camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968

Naval Support Activity, Da Nang 1969 Cruise Book vietnamandmilitary $175.00 101st Airborne "Tour Book" 1967-68 The first year!!! The kids were always hanging around and the best way to keep them from stealing was to befriend them by giving them candy. List of battleships of the United States Navy, 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. to develop this map. If they were caught they were punished by court marshal and were busted one pay grade. With over 81,000 members, VVA provides a community of fellowship with people who share common experiences, needs and hopes for the future. K-9 Security Unit-1 (Navy Sentry Dog Unit) Det Cua Viet 1st Naval LARC Division. Some where along the line the nurse had done an IV drip. - (07-07-02) I have NO remberance of quarters. Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind. I would have to wait a few more days for that to start. Maps of Heavily Sprayed Areas and Dioxin Hot Spots say I rarely ventured onto the left 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. If one of the other bases in our AO got hit by mortars or rockets then our siren went off and we were on red alert which meant we had to role out with weapons, helmets,and flack jackets and man our posts. In the early days the security perimeter of the base was only about 50 feet from our shop and was not very well guarded. Later after they landed it became obvious that they were throwing out the ammo boxes so they wouldn't explode when they landed. Well I answered once about the FNGs. The day we put up our sign . The poor farmer had stepped on a mine. I was at Camp Tien Sha from June '69 until Feb '70. Fish and Game, as a diver/biologist, and retired as the I was in country from June 1969 to June 1970. It was to late to get him settled in because we were so incredibly busy with rocket attack damage. The tents were on the right. At the base of Monkey mountain was Camp Tien Sha, the main Navy base. The doctor and nurse came out of the clinic. Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. This comment has been removed by the author. 1968 SPECIAL REPORT: "CAMP TIEN SHA RACIAL TROUBLE" Hezakya Newz & Films 165K subscribers Subscribe 300 9.9K views 1 year ago For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the. Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters - Navy Unit Directory - Together We Served Anyone who tried to open that door without giving our pass word would have been shot. 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. Closer and closer, the engine starting to whine! I knew I wasn't in Kansas. 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. a small cargo plane in the middle of the night, all I On 27 February 1969 a People's Army of Vietnam rocket hit LCU-1500 while it was loading at the Bridge Cargo Ramp killing 13 crewmen. I started building my hooch on Wednesday May 8th at just before noon. Catecka Base Camp. Coate would send dog food care packages to Judy. The base appears to remain in use by the PAVN. Here is the battalion report for May 1968. John arrived here on November 21, 1968 and left December 22, 1969, thirteen months later. whole story here. So now I know why the sniping stopped. You FNGs The Seabees in Da Nang U.S. Navy Seabee Museum I sure didn't void 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. The number of rockets are probably plus or minus a couple rockets. 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. 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). I have spent countless hours over the past 15 years driving my motorbike around the Camp Books area looking for any of our workers. delivering warm water was good 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. Alan on Haircuts My work hours were 0600 to 1800 which made it impossible to use any of the base services! This is the near miss at our Post office. The Chief did manage to get bedding (Ha,Ha) I got one bed sheet and one pillow case. Some time before the end of the month we got three more guys in . I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. ever getting my hair cut at Camp Drive out the back gate and about 2 miles to the Navy Seabee base. There are 186 crew members registered for the Naval Support Activity Danang. I had to make a quick exit when the patients got excited when I walked towards the main ward! The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. Hi Dan, I've always The sign on the mess hall door the duty jeep normally delivered the crew to the base in the boats took place at the other base. 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! The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. Rocketed PX photo - Richard Calmes photos at pbase.com snakes and other items of entertainment. heads" but they were always stolen iwas in the 1097th med boat co. dongtam,vietnam 1968 towed 3rd 34th artery barges up down the canels moble riverine force 9th inf divion, caption wild was incharge I noticed an old gray hair lady,just a skeleton in the hospital bed and asked the doctor about that. It was a long miserable cold 12 hour night. thought about was the airbase in Danang was under attack, When I started working on this clinic project I was full of good feelings as to how we were helping these poor Vietnamese people. afford at the time and they taught me a lot about handling vehicles. The two guys shot in the skivvy house that night were, Pvt. We were supposed to protect our base generators and fuel tank from sappers. There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. Additional responsibilities included harbor defense and the transshipment of cargo to the smaller ports in the region. The kid had a big yellow Tonka dump truck and would sit for hours in the sand playing with that truck. The green building upper right is the hooch that I built for our Vietnamese workers. There were no boat parts in supply with her work. 11. I forgotten how much it sucked being there? Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm - 1967 | 1968 | 1969 - now Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the Naval Support Activity Danang. Just to the right of It was a Saturday, perhaps we were finishing up the cook shed. Vietnam War Home Movies Tien Sha & Da Nang 1969 ammo dump explosion, freedom hill VintageFilmArsenal 2.48K subscribers 37K views 8 years ago Go to vintagefilmarsenal.com to purchase a. FLC took twenty one 122mm rocket rounds and on May 22,1968 at 0200 hr FLC took 12 122mm rocket rounds. Her top was not buttoned and she had a gauze bandage about the size of a tea plate on her chest up to her neck. The nurse was carrying a little girl about 4 years old. ! Chapel? 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 other important thing we had to do was to check the Red Beach causeway at 2400 hr. right , Huan one of my carpenters. All of the rounds hit in swamp area between the main base and FLC command building . Local Page TIMES-MIRROR and OBSERVER Section B WARREN, PA., WEDNESDAY. My barracks was an old French barracks at Camp Tien Sha near Da Nang. I was to hear FNG Vietnam Veterans Home Page The building site was about 150 yards outside of the north perimeter and the perimeter had not been opened up yet. She smelled horrible! He was wearing his best short timers uniform. New year found The Some of the rocket attacks were on Camp Books (FLC) . Most of the time if you were The Marines in that ambush had fired on me to scare me because they thought I was the duty officer making the rounds. 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. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. The sat idle. Shortly after 1000 hr the team expediter showed up and I was introduced to him . 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"! That was necessary because As good as we were trying to do for the Vietnamese we sure as hell were not winning their hearts and minds! She is always with me ! 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. vehicle I took full advantage of it! Pilot, youre the one flying the plane. to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working Here is the satellite view of The Marine on the left was blond and looked like a California surfer.He to had been shot in the back of the head. She giggled a bit (talk Sunday late afternoons we were able to get over to the Red Beach causeway and get in some water sessions. This is Judy and her puppy ( named Puppy) Judy was Coate s dog and was named after his girl friend. The sound was very loud so at first we thought it was close but couldn't see it. Welcome to Viet----fuckn Nam you FNGs ( funking new guys) !!! I did a phone call to the Marine Duty officer and he calmly told me the incoming fire had already been reported by the outposts. Don't try to cross in to the base as there were mines. The guy on the right had black hair, he had been shot with a small caliber pistol right where the skull meets the spine. from two times. Barracks damage in Danang, Vietnam - 1967 | The first half o | Flickr Drinking black coffee trying to stay alert. I have no significant memories The pilots jumped out . The rest of my tour I did what every good Seabee team would do, I stole them ! This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. If you have Nobody bothered to help the new guy with the profoundly negative and dangerous war situation you found yourself in. Jack Shulimson . Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968, viewed from Monkey Mountain. The ESSO fuel plant from the north east side where we were snorkeling. On the night of February 23, 1969, we held off an attack on the Da Nang Air Base by a large VC force. He finished his tour with detective work as one of six NSA investigators at Camp Tien Sha, adjacent to Da Nang. Browse millions of high-quality stock photos, illustrations, and videos. At Freedom Hill you'll see some panoramic shots of the base and buildings (USO Club, ), likewise at Tien Sha (Snoopy's Chicken Hut, Acey Ducey Club). readers. shoes" and one of the Vietnamese very first day of war. for references to information received from After the farmer passed out and the legs were cut off the nurse was able to stop holding the farmer down and assist the Doc by handing him the clamps and other tools as he needed them. On Friday I left the shop at 1800hr and went to the Children's Clinic. After he was medivaced one young labor worker(Baby son) would ask me every morning If I had heard how Barbee was and if I got a letter from him. May 5,1968 was my first rocket attack in Vietnam and you can see the hit 7 different places in my AO including my new home at FLC Camp Books. The Docs loved coming to Hoa Kahn Clinic. Travis, Hawaii, Subic Bay (and shore patrol in Olongapo), then to I served there and just would like to hear from some of the guys that was there. Bombardier Jan 17, 2016 I bet they had to patrol that high ground a lot though Media information Category Images of Vietnam Added by nstar48 Date added Jan 30, 2008 View count 16,033 2 Honorably Discharged as a QM2(SS) in 1971ish. 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. Still, 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. 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! Danang U.S. Naval Support Activity 1964-1973 - MRFA We found the family and with the help of other refugees were proceeded to tear down their shelter and build them a house. Every month she would send a large box of candy, cookies and other goodies. sucked and the barber dissed me for The MPs had used their white belts as tourniquets just above the knees. It might be inaccurate in some details, suffice to say, I One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. Surprisingly, I never step foot on a ship, I was always stationed in Navy hospitals. and went on One night I was in the office with LT Branch . Did he live or die? while we were starting the wall framing we heard the sound of a UH-1 helicopter. The road was closed to civilian traffic at night so there would be no other vehicles on the road. I didn't think about the danger but was aware of it. [2] Lance Corporal James D Feucht (cause of death,misadventure). I got in the habit of sleeping with my right foot hanging off the edge of my cot so I would always be pointing towards the bunker. YFU-62 by ghost549 on DeviantArt The doc asked if I could baby sit the little girl while he and the nurse did a surgery. Link to Silent Spring Deadly Autumn (the best book ever written about Agent Orange and the other chemicals we were exposed to in Vietnam. History U.S. One night I stood a four hour office watch and another night I was on a four hour barracks fire watch. Soon there were Marines all over the place. Da Nang, Vietnam, Camp Tien Sha, 351 Days in Da Nang Ray Norton Me, age 23, sitting on my bunk drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette. 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. 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! half, aside from the times that I 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, port activity, etc. "Supply" at Camp Fay Was a different Doc and Nurse and they didn't know anything other than the farmer had been moved to the civilian hospital in Da Nang City. It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. She would be down on her hands and knees crying and waling. I believe we also tied him around the waist. After our three big generators and fuel tank were up and running that area became a target for the VC. training), ands a week at Whidby Island (E&E, and SERE. On the technical cold glasses of chocolate milk, ice cream and an apple to go. Even then every time the Doc cut through a nerve that farmer would try to fly through the roof! There are other memories of my time working at the clinic. the two boat docks at DaNang. So much for getting Sunday off. There were so many sound at night and for my own safety I had to learn them all. But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! During the first half of his in-country tour, Norton made the best of a boring and life- consuming job as a Tien Sha Peninsula Security Division guard. Why are you here in Vietnam ? Issues related to race and race relations helped to define the African American experience in the United States, and these same issues defined the experiences of black soldiers in Vietnam.Race relations in combat were typified by cooperation, shared sacrifice, and a sense of brotherhood. Between 1969 and 1971 hundreds, if not thousands, of incidents of racial violence occurred in and around American military bases Do the job, get it done right and then sign off the work order and move on to the next one. It wasn't a normally We are the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122, based in Collin County, Texas. On Sunday most of my team mates loaded up our flat bed truck with building materials from our salvage yard. I thought the clinic was for children. I faked being a doctor from the USA and was shown around a little. 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. from Danang, Republic of Vietnam. such a small vehicle. I am hoping that my response willl stay intact and not disapear completely from here. [4] : 2 Guess earlier generations of residents at Camp Fay had their 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 losing altitude and we were wondering if they would make it.

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