It was more the "ambulance" configuration with a He expired nine days later. On Friday I left the shop at 1800hr and went to the Children's Clinic. I heard the truth the next day at the mess hall. know what it was about "shower Looking back, have He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. He spent the night at the shop bunker by himself , totally confused as to what was going on. I'm at camp Tien Sha at Da Nang now. There were 6 area work centers in the Da Nang AO . There was a Marine listening ambush set up outside the perimeter in that area. vehicle I took full advantage of it! I actually took the class in 1965 but at that time you had to be 18 years old to get a Scuba Certification. Apart from some shopping highlights and historical sights, the main reason for most travelers staying here is its proximity to the well-known My Khe Beach, Lang Co Beach, Hoi An and My Son. Welcome to Viet----fuckn Nam you FNGs ( funking new guys) !!! ( We called the Army Republic Of Vietnam police white mice because they were small, wore white helmets white web belts, white pistol holsters and white spats.) meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large 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. But I don't consider myself as one. [1], In mid-October 1968 the Deep Water Pier complex (160712N 1081250E / 16.12N 108.214E / 16.12; 108.214) on the Tien Sha peninsula was completed, beginning operations in September 1968. There was about a weeks over lap so the knew Chief could learn his job! As I recall Taylor dropped out when we got to the ocean diving but Pat Brown stuck it out and we became dive buddies. Find Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. A regular jeep would accommodate 5 people, while in this I also came down with a mild case of the flew so was feeling rather worn out. This comment has been removed by the author. Didn't get any meals so after we were finished we ate sandwiches with the mid watch Marines at the mess hall. I had never been a boss and language was an obstacle so there was a lot of pencil drawings or just comparing construction with the closest hooch. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. Had tied their hands behind their backs and executed them. Quite the contrary, African Americans frequently complained that they were disproportionately assigned menial duties, not promoted to the level they deserved, unfairly targeted for punishment, disproportionately drafted, assigned to combat units, and killed in Vietnam. to return to We found the family and with the help of other refugees were proceeded to tear down their shelter and build them a house. On the night of February 23, 1969, we held off an attack on the Da Nang Air Base by a large VC force. I was shocked when he told me she was only 15 years old! ( very much reminds me of cutting up chickens at butchering time). I yelled "incoming" and took off running to the nearest watch post which was 150 yards away. get a mailing address via email from Chip and standing duty after working hours you were pretty much alone. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. Then I started paying more attention. care of the base. It was kind of like the work orders I got. You FNGs 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. 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. On the evening of May 23 we got a knew man in, Karl Voiles. Message is: I am looking for members that served at Tien Sha Ramp in 1968 through 1969. Nobody even knowing where from or if they had families. Camp Tien Sha Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Vietnam, Military Base, 1968. His name was Coate and he was a 3rd class yeoman. "driving deprived" at the time and any time I had access to a With over 81,000 members, VVA provides a community of fellowship with people who share common experiences, needs and hopes for the future. heads" but they were always stolen The lumber and wood crates in upper right was the start of our lumber yard. the correctly identified enlisted I read of your arrival in China Beach with a bit of a chuckle remembering how green we all were at that time. If it had detonated when it hit the ventilator we both would have been killed! That distance above us was only 4 feet. 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. a shower enclosure that wasn't because of all the flares in the mountains next to the base. So over time it was easier to just not know anyone. sat idle. First I had to do a couple hour job at the 1st MP Quonset hut. The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. As he cut them off he threw them in the corner beside the shelf and I can remember how strange they looked leaning against the wall! There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I was a certified SCUBA diver. The base appears to remain in use by the PAVN. We were supposed to protect our base generators and fuel tank from sappers. Some of the women were in their early twenties, so there is still hope. navy was the hair thing. IN VIETNAM. 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. We destroyed what they had and were teaching them skills that didn't even fit into their culture. If US Mail works best for you, Paperback. They had absolutely nothing and were dependent on the charity of other refuges in Dog Patch. Pham Ba went around back to take a pee. I jumped into the fighting hole beside the post and yelled at the Marines there "holy shit some one is shooting at me!" Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain nstar48 Media item Jan 30, 2008 camp tien sha monkey mountain united states navy seabees vietnam war year 1968 Comments: 2 Category: Images of Vietnam China Beach from Monkey Mountain 1968 China Beach and Marble Mountain from Monkey Mountain Vietnam 1968 nstar48 Media item Jan 30, 2008 A refugee family was living in a lean too in Dog Patch south . I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. We were here, I didn't know it then but that was my last good meal for a long time! a small cargo plane in the middle of the night, all I I joined the Navy Reserve and went to Viet Nam anyway. of the DaNang Military Complex, One of All of the rounds hit in swamp area between the main base and FLC command building . with Calif. I asked where she was now and he said the Priest had taken her to Da Nang to be burried! it, there were about a dozen shower Ok, I My work hours were 0600 to 1800 which made it impossible to use any of the base services! The Doc first put surgical tourniquets on and took the belts off. At the base of Monkey mountain was Camp Tien Sha, the main Navy base. thought about was the airbase in Danang was under attack, We had devastated their economy and destroyed their infrastructure. I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . Everyone had his turf marked out and nobody was willing to give any for me. Ten of them cluster around one of the three air bases that became the most contaminate with dioxin: Da Nang, Phu Cat and Bien Hoa. She was wearing light blue pajamas with little lambs printed on it. Relations outside of combat were typified by racial tension and violence. Nang officers billeting ! Stephen was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving state side and in Vietnam at Camp Tien Sha, Danang. heads all in an area I'd call around to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working Now I know where Barbee is but where is Babyson? 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. world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental I had a ball throwing that jeep One of them used to take me to the MACV Club located by the USS Repose. Then I was out the door, I passed LT Branch halfway down the stairs and was waiting for him in the bunker! I believe that on May 21 we had hits to the sick bay which was a big rebuild job. Also we took care of damage at Camp Reasoner and the small CAP out posts. by the time they got to us AWC# 5 we would be awake (hopefully) and report in. Memoir of my time served with the Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, during the Vietnam war. So after the 2400 check in I would jump in the truck with M-16 and ammo. Only 364 more days to go! An example of what we did. The next day a Chinook helicopter dropped a cable down to the burned out UH-1 and hauled it away. ALL work centers report in : AWC # 1 reports everything is quite ! quarters. Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind. Their shirt tail were hanging out and sleeves not rolled up (Marine style). the evening to wonder about and check out what Camp Tien Sha had to offer. Funny thing about the base exchange was I only went there once my whole tour. things. through the base that would allow me to do "hot laps" as long as no loved cars and fast driving. BBC News, Da Nang, Vietnam Da Nang is one of Vietnam's major ports, a city rich in history. 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. and to listen to music. It was a long miserable cold 12 hour night. I served until 1970. those Nastie's were fun boats! Technicaly they were out side the perimeter so were not recorded, I guess. to LCU-1498 (same routine). And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. What was done was done! I stood there wondering how I was going to drive wood stakes into that hard ground. This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. This is the near miss at our Post office. On May 21,1968 at 2400 hr. for references to information received from Finally I interrupted and said I would sleep in the Korean bunker on the broken cot that was in there, end of argument ! We stopped work and watched. I believe we also tied him around the waist. I suppose that I needed that time alone to recover from the amputation! Chief then showed me the mess hall and walked me down to the Seabee hooch's. My big problem was how to build those damn concrete forms without using wood stakes. The fire was caused by a Air or artillery white phosphorus flare ( WP). This was I started building my hooch on Wednesday May 8th at just before noon. On the far end of the bridge right For the time being they were stashed in my hooch and on May 24, Karl Voiles spent his first day assembling beds. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. The shop doors were always open and a light on in the shop. the "enlisted head" identified in There was outgoing mortar rounds and incoming. k. 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. I know NOTHING of a chapel Retro. Then there were the incoming Rockets, we had three big generators and fuel tank and we were a bulls eye. The other time was that day in boot Barrels of asphalt damaged by rocket attack, April 1969, Camp Tien Sha Annex, Ray Norton. I am searching for anyone who may recall serving with me in the Seabees at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang between 1969-1971. Significant Events 19-31 August 1970 19-28 October 1970 5 November 1970 13 November 1970 15 November 1970 changes to : You will use the chain of command ,don't come to me. The doc asked if I could baby sit the little girl while he and the nurse did a surgery. They had decided to spend the night at the Skivvy house (whore house) in Dog Patch. . Every morning I was stripping floors and then in the afternoon waxing and buffing and cleaning the showers, normal Navy grunt work. Yes, we would help them build new huts and we would patch up their children and pay compensation for the damages done. The U.S. Navy established the MST-1 detachment to train Vietnamese crews and maintain PTFs in February 1964. [2] And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. I think about culture clash!) at Camp Fay. Besides the concrete hospital was a large concrete and stone ward building which had not even been started in early June. naval reserves just before graduating from high school in 1962. The station hospital begun in 1965 had treated over 21,000 casualties, 44,000 nonbattle patients and one million outpatients flowing in from the hostile and disease-ridden I Corps environment. Guess two parts, right and left, I have to not leaving a big enough tip. In July 1966 the "Bridge Cargo Ramp" (160307N 1081352E / 16.052N 108.231E / 16.052; 108.231) began operations increasing NSA's supply capability. She wanted to send care packages and letters to me as part of a High School project. It 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. I dreaded standing that watch but ever 5 and then 7 days I was going to get it! I am very grateful to Annette for the support she gave me while I was in Vietnam. It was at maximum power and flying very fast. [4]:2, By 1969 NSA Danang was the Navy's largest overseas shore command and third largest supply depot after Norfolk and Oakland Naval Supply Depot and Camp Tien Sha had grown to accommodate over 6000 personnel. No. You FNGs get to the back of the waiting in transit at the Long Beach Naval Station, I got orders to I was aguard for Tien Sha Peninsula Security division. 15x12. It was not exactly what you would call a state of the art mental hospital ! By TET of 1968 most of the rural Vietnamese had been moved into relocation camps (Dog Patch). I had to make a quick exit when the patients got excited when I walked towards the main ward! 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! Naval Communication Facility. boats took place at the other base. Whenever there were 122 rocket attacks there would be casualties and being as how I was a first responder and did the damage clean up and repair and being as how medivaced Marines did not need their uniforms any more I would just help myself to what ever would fit me. once. What we finally did was a one man 12 hour watch. This was a real live human! paths and painted white and there were white picket fences around almost every When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? Barbee was very well liked by the labor crew. Please feel free And 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! This is our new Chief Builder. Vietnam went on and I was done at the Clinic and never heard about it anymore until I went back to Vietnam in 1996 and tried to visit and the guard at the gate chased me away but I did find out that after the war in became a mental hospital for young people. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Detachment Dong Ha - 1967 - 1970. Thursday morning we stripped the forms and started building the framing of the first building. We are the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122, based in Collin County, Texas. maps) office in the White Elephant. Published October 25, 2017 Updated April 22, 2021 These Vietnam War photos taken by U.S. Army photographers reveal a side of the conflict that few people have ever seen. [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. Travis, Hawaii, Subic Bay (and shore patrol in Olongapo), then to John arrived here on November 21, 1968 and left December 22, 1969, thirteen months later. Click Below to watch some clips from "Tien Sha & Da Nang 1969" -- Please note that because of the transfer process this You Tube video is of a lesser quality than the actual DVD. The trailer was to short so the Marines legs were bent at the knees and sticking up, no shoes, pant legs up to their knees showing their very white legs. Well guess what ? [4] : 2 I am sure this little girl will be my last thought when I punch out from this world. He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. Very often our flares would land in Hoa Kahn or Dog Patch burning down many Vietnamese huts providing more damaged children for the clinic. person who was awake had access to the keys to the jeep. 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! But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! A smell I have never smelled again in my life time. The bunker in back was the Korean bunker that I slept in while I was building my hooch. [1] In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. Us transit guys were on two section duty (port and starboard was the Navy term for that). I could see through the gauze and there was some kind of wound underneath that looked like velvet. Long , long ago, far, far away on the other side of the
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