 3, 1968 camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968 left December 22, 1969 worked at the Deep Water Piers, working,! The doctor and nurse came out of the clinic. This is a 122mm rocket crater in the road in front of our shop. She smelled horrible! Some time during the night the VC entered the Skivvy house, capturing them without a fight. You will use the chain of command ,don't come to me. The year 1968 was the year of the Tet Offensive including Khe Sanh and Hue City. But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! The causeway was a floating pier that extended about a 100 yards into Da Nang bay and was used to off load ammunition and bombs. Memoir of my time served with the Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, during the Vietnam war. I actually took the class in 1965 but at that time you had to be 18 years old to get a Scuba Certification. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. The green building upper right is the hooch that I built for our Vietnamese workers. When I asked the Priest what happened to the kid he said he didn't know, the kid was at the orphanage when he took over. There was one thing that bothered me about Tien Sha. The Doc told me to help tie the farmer down to the desk. The little girl was fusing and didn't want to leave the nurse so it took a little effort to hand her off to me . Detachment Cua Viet - 1967 - 1970. I had my broken leg cot and was living out of my sea bag. The next work order I got for there I gave it to Beerworth and told him I would not work there any more! "Ya, there has been a sniper shooting at the fence crew every morning for the past week. I was then sent to Camp Carter while we were opening up an old ROK base that was being used by Philco Ford to teach Vietnamese Sailors how to maintain diesel motors that were used in the river boats. It seemed a bit strange to see everything so neat and tidy when The nurse in the center of the picture is the one who helped amputate the farmers legs. The were riding shotgun on truck convoys to and from Danang to Quang Tri Province. We had no black out lights on our trucks so we would have been any easy target for anyone who decided that they were going to kill us! Don enlisted in the US Navy and attained the rank of Builder Third Class (BU3) with MCB 53. Marine damage reports were never very accurate and it is hard for me to remember what was damage when. (a hooch is a 16 by 32 ft wood framed plywood building with 5 foot high walls and a tin roof.) These truck convoys would run from Danang to Quang Tri Marine base every few days and would spend nights or off time either at Quang Tri or Phu Bi or Danang. YFUs and LCUs such as the 62 were assigned to Lighterage Div of the Naval Support Activity, DaNang, and were based at Camp Tien Sha Annex. In November 1965, Marines moved into Camp Tien-Sha, an old French Army camp situated on the Tien-Sha Peninsula and illustrated near the top . Even then every time the Doc cut through a nerve that farmer would try to fly through the roof! History [ edit ] Following the initial landing of Marines in South Vietnam on 8 March 1965, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (9th MEB) established their headquarters in an old French Army compound on the western edge of Da Nang Air Base . The new wood frame building that I did was behind the camera. Some part of it was always listening to what was going on . Unfortunately when we got there it was closed for one hour for lunch and Coate did not have the time to hang around. In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha (Tin Sa) . The crew truck got there about 1745 hr or so and the doc was still busy. I wish I would have known about it then! Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. On the far end of the bridge right The poor farmer had stepped on a mine. We got danger close rockets in that area often. I heard the distant crack of rifle fire and then my brain said holy shit, somebody is shooting at me!! The argument got pretty heated. I cried to myself on the way back to the base. on 6 Oct 1972 . They had to be manned 24 hours a day. It had been a very busy month with a lot of things happening. There were many places within NSA/NSF DaNang where personnel were assigned. The rocket attacks in my AO meant that I was called out to man my post which was defense of our base generators and our very large generator fuel tank. I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . Dock area at Da Nang harbor. We were here, As time passed and I saw all of these kids sick and broken I realized that most of what this clinic was doing was trying to repair the damage done to these kids by the war itself. Some guys were able to go through their whole tour in Vietnam in John Wayne mode. The wounded man was the Mess Sargent who was the only one at the mess hall at the time. the evening to wonder about and check out what Camp Tien Sha had to offer. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. These Vietnam War photos taken by U.S. Army photographers reveal a side of the conflict that few people have ever seen. Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the A smell I have never smelled again in my life time. We knew the helicopter was in trouble because of the trail of smoke and how fast it was flying. Sleeping in that bunker was not good.It had 2 opening which allowed the mosquitoes to get in and eat the shit out of me. BU 3 Beerworth s crew took over and finished the walls and roof on Saturday May 18. She was wearing light blue pajamas with little lambs printed on it. This would also give Beerworth time to get his guys out on their job. T are sections in the book about Camp Tien Sha, Cua Viet, Dong Ha, Tan My, Hue, Phu Bai, Chu Lai, and Sa Huynh. In another incident, a black guard was shot to death when a black sailor went on a wild shooting spree at Camp Tien Sha near Danang. Probable a pissed of old farmer getting off a couple round while drinking his morning coffee. meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large ( Short timers uniforms were your oldest most faded fatigues but always clean and well kept.) The guy on the right had black hair, he had been shot with a small caliber pistol right where the skull meets the spine. A love affair. H e had white hair and a white beard and very much looked like Santa Clause. Da Nang marks the halfway point between Hanoi in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the south. Da Nang Vietnam 1968 stock footage and images. The authorized stockage list for Vietnam was reduced from a high of 297,000 different items in July 1967 to 74,900 items in March 1971, without any loss of the high quality of support provided to the combat forces. I would have to wait a few more days for that to start. . I was one of the unlucky ones who ended up shoveling a lot of shit! Back at the hootch the Seabees got in a major debate about where to put me. The 53rd had five (5) CO's from 1942 through 1946. . On May 21,1968 at 2400 hr. Relations outside of combat were typified by racial tension and violence. Ray Norton. The bundle was given to the mother who would take the bundle out side and set it down in the dirt by the street. I was to hear FNG That is the only time I had to get clothing issue. Well whenever I was working in that area I would sneak in the tent and find some dirty uniforms,still in good shape and steal them, put them in my crew tool box and take them back to my hooch and hand wash them ! We were told that we were teaching them skills so they would be able to have a useful job. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces, http://www.worldcat.org/title/southeast-asia-building-the-bases-the-history-of-construction-in-southeast-asia/oclc/952642951&referer=brief_results, https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/by-sea-air-land-marolda/chapter-4-winding-down-the-war-1968-1973.html, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, United States military bases of the Vietnam War. At the base of Monkey mountain was Camp Tien Sha, the main Navy base. Everyone was busy as hell and I didn't have any idea as to what was going on. One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . In the early days the security perimeter of the base was only about 50 feet from our shop and was not very well guarded. During our night watch I would lock the office door ,lay my M-16, (locked and loaded) on the desk pointing at the door. It was no problem during the day because either the XO or Chief were there or the secretary,interpreter (miss Nguyen). You got to do what you got to do ! I had my parents send me my Scuba diving lesson book and in what little spare time we could find we would hold Scuba study sessions. Danang was handling more tonnage than the port of Baltimore at the time. In the future I I'm at camp Tien Sha at Da Nang now . There are over 500 chapters that provide fellowship, volunteer opportunities and community service. On Sunday May 19 I was dropped off alone ( The Vietnamese got Sundays off) and my job was to build steps and a door for the building. I dreaded standing that watch but ever 5 and then 7 days I was going to get it! Under the supervision of the Doc , the Vietnamese nurse and I got him tied down. Then walk the length of pier re-installing any buffer pads that might have come out. I was 19 but not a drinker. Long , long ago, far, far away on the other side of the and the LT moved to the Da. She is always with me ! Another interesting point is the H&S Co. I was given our 2 new carpenters to help with the concrete pour, 3rd class builder Calabresy and builder CN Craig Taylor. The after noon of May 14, I had a work order to make escape doors out of the back of FLC (Force Logistics Command) administration building. I was able to remain calm and under control and do what ever he told me but inside I was on the edge of losing it! There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. I heard the truth the next day at the mess hall. MCB 53 was decommissioned at Davisville, Rhode Island on 10 December 1969. Detachment Hue - 1965 - 1970. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! We also had a couple of American Philco Ford teachers. The helicopter crew sat down a couple hundred feet from their UH-1 and waited. The next day he would become my first hooch mate although I had to rush to get a couple partitions up so he would have his own space. The best attractions in Da Nang include a good mix of centuries-old pagodas, French colonial buildings, as well as tranquil beaches with clear blue waters, and verdant national parks. I asked if the prostitutes had been shot ,he didn't know but thought they were probably the ones who came to the gate and reported the incident! This is our new Chief Builder. A refugee family was living in a lean too in Dog Patch south . I had to make a quick exit when the patients got excited when I walked towards the main ward! The Chief did manage to get bedding (Ha,Ha) I got one bed sheet and one pillow case. Barbee was very well liked by the labor crew. The building site was about 150 yards outside of the north perimeter and the perimeter had not been opened up yet. We took good care of Judy and she ate very well, We would get stake and chicken from the mess hall and She also loved to drink beer. Short EM3 Camp Tien Sha Fire Department. View from bow of LCM. Les nouveaux clients peuvent tlcharger cette image en profitant de notre offre dessai gratuit sans engagement. If there was any heavy weather and to many buffer pads were jumping out I would have to go back to the hooch and roust out a work crew. Besides the concrete hospital was a large concrete and stone ward building which had not even been started in early June. It is long gone. U.S. That was my first time seeing dead Marines. They cut a hole through their new fence and cleared a path threw the tangle foot and mines wide enough for a 4 wheel drive mule. Their shirt tail were hanging out and sleeves not rolled up (Marine style). Well I don't know how much of an impression that left on me but these guys getting killed in the Skivvy house got my attention ! It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. We had devastated their economy and destroyed their infrastructure. By the time I graduated from High school I was a damn good diver! But that only happened once as from then on I was ready. By 1969 I was and RM3 in the White Elephant (an old French Fort in downtown Da Nang) where the commanding Admiral was located. . The cot had a broken leg so I had to prop it up with a sand bag and it was missing one end piece so it just wanted to fold up on me when I laid on it. They were simply ghettos with poor sanitation , communal water supply, no roads or electricity. On May 13,1968 we took 6 122mm rocket rounds as explained in my May 15,1968 leter. [1][3]:2, In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. [3]:8, In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.[4]. I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. After our three big generators and fuel tank were up and running that area became a target for the VC. There were other things to screw up the nights. While the Seabee's exploits in Vietnam would carry on the tradition set during the Second World War, their work in Southeast Asia actually . By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the 200,000 allied . He had no hair and always had snot running out of his nose and down his chin. James L Chambers (cause of death,misadventure). I joined the Navy Reserve and went to . building. There hours were 0800 to1700 so it was impossible for me to go. Well damn right I was scared. Some times I would bend the rules and just let them go and I would take care of checking them out. Cela profite tout le monde. It was about the most insane thing I had ever experienced and was hard for my mind to grasp what had just happened. So as May 1968 ended I had been in Vietnam for 1 month! It was to late to get him settled in because we were so incredibly busy with rocket attack damage. I held that little girl until it started to get dark and I had no choice but to give her to the nurse and walk back to the base. We went through the gate, down Main Street, took a left and stopped in front of a small building that looked like a hamburger stand. It was in a large dirt field 150 yards outside of the north perimeter. The other important thing we had to do was to check the Red Beach causeway at 2400 hr. The tents were on the right. If I wanted something I had to have Bet or Ski pick it up. I thought the clinic was for children. There wasn't much blood ,just a small whelp where the bullet went in. 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