A refugee family was living in a lean too in Dog Patch south . I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. I was Relations outside of combat were typified by racial tension and violence. Well I answered once about the FNGs. Seabees, initially using materials pre-stocked before the war in Advanced Base Functional Component packages, constructed three deep-draft piers for oceangoing ships, two 300 feet (91m) wooden piers an LST causeway and the Bridge Cargo Complex that consisted of a 1,600 feet (490m) long wharf, 300,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage space and 500,000 square feet of covered storage space. In March 1965 when United States Marine Corps combat troops landed at Danang, the support establishment was rudimentary. I wish I would have known about it then! NMCB THREE Main Body Flights consisting of three passenger . of any of that. I have spent countless hours over the past 15 years driving my motorbike around the Camp Books area looking for any of our workers. Another thing that screwed up the night for us was our night radio, phone watch, it was a real bitch ! Style attributes. Fishing Boats of Da Nang in The Post office was about 75 yards from my hootch. So much for getting Sunday off. When we arrived at Red Beach the Seabee team shop was a mad house. and I was just finishing up the door. Cat Lo Naval Base. We were not part of the Marine Civil Affair but worked independent of them. Back at the hootch the Seabees got in a major debate about where to put me. the late 60's and early 70's. 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! technical and supply stuff. DaNang aerial photograph It was reported in an Email that National Geographic Magazine somewhere between Jan. 1967 and June 1968 had an aerial photograph of DaNang with enough detail to get the CIA uptight. As soon as they caught on they would take on that task and I would move on to the next. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. Rank Among Most Heavily Sprayed Provinces in Vietnam. Not all the time but sometimes . Browse millions of high-quality stock photos, illustrations, and videos. vehicle I took full advantage of it! there was a war going on. Vietnam Vet?
Vietnam War Home Movies Tien Sha & Da Nang 1969 ammo dump - YouTube Surprisingly, I never step foot on a ship, I was always stationed in Navy hospitals. about culture clash!) So off to Camp Tien Sha to get my gear and check out. I could see through the gauze and there was some kind of wound underneath that looked like velvet. because of all the flares in the mountains next to the base. 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. me at Port Services, then I was tasked with setting up a chart (and This is the near miss at our Post office. (my home base). and the LT moved to the Da. C Chi Base Camp. I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there.
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Barracks damage in Danang, Vietnam - 1967 | The first half o | Flickr Category:Military bases of the Vietnam War - Fandom Over the months as I got to know my Vietnamese and they opened up to me the most asked question they had for me. afford at the time and they taught me a lot about handling vehicles. We had devastated their economy and destroyed their infrastructure. The base appears to remain in use by the PAVN. It was not exactly what you would call a state of the art mental hospital ! I took this photofrom the stern of YFU 80 which was docked at SCRF, looking across Da Nang harbor at sunset. Individuality, not.
Maps of Heavily Sprayed Areas and Dioxin Hot Spots On the left 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 . [1], By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the 200,000 allied troops in I Corps. OK, Im new here, the rooky, 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. This was a Sunday afternoon BBQ about 1800 hr. The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. 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. 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. to return to The day we put up our sign . That episode followed rioting along China Beach by black . Just keep on working in the rain. Some of the women were in their early twenties, so there is still hope. New customers can download this image at no cost with a risk-free trial. 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 . 2023 iStockphoto LP. It was kind of like the work orders I got. ( very much reminds me of cutting up chickens at butchering time). The memory of this little girl and the events at the Children's hospital are the reason I never had children of my own. I sure didn't void The VC had taken their 782 gear (combat gear, weapons and ammo) and bugged out. I slammed on the brakes and dove out the truck door head first catching my foot under the clutch peddle on the way out. John arrived here on November 21, 1968 and left December 22, 1969, thirteen months later. I hated that phone, radio, air conditioning and black coffee! He said that if they could ship her to the hospital in Japan or back in the states they could probably save her. February 1969. "personal" shower head and keeping The building to the right of the Post office was the base exchange and it took a shit load of shrapnel from this hit. Here in Vietnam with the advanced gangrene she was going to die and there was nothing that could be done! I didn't understand at that time the danger of rocket attacks. That was the LTs first rocket attack and he didn't react fast enough. Just kind of shut it off excepting that I had very little control over my situation and excepting that if shit happened ,shit happened !! Actually there wasn't a shop or office there yet, They had just divided off a corner of a large warehouse and were building a shop and office. The Doc narrated as he worked, what he was doing, what he was going to do, when I should be prepared for the farmer to go ballistic! 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 . Link to video tour of . Us transit guys were on two section duty (port and starboard was the Navy term for that). two parts, right and left, I have to Suprise, suprise, PTF base at after working hours. The Marines broke out in laughter. Some time that day the Catholic Priest who was in charge of the clinic and also the Da Nang orphanage showed up . The Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch. I was never in harms way. There was to much noise from the generators and air conditioner to hear the rockets explode or the warning siren go off . to Danang. The sign on the mess hall door It was a horrifying thing to watch. Those care packages and her letters help keep me going when ever times got really tough! It was what those The engine suddenly stop and flames shot out the top of both side back door openings. head" screwed onto the pipe. The nurse laid across the farmers upper thighs to hold him in place. It had been a very busy month with a lot of things happening. 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. Honorably Discharged as a QM2(SS) in 1971ish. Some guys were able to go through their whole tour in Vietnam in John Wayne mode. What that means is we stood a four hour night watch every other night. 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 ! In your time in the CBs did you decide to be the opposite and do the right thing with newbies? [1], U.S. NSA Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965 under the operational control of Commander, III MAF.
There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. right out of there. After the little girl died I never went back to the clinic. ptfnasty.com and the DaNang section, I made a series of videos about the exhibit before it was closed. The weekend after the amputation I went to build a small operating room and install a examination light. not leaving a big enough tip.
Danang U.S. Naval Support Activity 1964-1973 - MRFA Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! Here are the Activity reports for May 1968 for the Marines in my AO (area of operation) . Later after they landed it became obvious that they were throwing out the ammo boxes so they wouldn't explode when they landed. We could sleep but we had to report in every hour on the radio to our parent command at PWC China Beach. bgmarshall@aol.com. whole story here. Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. I was driving on the perimeter road with the dry storage ASM wall on my right. Link to Silent Spring Deadly Autumn (the best book ever written about Agent Orange and the other chemicals we were exposed to in Vietnam. the "enlisted head" identified in There were no more shots that day but there would be on the next two mornings. We aren't sure where he is yet and haven't got permission to go after him! I was probably in as much in shock as the farmer. There was always something interesting to watch at Camp Books. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968. I forgotten how much it sucked being there? shoes" and one of the Vietnamese Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968, viewed from Monkey Mountain. 5440 x 3520 px (18.13 x 11.73 in.) Don't try to cross in to the base as there were mines. care of the base. Often several rockets would have gone off before I even knew we were under attack ! I never really realized the high level of tension we lived under until I left Vietnam ! 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. Camp Haskins, Da Nang, Vietnam, served as headquarters of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, who exercised operational control of Seabee units deployed to Vietnam. Nobody even knowing where from or if they had families. I believe we also tied him around the waist. The Brief. while we were starting the wall framing we heard the sound of a UH-1 helicopter. get a mailing address via email from Chip and I was later assigned to the Monkey Mountain Patrol. Our boat and one other transported the [1] In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. the fresh meat so what do I know about it. 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. hair cutting all my time there aside right , Huan one of my carpenters. Pham Ba went around back to take a pee. The "enlisted head" was pretty bare. The following information was emailed in to Right. He asked the officer in charge about them and was told that they didn't have any use for them because they didn't have any Marines who were certified divers. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. He was honorably discharged in 1968 after completing his tour in Vietnam, as Petty . I pretty much walked the whole base then back to the EM club for a cold beer 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. Paperback.
THE WALL OF FACES - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund We also had a land line (telephone) installed for communication with the Marines. submariines (SS) designated. My body was always waiting to react. said hours 1700 to 2100. He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. I don't know what the building I served there and just would like to hear from some of the guys that was there. DaNang Harbor. What the hell is that? I think that maybe it was a way to help get my thoughts together, write the event down and then move on. But I don't consider myself as one. There was a young mother with several kid and grandma and grandpa. "Ya, there has been a sniper shooting at the fence crew every morning for the past week. They were trying to fly that chopper to the safety of Camp Books. Our shop the day we put up our sign and officially became Area Work Center #5. It's the 4th largest city in Vietnam. [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. It really, really broke my heart! Our group that was sent to MST1 landed in Naval Communication Facility. 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. No. very first day of war.
Vietnam War Photos | Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122 ---- I spent the rest of the day until after dark alone in the shop building a foot locker. naval reserves just before graduating from high school in 1962. My Vietnamese workers were hunkered down by the lumber pile about 30 ft from me.Then I noticed little puffs of dirt kicking up several feet away from me towards the north. This article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. My day was done!! 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. I guess that is why there were a lot of E-2 in the Marines. Da Nang Cluster. Here is a poem that I wrote about the helicopter. Finally, the harsh northeast monsoon made cargo operations at Danang and throughout I Corps hazardous and difficult during the winter months.[1]. Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. this pic sure isn't it, at least ( 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.) what it is like now. From 1800 hours until 0600 we had to have some one stand watch. Bet coming down the trail by the ESSO Plant east wall. Then I started paying more attention. I have 'issues' from that crap hole as well.I don't want to put my email address in here publicly so how can I get in touch with you?Ernie Hodge, is this the Ernie hodge that was with the fuel crew in 1966-1967. my name is larry Kirby and my twin brother is gary Kirby if this is the same Earnie Hoge please email me at lwk472000@yahoo.vom. Biologist), and chaired the Diving Safety Board. She is always with me ! Some where along the line the nurse had done an IV drip. Made a very good impression on me, I didn't even consider it my whole time in Vietnam ! 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. U.S. 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. He was transported in critical condition to the NSA Hospital in Da Nang with a massive head injury. I spent 1968-72 in the US Navy, as a Corpsman (Medic). I'm considered a Vietnam Veteran, due to the dates I served. Fay, although it must have happened. 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. Detachment Cua Viet - 1967 - 1970. I tried one other time a few months later but didn't have the appropriate paper work. it for their personal use. He was standing about 10 feet from me and the first round of a rocket attack went through the ventilator on top of our building ,exactly four feet above the LTs head and exploded in the ware house bay next to our shop. 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. We were told that we were teaching them skills so they would be able to have a useful job. I had a ball throwing that jeep 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. Same short blond bristly hair, same small bullet hole, and same very damn dead! The mountain is in the background.
Did you serve in CAMP TIENSHA, DANANG,VIETNAM? - VetFriends Da Nang marks the halfway point between Hanoi in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the south. May 1. Additional responsibilities included harbor defense and the transshipment of cargo to the smaller ports in the region. painting rocks. Coate was not there to know about Puppy. aspects of it are certainly more memorable than the bad parts. Another interesting point is the H&S Co. I cried to myself on the way back to the base. 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. Our group that was sent to MST1 landed in We are the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122, based in Collin County, Texas. 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 ! Danang, Naval Support Activity, Operations, Lighterage, U-Boats. It was just after 1700 so I was good. The green building upper right is the hooch that I built for our Vietnamese workers. Naval Support Facility DaNang (1970-1972), and the Detachments. I was in country from June 1969 to June 1970. meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large Nobody bothered to help the new guy with the profoundly negative and dangerous war situation you found yourself in. Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. Only 364 more days to go! When I got on The firemen loaded foam canister on a mule and were able to get to the UH-1 and finally put the fire out.
Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968, viewed from Monkey Mountain. I dont know a damn thing so Download this Camp Tien Sha photo now. 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 . Was I scared ? Both of his legs had been pretty much blown off. Recent photo of Cheryl and me BU 3 Beerworth s crew took over and finished the walls and roof on Saturday May 18. Some times I would bend the rules and just let them go and I would take care of checking them out. You will use the chain of command ,don't come to me. camp where you get sheared. 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. The Docs loved coming to Hoa Kahn Clinic. [3]:8, In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.[4]. Book description. At that time the base fir truck showed up. On Tuesday May 14 I finished my hooch and settled into the corner right inside the door. June 29, 2022; creative careers quiz; ken thompson net worth unix LCU-1498, then the chart office at the White Elephant. Soon we came to the bridge across the Han River. 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 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. standing duty after working hours you were pretty much alone. This is the Hoa Kahn clinic at the time I started working there. waiting in transit at the Long Beach Naval Station, I got orders to [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. In DaNang we had what was called the "duty jeep".
Naval Support Activity Danang - Wikipedia It was about the most insane thing I had ever experienced and was hard for my mind to grasp what had just happened. those Nastie's were fun boats! That's how we got our beds, enough for everyone. Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. On May 21,1968 at 2400 hr. I would like to help you with your content on your website. I held the door open for them. So just go back to work and keep moving so he doesn't have a stationary target and you should be OK!" The ESSO fuel plant from the north east side where we were snorkeling. Closer and closer, the engine starting to whine! Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind.
Moore recalls serving in Vietnam | News | muskogeephoenix.com On Sunday most of my team mates loaded up our flat bed truck with building materials from our salvage yard. Some I was not in the bush and am grateful that I wasn't. We Boy life was improving a lot. It took until 2000 hours to finish that first slab. Nice history lesson for me. Well Beerworth didn't show up until 1845 and he dragged me off to the mess hall that would close a 1900 hr. The . He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. It became the headquarters for all U.S. To add your photos, please email them to webmaster@ccvva.org. would be thinking about that meal a lot! This is the poem I wrote about the little girl who died from gangrene. Don't go to Dog Patch at night and stay way from the prostitutes. CONTACT: VETERANS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS. blocked. really care. I spent 33 years They had been covered with poncho liners but they had blown off.
Camp Horn - Wikipedia That distance above us was only 4 feet. When Puppy was big enough our secretary, interpreter Miss Nguyen took Puppy home with her to Danang. Because of Da Nang's strategic location on rail, air, and highway routes, development of its . The fire was caused by a Air or artillery white phosphorus flare ( WP). We went downtown in Long Beach, and we got harassed a lot. [4]:33, Logistic vessels under the control of NSA Danang included Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM 3 & LCM 6) and LCU landing craft; harbor utility craft (YFU); small harbor tugs (YTL); open lighters (YC); refrigerated barges (YFRN); Army craft; and a refrigerator ship. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. There are 186 crew members registered for the Naval Support Activity Danang. Then after thinking about it I realized how wrong I was. area or any of the DaNang area, I will continue For that action, we were awarded the Naval Unit Commendation, the highest Naval or Marine award issued without action by the President. We looked a lot more hard corps than we were. probably had some car handling skills. that's one of our generators upper left. I didn't realize at the time that the intended target was me and the generators. He seemed totally comfortable and relaxed. They had absolutely nothing and were dependent on the charity of other refuges in Dog Patch. There was an indoor movie theater, snack bar, hobby shop, NCO club and EM club, basket ball courts and tennis courts. Alan on Haircuts Left Phung a Vietnamese carpenter and formerly a French foreign legion Major. As tired as I was I never got much sleep. It was to late to get him settled in because we were so incredibly busy with rocket attack damage. The Brief. and their 155 and 175 guns.
Stephen Marcoux Obituary (1947 - 2017) - Hoosick Falls, VT - Bennington There hours were 0800 to1700 so it was impossible for me to go. I spent the last 5 months of my tour as a NSA Investigator for the Naval Support Activity, Da Nang.
Camp Tien Sha Vietnam - Design-Apparel.com So that's what I did, went back to work. large canvas covering over the rear area that protected bench I could feel the rasping of that bone saw through the stick in the farmers mouth! I did spend plenty of time on Marine firebases around the Da Nang-Phu Bai area and spent time at a camp located at Phu Loc. [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. say I rarely ventured onto the left 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. There was a Marine listening ambush set up outside the perimeter in that area. Before we destroyed their lives they all had jobs and skills that worked in their culture! 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.
Familiar Places - NSA/NSF DaNang Veterans Association to DaNang. 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. 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 was one of the unlucky ones who ended up shoveling a lot of shit! Some part of it was always listening to what was going on . What we finally did was a one man 12 hour watch. [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.