identified as "enlisted head." [2] The camp was quickly expanded to include 25 new barracks able to accommodate an additional 1700 men, together with a barber shop, post exchange and milk plant. My Vietnamese works didn't want to hang around waiting for the truck to take them back to the shop. If they were caught they were punished by court marshal and were busted one pay grade. [1], U.S. NSA Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965 under the operational control of Commander, III MAF. . When the Doc was finished he told me I could remove the stick. vehicle I took full advantage of it! She would throw dirt into the air and scratch at her face until it was bleeding , rubbing dirt into the cuts. I suppose that I needed that time alone to recover from the amputation! So now I know why the sniping stopped. So on the hour we would get a call. The pilots jumped out . For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. work out the details with him. Us transit guys were on two section duty (port and starboard was the Navy term for that). Our group that was sent to MST1 landed in It was not exactly what you would call a state of the art mental hospital ! Yes, everyone called him soccer ball head ! The Marines on the perimeter were yelling at them to run parallel to the wire. limits and no one ever said a word to me about these activities. Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. Fishing Boats of Da Nang in My station when When we arrived at Red Beach the Seabee team shop was a mad house. this pic is. 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. After that LT Branch never stayed late at the office, he would leave at 1700 to take Miss Nguyen home to Da Nang. Here in Vietnam with the advanced gangrene she was going to die and there was nothing that could be done! It Donations for May. The ESSO fuel plant from the north east side where we were snorkeling. The helicopter crew sat down a couple hundred feet from their UH-1 and waited. I do remember very clearly the event that happened that totally burned me out on working there. I was going to start building my own hooch so I would have a place to sleep ! It was a long miserable cold 12 hour night. We started pouring concrete Wednesday June 5, 1968. right , Huan one of my carpenters. On the night of February 23, 1969, we held off an attack on the Da Nang Air Base by a large VC force. Our shop the day we put up our sign and officially became Area Work Center #5. All in the name of saving them from Communism. Well, the Camp Tein Sha barracks got me for Friday, and Saturday. Some time during the night the VC entered the Skivvy house, capturing them without a fight. (a hooch is a 16 by 32 ft wood framed plywood building with 5 foot high walls and a tin roof.) I was not in the bush and am grateful that I wasn't. maintenance, and generally taking Yes that's puppy and our new steel worker (Calhoun). He always seemed happy and smiling and the whole time he was around the clinic I never heard him speak a single work. It was a horrifying thing to watch. The new wood frame building that I did was behind the camera. There were Seabees, Korean Philco Ford, Vietnamese all working like mad . The only answer I could give them that they would except was. There was a bunker there. I spent 1968-72 in the US Navy, as a Corpsman (Medic). I thought they were trying to lighten their load. while we were starting the wall framing we heard the sound of a UH-1 helicopter. It was just after 1700 so I was good. loading the LSTs and loading onto trucks. the two boat docks at DaNang. So I took a trip in September 2016 back I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. Between 1969 and 1971 hundreds, if not thousands, of incidents of racial violence occurred in and around American military bases Dearest Rita, I just finished a quick letter to my folks first one since I've been here. So just go back to work and keep moving so he doesn't have a stationary target and you should be OK!" I am hoping that my response willl stay intact and not disapear completely from here. 1966 and assumed I would spend two years on a submarine in WesPac. 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. The Marines broke out in laughter. It was in a large dirt field 150 yards outside of the north perimeter. to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working Great Discounts & More! because of all the flares in the mountains next to the base. This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. The MPs left in a hurry. Style attributes. CONTACT: VETERANS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS. the correctly identified enlisted Rank Among Most Heavily Sprayed Provinces in Vietnam. One about half way from knee to foot and the other just below the knee! During my research I found an entry in the Diary of Marine Lieutenant Don Griffis who was CO of the Provisional Rifle Company who operated patrols out of Camp Books. He said that if they could ship her to the hospital in Japan or back in the states they could probably save her. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain Bombardier Pretorian Aug 16, 2013 Good photo, get a good look at the base. Then we saw a little dot far up Elephant Valley. There hours were 0800 to1700 so it was impossible for me to go. I noticed an old gray hair lady,just a skeleton in the hospital bed and asked the doctor about that. I set up a course What ever it was we were done by shortly after 1600 hr. PTF base at after working hours. had to man the perimeter during called to general quarters was in $10 of that came from me. Population in 2009 (millions) Percentage of Province Sprayed During 1960s. It had been a very busy month with a lot of things happening. It was an opportunity to get off the Hospital ships and see a little bit of the real Vietnam. As I remember We assumed everyone around us had the same idealistic desire to strive to do our best all the time. Another interesting point is the H&S Co. heads all in an area I'd call around We had devastated their economy and destroyed their infrastructure. Why are you here in Vietnam ? Statewide Water Diversion and Fish Passage Coordinator (Senior the duty jeep normally delivered the crew to the base in the This is the poem I wrote about the little girl who died from gangrene. Honorably Discharged as a QM2(SS) in 1971ish. After the little girl died I never went back to the clinic. map to the right is intended to be used as a heads" but they were always stolen Our electricians went to wire up the building for electricity. Danang Vietnam 1966 1967 Camp Tien Sha was an old French army base. mind. He didn't mince words. " This article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Because I had to fend for myself I did help the newbies who moved into my hooch. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968 In 1968, I was about to be drafted into the Army and did not want to go to Viet Nam. Didnt take long to figure out that everyone could see that you were a FNG. waiting in transit at the Long Beach Naval Station, I got orders to Because of Da Nang's strategic location on rail, air, and highway routes, development of its . Some of the materials for rebuilding came from my civic action salvage yard. Detachment Phu Bai - 1965 -1970. The village it refers to was just north of Camp Books. There was an indoor movie theater, snack bar, hobby shop, NCO club and EM club, basket ball courts and tennis courts. 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. technical and supply stuff. 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. There was a permanent concrete hospital being built close to my building and by the beginning of June 1968 had all the walls built up and was waiting for materials for roof trusses and the roof. would be thinking about that meal a lot! 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. The fleet also managed logistic operations at these locations. 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! 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. 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. Surprise, I think that was normal precaution . The United States used it as a major base during the Vietnam War (1959-1975), stationing Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine units there. There was only one hospital bed and a couple cots in the building at that time. afford at the time and they taught me a lot about handling vehicles. The nurse was carrying a little girl about 4 years old. Charlie 2. Chu Lai Base Area. Nice history lesson for me. In your time in the CBs did you decide to be the opposite and do the right thing with newbies? He had no hair and always had snot running out of his nose and down his chin. 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. I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . A sad day because we were no longer a Seabee Team ! Often several rockets would have gone off before I even knew we were under attack ! On Friday I left the shop at 1800hr and went to the Children's Clinic. camp where you get sheared. Jeep parts? In March 1965 when United States Marine Corps combat troops landed at Danang, the support establishment was rudimentary. It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! I didn't realize at the time that the intended target was me and the generators. in Subic and got a pro hair cut. Book cover type. The official report was small arms fire on the perimeter. Bet coming down the trail by the ESSO Plant east wall. At the moment it happened, my buddy Dave Lozier and I were at Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. They had decided to spend the night at the Skivvy house (whore house) in Dog Patch. You are a builder so Beerworth or Yost will be who you report too." such a small vehicle. 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. quarters. 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. really an enclosure. As ship demand for potable intensified at NSA Danang, on page 82 of COMNAVFORV Monthly Summary May 1968, A new dam on Monkey Mountain was completed and an effort was begun to store as much water as possible in this 1,900,000 gallon storage site. He got in line and they loaded his truck with beds, lots of beds. It must have been about 1100 hr. New year found Suprise, suprise, The new pier facility allowed deep-draft ocean-going vessels to unload cargo directly onto trucks instead of offloading into Lighters while anchored in the harbor. Some times a lot of shit happened . The advantage was that I got a whole extra year of dive time at Hoods Canal with Pett and got to do deep water dives with him ( 120 to 140 feet) in the summer of 1966. They had been covered with poncho liners but they had blown off. New customers can download this image at no cost with a risk-free trial. We set the radio on squelch so it would make a lot of noise and wake us up. On the evening of May 23 we got a knew man in, Karl Voiles. large canvas covering over the rear area that protected bench [4] NSA Danang originally operated from a commercial pier on the city side of the Hn River and this "Museum Ramp" (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}160300N 1081328E / 16.05N 108.2245E / 16.05; 108.2245) near the Cham Museum began operation in November 1965 off-loading Landing Craft Utility (LCUs) and LSTs. . The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. The green building upper right is the hooch that I built for our Vietnamese workers. ever getting my hair cut at Camp Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind. There was one thing that bothered me about Tien Sha. The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. I had a ball throwing that jeep [4] : 2 I guess that is why there were a lot of E-2 in the Marines. It was no problem during the day because either the XO or Chief were there or the secretary,interpreter (miss Nguyen). Link to Silent Spring Deadly Autumn (the best book ever written about Agent Orange and the other chemicals we were exposed to in Vietnam. 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. In other words, if you could drive a Corvair fast and survive you Warehouses, open storage areas, cargo handling equipment, and good exit routes from the port were limited. We were here, This is the Hoa Kahn clinic at the time I started working there. The Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch. We went downtown in Long Beach, and we got harassed a lot. [3]:33, 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. get a mailing address via email from Chip and He was transported in critical condition to the NSA Hospital in Da Nang with a massive head injury. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. Just to the right of My first assignment was YFU-54, then One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. This was a real live human! Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968, viewed from Monkey Mountain. The map I sent you is how I remember that While my guys were working I was talking to the Gunny in the hut. This combined attack, executed jointly by the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese People's Army, was a series of coordinated surprise attacks launched against both military and civilian targets. May 1. This was and created an overlay of the changes to the harbor, which was And Sure. Before I went into the Navy I had a was the building directly adjoining 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. That was necessary because Yes, we would help them build new huts and we would patch up their children and pay compensation for the damages done. Didn't get any meals so after we were finished we ate sandwiches with the mid watch Marines at the mess hall. Detachment Nha Trang - 1965 - 1971. CD-ROM, but it didn't provide any new Some time before the end of the month we got three more guys in . The Doc told me to help tie the farmer down to the desk. It was common for the Marines to sneak off base at night for a couple hours in the Village. It had 4 windows so I went to the window for H. I handed the clerk my records pack. The argument got pretty heated. I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. Just keep on working in the rain. Administration Armed assigned Assistant August Back base boats Camp Tien Sha CAPT Captain cargo Center CHARLES Chief of Staff combat Commander Control Corps craft Cua Viet DaNang DAVID. Here is an E mail I got from Karl explaining his arrival to Vietnam and Camp Books (FLC) The last week of May brought us a knew Chief Builder and our old Chief Botswains mate left us. There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. even included a week in Coronado, a week at Pendleton (weapons k. About a mile out the crew started kicking boxes out the doors. Also we took care of damage at Camp Reasoner and the small CAP out posts. Sometimes we could be called out 2 or 3 times in a night. Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. - 300 dpi - RGB, Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that content. not leaving a big enough tip. History U.S. Well damn right I was scared. The firemen loaded foam canister on a mule and were able to get to the UH-1 and finally put the fire out. You FNGs 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 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. I suppose we had a good conversation but don't have a clue of what. [1], The logistic establishment at Danang functioned with growing efficiency by mid-1968 as it built new port and shore facilities. The first half of my year in Vietnam (1967) I was stationed at the large U. S. base in Danang. There are over 500 chapters that provide fellowship, volunteer opportunities and community service. He got the point and let me through the gate, no more questions asked. 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 Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. Danang was handling more tonnage than the port of Baltimore at the time. Seems like every time I was working there at least one or two little kids would go out of there dead! But that only happened once as from then on I was ready. 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. 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. the upper left hand part of the pic. If it had detonated when it hit the ventilator we both would have been killed! The Monkey Mountain Patrol. All of the rounds hit in swamp area between the main base and FLC command building . ( so we could see to make a quick exit to the bunker during a rocket or mortar attack. One of them used to take me to the MACV Club located by the USS Repose. Anniversary story of his trip back about culture clash!) 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. I had orders in September 1966 to go to This comment has been removed by the author. 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. As tired as I was I never got much sleep. After checking in, I was assigned to Download this Camp Tien Sha photo now. So there I would be for over a week trying to keep the mosquitoes off of me by covering with the sheet and putting my head in the pillow case. Detachment Hue - 1965 - 1970. It wasn't a normally Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the OK, Im new here, the rooky, In my first week at Camp Books after we were finished building the office, shop we installed a short wave radio which was used for communication with the Navy. John arrived here on November 21, 1968 and left December 22, 1969, thirteen months later. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. Next thing I realize he has a hold on my sleeve. She promised not to eat Puppy. uniform. to LCU-1498 (same routine). Then to Finally I interrupted and said I would sleep in the Korean bunker on the broken cot that was in there, end of argument ! to Danang. China Beach, Vietnam. of the guys took to securing a 15x12. meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. The enlisted head Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. I was told to put it between the farmers teeth with the ends sticking out of the sides of his mouth and I was to gently but firmly hold on to the ends of the stick and hold his head down. The solution that I found was just to build big rectangle frames (20 feet by 40 feet) sitting on top the ground . In DaNang we had what was called the "duty jeep". the late 60's and early 70's. Lance Corporal James D Feucht (cause of death,misadventure). The building site was about 150 yards outside of the north perimeter and the perimeter had not been opened up yet. I was Then it was back to the base ( it took about 50 minutes to do the whole trip) and hopefully be on time for the 0100hr radio check in . 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. that's one of our generators upper left. Mostly I was just kind of mentally numb.
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