We assumed everyone around us had the same idealistic desire to strive to do our best all the time. On February 10, 1970, SN Robert T. Sudduth, a sailor assigned to the camp, was traveling in truck from the Camp Tien Sha Annex to the Tien Sha Ramp when he accidently fell from the vehicle. Short EM3 Camp Tien Sha Fire Department. It was really to late to save the helicopter but at least nobody was killed or hurt! Go to vintagefilmarsenal.com to purchase a full-length 31min DVD of "Tien Sha and Da Nang 1969" -- home movies filmed at Camp Tien Sha and DaNang, including . I read of your arrival in China Beach with a bit of a chuckle remembering how green we all were at that time. This was the closest skivvy house to Camp Books , a very short walk. Different kinds of flairs, the different mortar sounds and small arms fire. Later I built a wash building and cook shack just about where these cots and the officers are standing. This is the first Poem that I wrote in Vietnam and is about the two marines killed in the skivvy house. The main supply base for the Marines in I Corp was at Tien Sha near the coast in Da Nang. Yes that's me smiling up from the 122mm rocket crater. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. Some of the women were in their early twenties, so there is still hope. It became the headquarters for all U.S. But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! nstar48; Media item; Jan 30, 2008; korean engineers maintenance control division vietnam war year 1968; . ), and on the day, before I was to leave, I hitched a ride headed to Camp Tien Sha on the east side of Da Nang where I was to be processed out. Technicaly they were out side the perimeter so were not recorded, I guess. Yes that's puppy and our new steel worker (Calhoun). Did he live or die? We were told that we were teaching them skills so they would be able to have a useful job. I pretty much walked the whole base then back to the EM club for a cold beer The after noon of May 14, I had a work order to make escape doors out of the back of FLC (Force Logistics Command) administration building. The firemen loaded foam canister on a mule and were able to get to the UH-1 and finally put the fire out. I felt sorry for the other guys in the truck with me . I am sure this little girl will be my last thought when I punch out from this world. Craig Taylor was pulled from the job to go work another project.He had also gotten cement poisoning in a cut on his foot so would not be able to help on any more concrete work. A love affair. Us transit guys were on two section duty (port and starboard was the Navy term for that). Nights in Vietnam were uncomfortable at best. I faked being a doctor from the USA and was shown around a little. very first day of war. Our generators were not even running yet so I heard the rocket coming in. Coate would send dog food care packages to Judy. It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! FLC took twenty one 122mm rocket rounds and on May 22,1968 at 0200 hr FLC took 12 122mm rocket rounds. I asked about the little girl and the doc said she had died Thursday night. Right at daybreak back in '69, I was sent on a dangerous mission in Danang. Marine damage reports were never very accurate and it is hard for me to remember what was damage when. So after the 2400 check in I would jump in the truck with M-16 and ammo. Well I answered once about the FNGs. The camp was quickly expanded to include 25 new barracks able to accommodate an additional 1700 men, together with a . 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. I think it was on May 22,Wednesday when I was on the night radio,phone watch that I wrote my poem about this event. Vietnam Memorial Monument Mobile Memorial Museum . So over time it was easier to just not know anyone. Re: Vietnam Nam vet wants to see war sites. By 1969 I was and RM3 in the White Elephant (an old French Fort in downtown Da Nang) where the commanding Admiral was located. I went to my CO and asked to help. Well guess what ? He got in line and they loaded his truck with beds, lots of beds. Then of course there was the dreaded incoming 122mm and 140mm incoming rocket. 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 ! Everyone was busy as hell and I didn't have any idea as to what was going on. Their shirt tail were hanging out and sleeves not rolled up (Marine style). VVA's goals . The Post office was about 75 yards from my hootch. by the time they got to us AWC# 5 we would be awake (hopefully) and report in. With chow finished I had the rest of Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. There was a young mother with several kid and grandma and grandpa. The year 1968 was the year of the Tet Offensive including Khe Sanh and Hue City. 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. This 800-page book provides a meticulous catalogue of American facilities during the Vietnam War -- bases large and small, BOQs, BEQs and memorials -- which were named for individuals who had fallen in battle in this war of our youth. Dearest Rita, I just finished a quick letter to my folks first one since I've been here. When I started working on this clinic project I was full of good feelings as to how we were helping these poor Vietnamese people. One night I was called out for some lights on the west perimeter. Well I never did hear from Barbee. Our electricians went to wire up the building for electricity. The day we put up our sign . For Australia U.S. Navy occurred with fire spreading to the task - 426th s amp! The two guys shot in the skivvy house that night were, Pvt. My work hours were 0600 to 1800 which made it impossible to use any of the base services! Memoir of my time served with the Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, during the Vietnam war. [3]: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. Port side of APL-30 (Auxiliary Personnel Lighter) or barracks craft. Was I scared ? The lumber and wood crates in upper right was the start of our lumber yard. One night I stood a four hour office watch and another night I was on a four hour barracks fire watch. The Chief did manage to get bedding (Ha,Ha) I got one bed sheet and one pillow case. Drive out the back gate and about 2 miles to the Navy Seabee base. 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 . View from bow of LCM. Well we Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. Ya, we continued our work and started building my hooch. March 29, 1969. Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. Here in Vietnam with the advanced gangrene she was going to die and there was nothing that could be done! He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. 40 reviews. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. This is the Hoa Kahn clinic at the time I started working there. Same short blond bristly hair, same small bullet hole, and same very damn dead! To know all the different sounds was to be able to read what was happening at night and how safe I was. One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. Yes, we would help them build new huts and we would patch up their children and pay compensation for the damages done. Had tied their hands behind their backs and executed them. My body was always waiting to react. Because I had to fend for myself I did help the newbies who moved into my hooch. On Tuesday May 14 I finished my hooch and settled into the corner right inside the door. Within a hundred feet of the generators. Guest 31-Aug-2016 02:35: . He had a little Vietnamese kid with him about 8 years old. It was a real learning experience for the three of us. Price which includes postage (Media Mail) and insurance. Some time that day the Catholic Priest who was in charge of the clinic and also the Da Nang orphanage showed up . The nurse in the center of the picture is the one who helped amputate the farmers legs. Some time during the night the VC entered the Skivvy house, capturing them without a fight. So back around to the front of the hut and to work on the awning . Clayton Beerworth and I were working on major repairs there by 0600 and the Mess hall was in operation more or less by that evening although it took a couple more days to get it up to 100% . Liked the Oriental rock bands came to the Club: Christopher, Eric: RD3: Mar 1970 - May 1971: Naval Support Activity Danang: YFU 73 - a flat bottomed Skilak. Pham Ba went around back to take a pee. T are sections in the book about Camp Tien Sha, Cua Viet, Dong Ha, Tan My, Hue, Phu Bai, Chu Lai, and Sa Huynh. Coate was not there to know about Puppy. So my hooch would now have 5 of us. to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working It was at maximum power and flying very fast. I was 19 years old when I got my orders to go to Vietnam. Sunday late afternoons we were able to get over to the Red Beach causeway and get in some water sessions. that's one of our generators upper left. Wittig, a seaman aboard the USS Pocono LCC 16 who . You FNGs 6 years ago. If you served in Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind. It was a horrifying thing to watch. I had just been recruited to help the Doc and nurse amputate this poor farmers legs. 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. Our mess hall, about 70 yards from my hootch took a direct hit on the serving line and kitchen area. Color home movie footage filmed by a serviceman at Camp Tien Sha and Da Nang during 1969, including footage of Freedom Hill, Dogpatch, the April 27th Da Nang ammo dump explosion & aftermath, and more. He expired nine days later. That episode followed rioting along China Beach by black . The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. African Americans perceived racial issues. It was not exactly what you would call a state of the art mental hospital ! It was losing altitude and we were wondering if they would make it. Detachment Phu Bai - 1965 -1970. Relations outside of combat were typified by racial tension and violence. Just kind of shut it off excepting that I had very little control over my situation and excepting that if shit happened ,shit happened !! didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. It had been built the end of April so was brand new. He was wearing his best short timers uniform. So now I know why the sniping stopped. 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. Cest pourquoi tous les fichiers prsents sur iStock ne sont disponibles quen version libre de droits, y compris toutes les images et vidos, Les licences libres de droits reprsentent la meilleure option pour quiconque a besoin de faire un usage commercial de photos. Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the I had to make a quick exit when the patients got excited when I walked towards the main ward! 5440 x 3520 px (46,06 x 29,80 cm) - 300 dpi - RVB, Les licences libres de droits vous permettent de ne payer quune fois pour utiliser des images et des vidos protges par un droit dauteur dans des projets personnels ou commerciaux de manire continue, sans paiement supplmentaire chaque nouvelle utilisation desdits contenus. There was one thing that bothered me about Tien Sha. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. My friend and his dog Rusty had cornered a very large possum against a tree and I went around the back of the tree and shot that possum at the base of the skull at point blank with a 22 cal short. Back at the hootch the Seabees got in a major debate about where to put me. side was a area called Bridge Ramp which was where the Navy LSTs would pull in APL-30 and dock at Da Nang harbor. The two crew members jumped out just under the flames .They carried their M-60 machine guns. Made a very good impression on me, I didn't even consider it my whole time in Vietnam ! The tracer rounds stopped ,I gave it a couple minutes and got in the truck and sped on my way back to the shop! Just keep on working in the rain. I was in country from June 1969 to June 1970. Camp Tien Sha. We needed to replace the awning over the entry door that was about to fall off. Well I had 11 months to go and it was going to be a very long 11 months ! Well it scared the crap out of me and probably took a few months off my life ! I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. Here they surfed, sunbathed, and tried to forget the war they would soon return to. Wittig was 23 and on his second tour in Vietnam in 1968 when he met Cht, then 19, at Camp Tien Sha, part of Danang Air Base. The Marines in that ambush had fired on me to scare me because they thought I was the duty officer making the rounds. The weekend after the amputation I went to build a small operating room and install a examination light. On Friday I left the shop at 1800hr and went to the Children's Clinic. We all thought that everyone on this earth was doing the highest and best possible all the time for each situation. Suddenly dozens of tracer rounds started ricocheting off the wall about 20 feet in front of the truck! The shop door are between the 2 telephone poles. Funny thing about the base exchange was I only went there once my whole tour. Nang officers billeting ! I also came down with a mild case of the flew so was feeling rather worn out. Boy life was improving a lot. Luxury. It was creepy doing that trip to the causeway. Why are you here in Vietnam ? Didnt take long to figure out that everyone could see that you were a FNG. Necessarily, more is lost to time than is remembered. You have destroyed my country and my family! The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. [3]:8, In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.[4]. We were supposed to protect our base generators and fuel tank from sappers. Another interesting point is the H&S Co. It was where the French first landed in the 19th Century in their quest to control the area and where . Thursday morning we stripped the forms and started building the framing of the first building. Trouvez d'autres images libres de droits dans la collection d'iStock, qui contient des photos de Vietnam facilement tlchargeables. Tlchargez ds aujourd'hui la photo Camp Tien Sha. 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. As such a small group we couldn't do the standard Navy 4 hour watch. on 6 Oct 1972 . We went downtown in Long Beach, and we got harassed a lot. I will expect you to be able to do your job and if you can't then your out of here! 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. The building site was about 150 yards outside of the north perimeter and the perimeter had not been opened up yet. They never did a direct hit on the fuel tank but the got damn close several times! I didn't understand at that time the danger of rocket attacks. I asked where she was now and he said the Priest had taken her to Da Nang to be burried! This is our new Chief Builder. It is very likely this was were the Marines were killed . 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! They had been covered with poncho liners but they had blown off. Work started at 0700 hr and we got off at 1700 hr. ( Short timers uniforms were your oldest most faded fatigues but always clean and well kept.) Les nouveaux clients peuvent tlcharger cette image en profitant de notre offre dessai gratuit sans engagement. 03/11/66 - Harvey L. Engel, QM1, Lincoln, NE. I am searching for anyone who may recall serving with me in the Seabees at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang between 1969-1971. In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha.:33. But that only happened once as from then on I was ready. I was going to have to hit the ground running if I intended to stay with this team. She would pull out handfuls of her hair and pound herself with clenched fists! Cela profite tout le monde. In the future I It was a long miserable cold 12 hour night. Book cover type. In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha (Tin Sa) . These positive relations were largely a reflection of the fact that black and white soldiers in combat were heavily dependent on one another. (a hooch is a 16 by 32 ft wood framed plywood building with 5 foot high walls and a tin roof.) I don't remember when I stopped doing work at the Children's clinic, Maybe the end of June or early July. world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental The authorized stockage list for Vietnam was reduced from a high of 297,000 different items in July 1967 to 74,900 items in March 1971, without any loss of the high quality of support provided to the combat forces. Then walk the length of pier re-installing any buffer pads that might have come out. THIS IS A FULL Collection of 4 pages of FIRE BASES, AIR FORCE BASES, Naval and Medical, BROWN WATER Naval, and any and all bases DOD during the Vietnam War 1963 to 1975. Bet coming down the trail by the ESSO Plant east wall. 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. Jan 30, 2008. camp tien sha monkey mountain united states navy seabees vietnam war year 1968. Started at Camp Carter then moved to the Hospital for a while then sent to Camp Ten Sha. On May 15 I had finished 6 or 8 escape doors. That was my first time seeing dead Marines. Nice history lesson for me. 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. What the F is wrong with her? BU3 Hovanec expired July 7, 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. That is the only time I had to get clothing issue. 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. Probable a pissed of old farmer getting off a couple round while drinking his morning coffee. I jumped into the fighting hole beside the post and yelled at the Marines there "holy shit some one is shooting at me!" (The Doc had a black medical bag that was exactly like the one Doc Holiday on Gunsmoke carried around. Camp Haskins, Da Nang, Vietnam, served as headquarters of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, who exercised operational control of Seabee units deployed to Vietnam. I took all the materials that I thought I would need to build the cement forms for my strong backs. I was a certified SCUBA diver. It was in a large dirt field 150 yards outside of the north perimeter. It is long gone. On the left Then to Travis, Hawaii, Subic Bay (and shore patrol in Olongapo), then to Danang. When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? . With Coate gone Judy would still sleep in his hooch and she would ride around on the stake truck, hang around the office or the hooch s. Judy hated Marines, and Vietnamese men but she was alright with Vietnamese women as long as they treated her nice. His name was Coate and he was a 3rd class yeoman. I was 19 but not a drinker. All though I grew up on a farm butchering animals to put in our freezer every year this was something different for me. It's claim to fame was that it had a black prostitute. Sleeping in that bunker was not good.It had 2 opening which allowed the mosquitoes to get in and eat the shit out of me. Beddoe. Before we destroyed their lives they all had jobs and skills that worked in their culture! Da Nang East. 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. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. There hours were 0800 to1700 so it was impossible for me to go. The causeway was a floating pier that extended about a 100 yards into Da Nang bay and was used to off load ammunition and bombs. What was done was done! APL-30 or barracks craft in docks at Da Nang Harbor. It was the UH-1 trailing smoke. I'm at camp Tien Sha at Da Nang now . 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. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. Danang, VN _ _ DS CS: 1964: Feb 1973: Detachment Bravo, FLTSUPDET, Navcomsta, PI. Some times a lot of shit happened . The new wood frame building that I did was behind the camera. I think that maybe it was a way to help get my thoughts together, write the event down and then move on. Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. 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. My day was done!! Yes, everyone called him soccer ball head ! I got used to the nights but was never comfortable enough to sleep well. Not all the time but sometimes . "Ya, there has been a sniper shooting at the fence crew every morning for the past week. Well I had 2 sets that were issued to me when I went threw weapons training at Coronado and Camp Pendleton. 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