Danang was handling more tonnage than the port of Baltimore at the time. It was kind of like the work orders I got. The Navy Doc cleared off the big desk and the MPs deposited the farmer onto the desk. LCU-63 * MI We were not part of the Marine Civil Affair but worked independent of them. Well sure I heard about it and even saw them down at 1st MPs. The only answer I could give them that they would except was. It was where the French first landed in the 19th Century in their quest to control the area and where . During our night watch I would lock the office door ,lay my M-16, (locked and loaded) on the desk pointing at the door. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968. One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . The base appears to remain in use by the PAVN. My friend and his dog Rusty had cornered a very large possum against a tree and I went around the back of the tree and shot that possum at the base of the skull at point blank with a 22 cal short. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. Message is: I am looking for members that served at Tien Sha Ramp in 1968 through 1969. I got used to the nights but was never comfortable enough to sleep well. It took until 2000 hours to finish that first slab. We got danger close rockets in that area often. Welcome to Viet----fuckn Nam you FNGs ( funking new guys) !!! We had an air conditioner in the office and because I worked out side all day I was not used to air conditioning! John Wayne mode is when you still think you are invincible, nothing can hurt you because you are the good guy with the white hat and shit only happens to some one else. Great Discounts & More! I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. MOS. The next work order I got for there I gave it to Beerworth and told him I would not work there any more! 3. I heard the truth the next day at the mess hall. This is the Hoa Kahn clinic at the time I started working there. Recent photo of Cheryl and me. I suppose I am a genuine hero of the Vietnam conflict. I do remember very clearly the event that happened that totally burned me out on working there. Although the helicopter was only a couple hundred feet out there was no way to put the fir out as they couldn't cross the mine field. In Feb 1973, evacuated Danang to San Miguel . We had devastated their economy and destroyed their infrastructure. )The Doc gave me a large stick like a tongue depressor ,except bigger. The next weekend I asked about the farmer ? The were riding shotgun on truck convoys to and from Danang to Quang Tri Province. Long , long ago, far, far away on the other side of the These places had many different names, abbreviations, acronyms, terms, and phrases.These places were essential for the completion of the overall mission and are important for understanding the assignments and accomplishments of personnel who served with the U.S. Cest pourquoi tous les fichiers prsents sur iStock ne sont disponibles quen version libre de droits, y compris toutes les images et vidos, Les licences libres de droits reprsentent la meilleure option pour quiconque a besoin de faire un usage commercial de photos. 03/11/66 - Harvey L. Engel, QM1, Lincoln, NE. Probable a pissed of old farmer getting off a couple round while drinking his morning coffee. Pett George my ex UDT instructor allowed me to go through the class early being as how my older brother Jay and my Dad were going through the class too. This comment has been removed by the author. Drive out the back gate and about 2 miles to the Navy Seabee base. 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. I was at Camp Tien Sha from June '69 until Feb '70. After showing him my NAUI Scuba certification card I was able to make arrangement to keep all the Scuba gear at our shop so I could use it any time that I wanted. Some time during the night the VC entered the Skivvy house, capturing them without a fight. Camp Tien Sha. The flares were often still burning when they hit the ground. Administration Armed assigned Assistant August Back base boats Camp Tien Sha CAPT Captain cargo Center CHARLES Chief of Staff combat . There was always something interesting to watch at Camp Books. Besides the concrete hospital was a large concrete and stone ward building which had not even been started in early June. Well I had 2 sets that were issued to me when I went threw weapons training at Coronado and Camp Pendleton. It became the headquarters for all U.S. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. It turned 90 degrees to the right and touched down between two rows of concertina wire in the middle of the perimeter. Tlchargez ds aujourd'hui la photo Camp Tien Sha. and I was just finishing up the door. She is always with me ! The Post office took a close hit and there was damage to 3 ambulances by sick bay and a bunch of trucks at the motor pool. When we arrived at Red Beach the Seabee team shop was a mad house. Detachment Cua Viet - 1967 - 1970. ALL work centers report in : AWC # 1 reports everything is quite ! At first it was because every thing was so knew and exciting. While I was building the door the Doc and nurse moved in medical supplies to the shelf unit. Right at daybreak back in '69, I was sent on a dangerous mission in Danang. 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. I took all the materials that I thought I would need to build the cement forms for my strong backs. ( Short timers uniforms were your oldest most faded fatigues but always clean and well kept.) He lets fly with 8 or 10 rounds then he is done for the day. May 1. There was about a weeks over lap so the knew Chief could learn his job! . Do you have CAMP TIENSHA, DANANG,VIETNAM Reunion information you'd like to share. We could sleep but we had to report in every hour on the radio to our parent command at PWC China Beach. 89 helpful votes. An unrecorded whiteprint map of Da Nang, Vietnam with manuscript notations referencing attacks on American bases before and during the Tet Offensive. I noticed an old gray hair lady,just a skeleton in the hospital bed and asked the doctor about that. Coate was not there to know about Puppy. For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. Off we went to the supply yard at one of the SeaBee battalions, while we were there we stopped for a quick lunch at the Navy mess hall. The poor farmer had stepped on a mine. There are other memories of my time working at the clinic. Go through their front gate then out their back gate to the causeway. Da Nang is known as the tourist capital of South-Central Vietnam, with a west coast location that makes for beautiful sunsets against an impressive backdrop of lush mountains. On the far end of the bridge right Paperback. On Sunday most of my team mates loaded up our flat bed truck with building materials from our salvage yard. All in the name of saving them from Communism. An electrician CN (E-3). Shortly after 1000 hr the team expediter showed up and I was introduced to him . I felt sorry for the other guys in the truck with me . - LCU-63 * MIA * line. Gave me the creeps then and still does now when I think about it! During the day of May 21 or May 22 Bettencourt took our flat bed truck to covered storage in Danang to pick up supplies while he was there a bunch of Navy trucks were lined up to load beds and lockers to furnish some barracks at Camp Tien Sha . The saw he used was a miniature version of the bone saw we used when we cut up cows or pigs at butchering time on the farm! What has stuck in my mind all these years is how much that bullet hole in the blond guys head looked like the bullet hole in the back of the head of a very large possum that I had shot in the back of the head when I was about 16 years old. Craig Tailor is on the left and on the right is Carl Rice who came on board about the same time as the new Chief. November 3, 1968 camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968 left December 22, 1969 worked at the Deep Water Piers, working,! world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental If I wanted something I had to have Bet or Ski pick it up. There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. The Marine on the left was blond and looked like a California surfer.He to had been shot in the back of the head. would be thinking about that meal a lot! It started raining Saturday June1st and rained continuously until Wednesday morning but that didn't slow down work any. When we got there the doc wanted to show us around. I pretty much walked the whole base then back to the EM club for a cold beer on 6 Oct 1972 . Then I started paying more attention. We also had a couple of American Philco Ford teachers. The MPs left in a hurry. And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. I was in country from June 1969 to June 1970. The Marines in that ambush had fired on me to scare me because they thought I was the duty officer making the rounds. Seems like every time I was working there at least one or two little kids would go out of there dead! Danang, VN _ _ DS CS: 1964: Feb 1973: Detachment Bravo, FLTSUPDET, Navcomsta, PI. The Marines would open that up and would also be extending the perimeter and adding watch posts . On May 22 at 0200 hr. There was a Marine listening ambush set up outside the perimeter in that area. Another thing that screwed up the night for us was our night radio, phone watch, it was a real bitch ! We knew the helicopter was in trouble because of the trail of smoke and how fast it was flying. Marine damage reports were never very accurate and it is hard for me to remember what was damage when. Dock area at Da Nang harbor. These positive relations were largely a reflection of the fact that black and white soldiers in combat were heavily dependent on one another. In July 1966 the "Bridge Cargo Ramp" (160307N 1081352E / 16.052N 108.231E / 16.052; 108.231) began operations increasing NSA's supply capability. 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! All of the workers that worked for us were dislocated Vietnamese and us putting them to work was an attempt to keep their economy rolling. Was I scared ? African Americans perceived racial issues. Anyone who tried to open that door without giving our pass word would have been shot. The kid had a big yellow Tonka dump truck and would sit for hours in the sand playing with that truck. I dont know a damn thing so As tired as I was I never got much sleep. 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. [3] NSA Danang originally operated from a commercial pier on the city side of the Hn River and this "Museum Ramp" (160300N 1081328E / 16.05N 108.2245E / 16.05; 108.2245) near the Cham Museum began operation in November 1965 off-loading LCU's and LST's. Coate introduced me to a Chief Boatswain Mate who was our executive officer.The Commanding officer wasn't there( a lieutenant Junior Grade.) The Post office was about 75 yards from my hootch. while we were starting the wall framing we heard the sound of a UH-1 helicopter. Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. The huge fuel tank was just being build on the left out of the picture. On May 21,1968 at 2400 hr. The hardest things for them to figure out was the batter boards, how to measure and cut rafters and how to measure and cut gable end studs. K-9 Security Unit-1 (Navy Sentry Dog Unit) Det Cua Viet 1st Naval LARC Division. 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. Keep exploring. [1][3]:2, In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. There were 6 area work centers in the Da Nang AO . Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. Detachment Hue - 1965 - 1970. The kids head had been stitched up and looked just like a soccer ball. 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 Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch. It really, really broke my heart! It was losing altitude and we were wondering if they would make it. The carpenter flat bed truck. Then we saw a little dot far up Elephant Valley. Well we She would throw dirt into the air and scratch at her face until it was bleeding , rubbing dirt into the cuts. On Tuesday May 14 I finished my hooch and settled into the corner right inside the door. This is the poem I wrote about the little girl who died from gangrene. Although the rules were they had to go back and check out. The doc had no idea but it was a sure thing she was going to die. 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. : . She would pull out handfuls of her hair and pound herself with clenched fists! So as May 1968 ended I had been in Vietnam for 1 month! The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! 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 started pouring concrete Wednesday June 5, 1968. Nobody even knowing where from or if they had families. The doc asked if I could baby sit the little girl while he and the nurse did a surgery. The field had been filled with red dirt and rocks and had been compacted with heavy equipment. Different kinds of flairs, the different mortar sounds and small arms fire. These Vietnam War photos taken by U.S. Army photographers reveal a side of the conflict that few people have ever seen. Welcome! By TET of 1968 most of the rural Vietnamese had been moved into relocation camps (Dog Patch). Download this Camp Tien Sha photo now. I had plenty of time to take it all in and it was very UN-nerving. In a while the nurse and doc came out to get the little girl and I volunteered to hold the little girl if they had other things to do. . That distance above us was only 4 feet. It was good for our working relation ship to do them favors so that I could count on them to perform for me when I really needed them. I had to make a quick exit when the patients got excited when I walked towards the main ward! Price which includes postage (Media Mail) and insurance. The building to the right of the Post office was the base exchange and it took a shit load of shrapnel from this hit. What we finally did was a one man 12 hour watch. What the F is wrong with her? Historian, US Navy Seabee Museum. meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large My Vietnamese works didn't want to hang around waiting for the truck to take them back to the shop. 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. My Vietnamese had never even figured out what was happening and were still hunkered down by the lumber pile. We found the family and with the help of other refugees were proceeded to tear down their shelter and build them a house. On Friday May 17 I was sent out on another job. Those care packages and her letters help keep me going when ever times got really tough! The former Marine HQ (III MAF) which was located not too far away is now used by the Vietnamese army (it was built by the French) and is a no . 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 ! That sure screwed with our sleep! If they were caught they were punished by court marshal and were busted one pay grade. The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. I can still hear the snip of the scissors as the Doc cut away the flesh. S . Why are you here in Vietnam ? It must have been about 1100 hr. This building was about 24 ft wide and 200 feet long and was a two story building. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. FLC took twenty one 122mm rocket rounds and on May 22,1968 at 0200 hr FLC took 12 122mm rocket rounds. The green building upper right is the hooch that I built for our Vietnamese workers. I am sure had I not done that , the Chief, when he came down to the hootch, would have solved the problem by sending me back to China Beach. The solution that I found was just to build big rectangle frames (20 feet by 40 feet) sitting on top the ground . Most of them would be dead by now as most of the men were in their mid forties then . I held the door open for them. We had fox holes around the generators and fuel tank and I would sit there looking up at that big ass fuel tank thinking that if the VC hit that with a RPG (rocket propelled grenade) I was going to be turned into a crispy critter. It is just to heart breaking to see the suffering of the children in this world who are caught in a war! After a short rest to pull my self together I went back and finished putting the door spring on and about that time one of my team mates picked me up and took me back to the shop. Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. Book description. Vietnam Memorial Monument Mobile Memorial Museum . nstar48; Media item; Jan 30, 2008; It was not exactly what you would call a state of the art mental hospital ! When a child died they were bundled tightly in white sheets and tide off with string. Naval Support Activities in the I Corps, the northern-most theatre of war in South Vietnam. Retro. The rocket attacks after that the would be on target! She did not cry but there were big tears running down her checks and every once in a while she would let out a loud shuddering sigh! It was a Saturday, perhaps we were finishing up the cook shed. I got my NAUI Scuba diving cerification in July 1966. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Everyone was busy as hell and I didn't have any idea as to what was going on. Ray Norton. They were trying to fly that chopper to the safety of Camp Books. Don enlisted in the US Navy and attained the rank of Builder Third Class (BU3) with MCB 53. I faked being a doctor from the USA and was shown around a little. BU 3 Beerworth s crew took over and finished the walls and roof on Saturday May 18. The rest of my tour I did what every good Seabee team would do, I stole them ! Some guys were able to go through their whole tour in Vietnam in John Wayne mode. Bruce Moore says he first returned from a 13-month stint in the Vietnam War to a "poor response." "We were at Norton Air Force Base. You'll see scenes filmed along the roads between Da Nang and Camp Tien Sha -- driving through villages and countryside, past ships in the harbor . Drinking black coffee trying to stay alert. "Ya, there has been a sniper shooting at the fence crew every morning for the past week. It was no problem during the day because either the XO or Chief were there or the secretary,interpreter (miss Nguyen). On the left It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. ), and on the day, before I was to leave, I hitched a ride headed to Camp Tien Sha on the east side of Da Nang where I was to be processed out. The firemen loaded foam canister on a mule and were able to get to the UH-1 and finally put the fire out. Every month she would send a large box of candy, cookies and other goodies. Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! U.S. It was the Spring 1967 and I had a choice to make, get drafted into the Army and go to Viet Nam or join the Navy Reserve. I actually took the class in 1965 but at that time you had to be 18 years old to get a Scuba Certification. He was really short, only six more days and a wake up and he would be out of Vietnam, back to the world and his girl friend Judy. We set the radio on squelch so it would make a lot of noise and wake us up. I am a 20 year old US soldier and my country says I have to be here! just out of the picture on the right. Some of the women were in their early twenties, so there is still hope. 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. There were two supply tents up there and when the Field Marines (grunts) would come in from the bush they would strip off all their dirty clothes and throw them in piles in one tent then go into the other tent and pick up clean uniforms. The wounded are only those who were medivaced to a hospital. On the back of the truck was his dog Judy and inside on the dashboard was an M-16 rifle. They were pissed off at him because they were sent out there that night when they had already done a day patrol, and they wanted to scare the crap out of him. - Danang Harbor Pilot - (Quang Nam) U.S. Army 329th Heavy Boat Company 5th Transportation Company Mine Explosion. 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. The plane started to drop, going in steep and fast. We went downtown in Long Beach, and we got harassed a lot. Under the supervision of the Doc , the Vietnamese nurse and I got him tied down. I couldn't grasp what was going on at the time. That episode followed rioting along China Beach by black . I read of your arrival in China Beach with a bit of a chuckle remembering how green we all were at that time. Spent many watches all over the city of Da Nang. History is not a fixed set of facts. 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. 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 . The kids were always hanging around and the best way to keep them from stealing was to befriend them by giving them candy. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. Bet coming down the trail by the ESSO Plant east wall. Camp Haskins, Da Nang, Vietnam, served as headquarters of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, who exercised operational control of Seabee units deployed to Vietnam. Here they surfed, sunbathed, and tried to forget the war they would soon return to. BU3 Hovanec expired July 7, 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Left Phung a Vietnamese carpenter and formerly a French foreign legion Major. This is a 122mm rocket crater in the road in front of our shop. 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. 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 . pilot said that was to avoid being shot at by the VC. There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. Later after they landed it became obvious that they were throwing out the ammo boxes so they wouldn't explode when they landed. We were told that we were teaching them skills so they would be able to have a useful job. He was wearing his best short timers uniform. To know all the different sounds was to be able to read what was happening at night and how safe I was. I was 19 years old when I got my orders to go to Vietnam. We had to give Puppy away as we were not even supposed to have a dog. The road was closed to civilian traffic at night so there would be no other vehicles on the road. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. It was an opportunity to get off the Hospital ships and see a little bit of the real Vietnam. Over time that changed, I didn't want to know any newbies! Cela profite tout le monde. is shown across the Han River from Da Nang itself. Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. Detachment Nha Trang - 1965 - 1971. As such a small group we couldn't do the standard Navy 4 hour watch. I went back to my cubicle crawled into bed, ending my Mostly I would just build and they would watch and fallow what I did. Didnt take long to figure out that everyone could see that you were a FNG. He got in line and they loaded his truck with beds, lots of beds. In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. Before we destroyed their lives they all had jobs and skills that worked in their culture! THIS IS A FULL Collection of 4 pages of FIRE BASES, AIR FORCE BASES, Naval and Medical, BROWN WATER Naval, and any and all bases DOD during the Vietnam War 1963 to 1975. Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. Detachment Phu Bai - 1965 -1970. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain. When the Doc was finished he told me I could remove the stick. Port side of APL-30 (Auxiliary Personnel Lighter) or barracks craft. For the time being they were stashed in my hooch and on May 24, Karl Voiles spent his first day assembling beds. So my hooch would now have 5 of us. The first half of my year in Vietnam (1967) I was stationed at the large U. S. base in Danang. 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. I didn't realize at the time that the intended target was me and the generators. He's shooting from a long way out and hasn't hit anyone yet. One about half way from knee to foot and the other just below the knee! Some where along the line the nurse had done an IV drip. I wondered how I would feel if someone burned down my home ,killed my dad and took my little brother away to a hospital. Da Nang East. So off to Camp Tien Sha to get my gear and check out. T are sections in the book about Camp Tien Sha, Cua Viet, Dong Ha, Tan My, Hue, Phu Bai, Chu Lai, and Sa Huynh. I started building my hooch on Wednesday May 8th at just before noon. 30 on it. very first day of war. Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. [3]:8, In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.[4]. I was in Danang less than a month when the Vietcong used rockets to attack the Danang Air Base for the first time in the war, on the morning of February 27. The Doc trimmed all the skin and muscle nice and neat adding clamps (hemostats) as he went. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain. Da Nang Vietnam 1968 stock footage and images. Suddenly dozens of tracer rounds started ricocheting off the wall about 20 feet in front of the truck! It is very likely this was were the Marines were killed . Here is the letter I wrote my parents on May 15, 1968. Vietnam veterans, age 60+, American. Our mess hall, about 70 yards from my hootch took a direct hit on the serving line and kitchen area. Here is a poem that I wrote about the helicopter. I didn't understand at that time the danger of rocket attacks. Another interesting point is the H&S Co. It's the 4th largest city in Vietnam. They made runs north to Cua Viet at the mouth of the river (80 miles north of DaNang and 6 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone) and then upriver eight miles to Dong Ha to haul cannon ammunition to the marines. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. The second floor office was just being framed up . I guess that is why there were a lot of E-2 in the Marines. My address is: Phillip K. Sampley. His name was Coate and he was a 3rd class yeoman. LCM is up to port side of barracks craft. 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. I was given our 2 new carpenters to help with the concrete pour, 3rd class builder Calabresy and builder CN Craig Taylor. Between 1969 and 1971 hundreds, if not thousands, of incidents of racial violence occurred in and around American military bases By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the 200,000 allied . Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. I was in Danang less than a month when the Vietcong used rockets to attack the Danang Air Base for the first time in the war, on the morning of February 27. Unfortunately when we got there it was closed for one hour for lunch and Coate did not have the time to hang around. Naval Support Activity DaNang (1965-1970 . Only 364 more days to go! The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. Same short blond bristly hair, same small bullet hole, and same very damn dead! Iowa. 1968: US Naval Support Activity DaNang: Publisher: U.S . we took twelve 122mm rocket rounds, there was damage again at the motor pool. For Australia U.S. Navy occurred with fire spreading to the task - 426th s amp! 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