It was what those 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. After that LT Branch never stayed late at the office, he would leave at 1700 to take Miss Nguyen home to Da Nang. The scarcity of lighterage and the heavy weather that often buffeted the harbor made ship-to-craft cargo transfers hazardous and inefficient. cold glasses of chocolate milk, ice cream and an apple to go. )The Doc gave me a large stick like a tongue depressor ,except bigger. with her work. You forget the bad things and you remember the good One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. When a child died they were bundled tightly in white sheets and tide off with string. the duty jeep normally delivered the crew to the base in the Then I started paying more attention. I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there. Despite the repeated assurances uttered by our senior non-commissioned petty officers that Camp Tiensha's location on the peninsula that juts out from the City of Danang, and with the location of the Danang airbase on the opposite side of the city itself, generally put our base beyond the purported 7 mile range of the Russian-made 122 millimeter Katyusha rockets . 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. It was just after 1700 so I was good. We were also vulnerable to sappers . Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. We also had a land line (telephone) installed for communication with the Marines. (a hooch is a 16 by 32 ft wood framed plywood building with 5 foot high walls and a tin roof.) Then he could pick my guys up and pick up materials to build my hooch. training), ands a week at Whidby Island (E&E, and SERE. Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! Suprise, suprise, 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. We destroyed what they had and were teaching them skills that didn't even fit into their culture. pilot said that was to avoid being shot at by the VC. We found the family and with the help of other refugees were proceeded to tear down their shelter and build them a house. Some I thought the clinic was for children. I was never in harms way. I held the door open for them. So that's what I did, went back to work. Then we saw a little dot far up Elephant Valley. 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. On Sunday May 19 I was dropped off alone ( The Vietnamese got Sundays off) and my job was to build steps and a door for the building. I didn't think about the danger but was aware of it. information beyond what we already have. He seemed totally comfortable and relaxed. I actually took the class in 1965 but at that time you had to be 18 years old to get a Scuba Certification. 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. And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. While I was building the door the Doc and nurse moved in medical supplies to the shelf unit. ( so we could see to make a quick exit to the bunker during a rocket or mortar attack. The number of rockets are probably plus or minus a couple rockets. Naval Support Activity, Da Nang 1969 Cruise Book vietnamandmilitary $175.00 101st Airborne "Tour Book" 1967-68 The first year!!! The bundle was given to the mother who would take the bundle out side and set it down in the dirt by the street. waiting in transit at the Long Beach Naval Station, I got orders to ! and their 155 and 175 guns. The day we put up our sign . So every week there would be a different doctor. You got to do what you got to do ! Between 1969 and 1971 hundreds, if not thousands, of incidents of racial violence occurred in and around American military bases Although the helicopter was only a couple hundred feet out there was no way to put the fir out as they couldn't cross the mine field. I cried to myself on the way back to the base. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain Bombardier Pretorian Aug 16, 2013 Good photo, get a good look at the base. this place, wearing only "shower couple of Corvairs (ok, stop laughing!) They had decided to spend the night at the Skivvy house (whore house) in Dog Patch. The Doc told me to help tie the farmer down to the desk. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. The main US Navy Fleet Post Office that processed all mail to every American in I . What the F is wrong with her? by the time they got to us AWC# 5 we would be awake (hopefully) and report in. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. IN VIETNAM. It might be inaccurate in some details, suffice to say, I There was about a weeks over lap so the knew Chief could learn his job! we took twelve 122mm rocket rounds, there was damage again at the motor pool. seating along the sides of the rear area. That's danger close to the shop! Finally, the harsh northeast monsoon made cargo operations at Danang and throughout I Corps hazardous and difficult during the winter months.[1]. There was the real possibility of hitting a mine or being ambushed by the VC (it happened more often then I would like to think about) . Often the convoys would drop off kids from out in the bush. Lance Corporal James D Feucht (cause of death,misadventure). When I started working on this clinic project I was full of good feelings as to how we were helping these poor Vietnamese people. I had just been recruited to help the Doc and nurse amputate this poor farmers legs. Get those Fucking Gooks away from that Damn trailer". 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. James L Chambers (cause of death,misadventure). When that needle went in that poor farmer screamed and jerked up headed for the ceiling! Back at the hootch the Seabees got in a major debate about where to put me. area or any of the DaNang area, I will continue pissed me off the most about the Historian, US Navy Seabee Museum. To know all the different sounds was to be able to read what was happening at night and how safe I was. I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . 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. C Chi Base Camp. around on the gravel surface at the PTF base. get a mailing address via email from Chip and care of the base. it for their personal use. 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. She was especially friendly with our hooch mama-son. Welcome to Viet----fuckn Nam you FNGs ( funking new guys) !!! He left me sitting there on the steps saying he would send Beerworth down at 1700 hr to get me settled in. limits and no one ever said a word to me about these activities. When I got on the bus to Camp Tien Sha (the one with chicken wiure on the windows) I knew I wasn't in Kansas. It wasn't a normally As such a small group we couldn't do the standard Navy 4 hour watch. The firemen loaded foam canister on a mule and were able to get to the UH-1 and finally put the fire out. My first assignment was YFU-54, then The base appears to remain in use by the PAVN. I was one of the unlucky ones who ended up shoveling a lot of shit! Yes, we would help them build new huts and we would patch up their children and pay compensation for the damages done. (The Doc had a black medical bag that was exactly like the one Doc Holiday on Gunsmoke carried around. He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. 11. Chu Lai Base Area. basis The huge fuel tank was just being build on the left out of the picture. I didn't understand at that time the danger of rocket attacks. . So just go back to work and keep moving so he doesn't have a stationary target and you should be OK!" This is the near miss at our Post office. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naval_Support_Activity_Danang&oldid=1137856150, Military installations of the United States in South Vietnam, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Naval History & Heritage Command, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 20:12. I could feel the rasping of that bone saw through the stick in the farmers mouth! Although the rules were they had to go back and check out. Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. He was really short, only six more days and a wake up and he would be out of Vietnam, back to the world and his girl friend Judy. Yes, everyone called him soccer ball head ! Detachment Phu Bai - 1965 -1970. I thought they were trying to lighten their load. It was good for our working relation ship to do them favors so that I could count on them to perform for me when I really needed them. This was the closest skivvy house to Camp Books , a very short walk. side was a area called Bridge Ramp which was where the Navy LSTs would pull in Significant Events 19-31 August 1970 19-28 October 1970 5 November 1970 13 November 1970 15 November 1970 The Doc first put surgical tourniquets on and took the belts off. loading the LSTs and loading onto trucks. On May 15 I had finished 6 or 8 escape doors. Mostly I would just build and they would watch and fallow what I did. Late in the day we had built them a nice hootch and had them moved in. There are other memories of my time working at the clinic. Well I answered once about the FNGs. k. the "enlisted head" identified in $10 of that came from me. They had been covered with poncho liners but they had blown off. And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. I served until 1970. . We were working with basic hand tools, cutting everything with one cross cut handsaw. It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. He said that if they could ship her to the hospital in Japan or back in the states they could probably save her. Learn more about royalty-free images or view FAQs related to stock photos. 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 . Retro. I was probably in as much in shock as the farmer. and drop their bow ramps. I also made life long friends. ed Camp Haskins (South) for Camp Tien Sha to complete the retrograding of equipment. I experienced rocket attacks, an ammunition dump explosion, total boredom, drug busts, police raids, China Beach, and the birth of my daughter, Rebecca. 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"! This is our new Chief Builder. 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 . The kids were always hanging around and the best way to keep them from stealing was to befriend them by giving them candy. History U.S. Total Area Sprayed (sq. So I took a trip in September 2016 back The Doc trimmed all the skin and muscle nice and neat adding clamps (hemostats) as he went. There are over 500 chapters that provide fellowship, volunteer opportunities and community service. That sure screwed with our sleep! Here are the Activity reports for May 1968 for the Marines in my AO (area of operation) . Some morning I would be more tired when I woke up than when I went to bed. never even gave a thought that a Ya, we continued our work and started building my hooch. and Captain David A . I think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . course. [1], U.S. NSA Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965 under the operational control of Commander, III MAF. called to general quarters was in I have spent countless hours over the past 15 years driving my motorbike around the Camp Books area looking for any of our workers. Phu Loi Airbase Information by: Daniel Hanley, Phu Loi Airbase is 30 mile North of Saigon.I was with A Company, 1st Aviation Battalion, Infantry Division, October 1965-1966. vietnamandmilitary $6.00 Original, In Wrapper P-38 Vietnam War vietnamandmilitary $175.00 Naval Support Activity, Da Nang 1968 Cruise Book vietnamandmilitary Seller Information Seller vietnamandmilitary Contact Seller You FNGs get to the back of the John arrived here on November 21, 1968 and left December 22, 1969, thirteen months later. If there were any trouble calls from the Marines (usually lights out on the perimeter or something not working at the mess hall) then it was jump in the truck drive out and check and drive over to our hooch and get who ever was needed to go fix the problem. The pain they suffered was of our making and they just wanted us to go home! Surprisingly, I never step foot on a ship, I was always stationed in Navy hospitals. time does that. When he was all loaded he told them one of the other drivers had the paper work and while they were trying to hunt down the papers he just drove away. 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. Dearest Rita, I just finished a quick letter to my folks first one since I've been here. I surveyed February 1969. Stephen was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving state side and in Vietnam at Camp Tien Sha, Danang. It was a Saturday, perhaps we were finishing up the cook shed. PTF base at after working hours. 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 . a small cargo plane in the middle of the night, all I at Camp Fay, never. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. He was wearing his best short timers uniform. We also had a couple of American Philco Ford teachers. The crew truck got there about 1745 hr or so and the doc was still busy. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. My body was always waiting to react. Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind. First I had to do a couple hour job at the 1st MP Quonset hut. Vietnam veterans, age 60+, American. I have absolutely no recollection of The MPs had used their white belts as tourniquets just above the knees. The truck dropped us at the work sight. Those care packages and her letters help keep me going when ever times got really tough! If you were to divide Camp Fay into I recognize the admin building on the right, everything else is pretty vague. Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. 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. I will expect you to be able to do your job and if you can't then your out of here! Nice history lesson for me. such a small vehicle. Suddenly dozens of tracer rounds started ricocheting off the wall about 20 feet in front of the truck! We had an air conditioner in the office and because I worked out side all day I was not used to air conditioning! My very first 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. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Some of the rocket attacks were on Camp Books (FLC) . Technicaly they were out side the perimeter so were not recorded, I guess. Their shirt tail were hanging out and sleeves not rolled up (Marine style). Camp Tien Sha Vietnam $20.00 Brand: Design Apparel Product Description Order this cap today.. U.S. The fleet also managed logistic operations at these locations. I slammed on the brakes and dove out the truck door head first catching my foot under the clutch peddle on the way out. and went on Soon we came to the bridge across the Han River. It was at maximum power and flying very fast. 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. I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. The shop doors were always open and a light on in the shop. Ok, I She was wearing light blue pajamas with little lambs printed on it. At first it was because every thing was so knew and exciting. Coate introduced me to a Chief Boatswain Mate who was our executive officer.The Commanding officer wasn't there( a lieutenant Junior Grade.) Charles R. Smith . I'm at camp Tien Sha at Da Nang now. I was not prepared and he totally over powered me! Military personnel learn some of the basics in other training, but this is the course for the big boys. My head carpenter ,Pham Ba told me about her during the week. any old charts, photos or drawings of the PTF
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