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 This comment has been removed by the author. It was just after 1700 so I was good. 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. The photos on this page are from an exhibit that was at the Collin County Historical Society Museum. while we were starting the wall framing we heard the sound of a UH-1 helicopter. Then walk the length of pier re-installing any buffer pads that might have come out. Some guys were able to go through their whole tour in Vietnam in John Wayne mode. 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). In the fall of 1966 I was transferred Bringing the War Home . . . (II) | News | The Harvard Crimson Pretty big load for 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. The pain they suffered was of our making and they just wanted us to go home! say I rarely ventured onto the left things. At the moment it happened, my buddy Dave Lozier and I were at Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. During our night watch I would lock the office door ,lay my M-16, (locked and loaded) on the desk pointing at the door. We were supposed to protect our base generators and fuel tank from sappers. Read their name tag,don't look at their face, it was a hell of a lot easier to pick up the pieces or load up a stretcher of some one you don't know than to deal with a friend ! They were all in alignment with our generators. Danang, Naval Support Activity, Operations, Lighterage, U-Boats. It was losing altitude and we were wondering if they would make it. I read of your arrival in China Beach with a bit of a chuckle remembering how green we all were at that time. 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. In other words, if you could drive a Corvair fast and survive you Surprise, I think that was normal precaution . I would share it with my team mates but a lot of it I gave to the Vietnamese children at the Clinic or whenever I worked off base. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! 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. It really, really broke my heart! China Beach, Vietnam. It was what those I don't remember when I stopped doing work at the Children's clinic, Maybe the end of June or early July. 44 Declassified Vietnam War Photos Taken By U.S. Army Photographers View Gallery History is not a fixed set of facts. 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. Some The guy on the right had black hair, he had been shot with a small caliber pistol right where the skull meets the spine. There was a Marine listening ambush set up outside the perimeter in that area. Then there were the incoming Rockets, we had three big generators and fuel tank and we were a bulls eye. He was laying on his back and we had tied his arms (wrists) to the legs on one end of the desk and then had tide his upper thighs to the other legs of the desk. Barracks damage in Danang, Vietnam - 1967 | The first half o | Flickr maps) office in the White Elephant. ! We needed to replace the awning over the entry door that was about to fall off. right , Huan one of my carpenters. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. We were here, One night I stood a four hour office watch and another night I was on a four hour barracks fire watch. 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 . to develop this map. He lets fly with 8 or 10 rounds then he is done for the day. the upper left hand part of the pic. Retro. snakes and other items of entertainment. Our shop the day we put up our sign and officially became Area Work Center #5. I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. From March to July 1965, III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) troops delivered supplies to the units in the field while the Seventh Fleet ran port operations. a small cargo plane in the middle of the night, all I We were told that we were teaching them skills so they would be able to have a useful job. 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. I would have to wait a few more days for that to start. Local Page TIMES-MIRROR and OBSERVER Section B WARREN, PA., WEDNESDAY. Some part of it was always listening to what was going on . We got danger close rockets in that area often. Danang was handling more tonnage than the port of Baltimore at the time. 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. Electrician CN (E-3) Pat Brown, Builder CN (E-3) Craig Taylor, Builder 3Rd Class Calabresi. One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . loved cars and fast driving. Well I never did hear from Barbee. "Honcho come", he pulls me around the Quonset hut, his eyes were as big as saucers! standing duty after working hours you were pretty much alone. I joined the Navy Reserve and went to Viet Nam anyway. Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. 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. ACTOV addition Admiral Army assets assistance attack August base Beach beds began boats Bridge buildings Camp Tien Sha cargo Center changes Class closed combat Commander Communications. It There was a young mother with several kid and grandma and grandpa. 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. He was wearing his best short timers uniform. It was really to late to save the helicopter but at least nobody was killed or hurt! It was in a large dirt field 150 yards outside of the north perimeter. Yes that's me smiling up from the 122mm rocket crater. vehicle I took full advantage of it! Friday was an interesting day. In the future I Later after they landed it became obvious that they were throwing out the ammo boxes so they wouldn't explode when they landed. It was a long miserable cold 12 hour night. of the guys took to securing a Work started at 0700 hr and we got off at 1700 hr. 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. middle , Mr Kim a Korean Philco Ford electrician . to DaNang. 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. Here is a poem that I wrote about the helicopter. k. world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental You got to do what you got to do ! Stephen was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving state side and in Vietnam at Camp Tien Sha, Danang. The truck dropped us at the work sight. Naval Support Activity DaNang (1965-1970), the U.S. Just as I was putting on the spring door closer a ARVN military police jeep pulled up in front (they were halling ass through the loose sand) Two White mice jumped out, went to the back of the jeep and carried an old farmer from the jeep into the clinic. He got the point and let me through the gate, no more questions asked. Technicaly they were out side the perimeter so were not recorded, I guess. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. I was to hear FNG Individuality, not. I have never found any but I still have hope. Vietnam, Museum, Photos, Hanoi Hilton - 351days-in-da-nang The other time was that day in boot We were not part of the Marine Civil Affair but worked independent of them. It seemed a bit strange to see everything so neat and tidy when map to the right is intended to be used as a It might be inaccurate in some details, suffice to say, I arrive there again.. Joe Witmeyer shares this 50th The mountain is in the background. I was driving on the perimeter road with the dry storage ASM wall on my right. 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. and drop their bow ramps. camp where you get sheared. Although the rules were they had to go back and check out. Soon there were Marines all over the place. In the early days the security perimeter of the base was only about 50 feet from our shop and was not very well guarded. It wasn't a normally Drive out the back gate and about 2 miles to the Navy Seabee base. U.S. MARINES IN VIETNAM THE DEFINING YEAR 1968. by. Memoir of my time served with the Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, during the Vietnam war. The kids head had been stitched up and looked just like a soccer ball. heads all in an area I'd call around [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 went back to my cubicle crawled into bed, ending my All in the name of saving them from Communism. Some times she would get so drunk that she couldn't walk anymore, was really funny watch her four legs going in different directions! Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 1122 | Welcome home! because of all the flares in the mountains next to the base. Over 130 rough terrain and warehouse forklifts and 20 cranes eased cargo handling. The next weekend I asked about the farmer ? One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. know what it was about "shower Rank Among Most Heavily Sprayed Provinces in Vietnam. and to listen to music. After the little girl died I never went back to the clinic. Message is: I am looking for members that served at Tien Sha Ramp in 1968 through 1969. 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. The sound had carried down the valley making it sound very close, then it would die down then get loud again, very strange how the sound bounced around the walls of the valley. Well I had 11 months to go and it was going to be a very long 11 months ! 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. (my home base). a shower enclosure that wasn't UKC Forums - China Beach, Vietnam - United Kennel Club map and make modifications, please email your As tired as I was I never got much sleep. this place, wearing only "shower Vietnam Vet? - 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. I went home in August 1967, My Vietnamese had never even figured out what was happening and were still hunkered down by the lumber pile. The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. Boy life was improving a lot. . Storage areas ashore were limited by space and access. The wounded are only those who were medivaced to a hospital. background old PTF Base and Monkey Here is the letter I wrote my parents on May 15, 1968. I took my time cooling myself off in that shower then went Soon we came to the bridge across the Han River. bgmarshall@aol.com. because of all the flares in the mountains next to the base. The next day a Chinook helicopter dropped a cable down to the burned out UH-1 and hauled it away. I was a certified SCUBA diver. There were no boat parts in supply The War - The Boy in the Apple Orchard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. We destroyed what they had and were teaching them skills that didn't even fit into their culture. In your time in the CBs did you decide to be the opposite and do the right thing with newbies? For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. Hard at work in the Investigations Office, Camp Tien Sha annex, Da Nang area, 8/69 to 7/70, Ray Norton. 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. Guess earlier generations of residents at Camp Fay had their Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 | MilitaryImages.Net thought about was the airbase in Danang was under attack, Remember the talk we got about staying away from the prostitutes that I got my first day in Vietnam? Was I scared ? I am sure this little girl will be my last thought when I punch out from this world. I slowly walked around the trailer checking them out. We weren't expecting any new men and we don't have the time to train you. blocked. Book description. there. The Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch. "Ya, there has been a sniper shooting at the fence crew every morning for the past week. It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. 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. It was where the French first landed in the 19th Century in their quest to control the area and. He told me step by step every detail. I faked being a doctor from the USA and was shown around a little. On the "left side" was all the [1] In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. Fishing Boats of Da Nang in The solution that I found was just to build big rectangle frames (20 feet by 40 feet) sitting on top the ground . this pic is. cors.archive.org Nang officers billeting ! PDF U.s. Naval Mobii.e Construction Battalion Three I went to my CO and asked to help. Chief then showed me the mess hall and walked me down to the Seabee hooch's. So my hooch would now have 5 of us. 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. But I don't consider myself as one. 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. Camp Horn - Wikipedia The fleet also managed logistic operations at these locations. 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. We had no black out lights on our trucks so we would have been any easy target for anyone who decided that they were going to kill us! 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. Familiar Places - NSA/NSF DaNang Veterans Association Don't try to cross in to the base as there were mines. 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. Travis, Hawaii, Subic Bay (and shore patrol in Olongapo), then to specialty up the Cua Viet to Dong Ha, where we supported the Marines The events highlighted in yellow directly affected 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. It became the headquarters for all U.S. Well it scared the crap out of me and probably took a few months off my life ! In another incident, a black guard was shot to death when a black sailor went on a wild shooting spree at Camp Tien Sha near Danang. The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. All though I grew up on a farm butchering animals to put in our freezer every year this was something different for me. Just to the right of She is always with me ! worked that jeep to it's limits and had a highly entertaining time
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