Le logo iStock est une marque dpose de iStockphoto LP. She promised not to eat Puppy. There was about a weeks over lap so the knew Chief could learn his job! Book description. 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. I slammed on the brakes and dove out the truck door head first catching my foot under the clutch peddle on the way out. The Seabee construction crews he is referring to was my crew. Go through their front gate then out their back gate to the causeway. Barrels of asphalt damaged by rocket attack, April 1969 . Work started at 0700 hr and we got off at 1700 hr. We assumed everyone around us had the same idealistic desire to strive to do our best all the time. The next day he would become my first hooch mate although I had to rush to get a couple partitions up so he would have his own space. With tears in my eyes I told the guard that I had been helping the doc at the children's clinic and he could take his fucking travel chit and shove it up his ass! Right at daybreak back in '69, I was sent on a dangerous mission in Danang. 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% . Danang East/Main: Served in Da Nang East then Main. U.S. Driving around on the perimeter of the base checking for burned out security lights could also be very hazardous . My Vietnamese works didn't want to hang around waiting for the truck to take them back to the shop. There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. Thursday morning we stripped the forms and started building the framing of the first building. I think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . Cela profite tout le monde. Luxury. said hours 1700 to 2100. The carpenter flat bed truck. Detachment Cua Viet - 1967 - 1970. It was a strange way for a job to start. Soon we came to the bridge across the Han River. There was one thing that bothered me about Tien Sha. [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. For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. (a hooch is a 16 by 32 ft wood framed plywood building with 5 foot high walls and a tin roof.) This would also give Beerworth time to get his guys out on their job. They were simply ghettos with poor sanitation , communal water supply, no roads or electricity. My day was done!! It became the headquarters for all U.S. I was in country from June 1969 to June 1970. En savoir plus sur les images libres de droits ou consulter la FAQ sur les photos. 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. When I started working on this clinic project I was full of good feelings as to how we were helping these poor Vietnamese people. Price which includes postage (Media Mail) and insurance. Coate was not there to know about Puppy. The crew truck got there about 1745 hr or so and the doc was still busy. Relations outside of combat were typified by racial tension and violence. LCM is up to port side of barracks craft. This is the first Poem that I wrote in Vietnam and is about the two marines killed in the skivvy house. When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? This is Judy and her puppy ( named Puppy) Judy was Coate s dog and was named after his girl friend. So back around to the front of the hut and to work on the awning . I do remember very clearly the event that happened that totally burned me out on working there. 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 ! Only 364 more days to go! 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. 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. The Post office was about 75 yards from my hootch. Everyone was busy as hell and I didn't have any idea as to what was going on. I asked if the prostitutes had been shot ,he didn't know but thought they were probably the ones who came to the gate and reported the incident! I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. Some time that day the Catholic Priest who was in charge of the clinic and also the Da Nang orphanage showed up . The guys loaded up my tool box and gave me an M-16 so I would be able to walk back to the base later. The poor farmer had stepped on a mine. I suppose that I needed that time alone to recover from the amputation! Nice history lesson for me. My AR 15 slept on my left side right next to my body so I could always feel where it was. The Marines broke out in laughter. 30 on it. 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. Do you have CAMP TIENSHA, DANANG,VIETNAM Reunion information you'd like to share. Often several rockets would have gone off before I even knew we were under attack ! He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. He seemed totally comfortable and relaxed. Over time that changed, I didn't want to know any newbies! What was done was done! But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! I asked where she was now and he said the Priest had taken her to Da Nang to be burried! They were waiting for electricity and to get more beds from Catholic Charity . Because I was just getting situated it was just mass confusion for me . Vietnam Memorial Monument Mobile Memorial Museum . 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. There was outgoing mortar rounds and incoming. Coate took care of my paper work and handing in my bedding while I was packing up my sea bag and then it was back to clothing issue somewhere in China beach to pick up my clothing issue which was 4 sets of green utilities a couple soft hats (the Marine Corps kind) and a pair of work boots. The shop doors were always open and a light on in the shop. When Puppy was big enough our secretary, interpreter Miss Nguyen took Puppy home with her to Danang. Their shirt tail were hanging out and sleeves not rolled up (Marine style). I could see through the gauze and there was some kind of wound underneath that looked like velvet. Why are you here in Vietnam ? She would be down on her hands and knees crying and waling. Mostly I was just kind of mentally numb. There were other things to screw up the nights. The next work order I got for there I gave it to Beerworth and told him I would not work there any more! I just haven't had time for any more. Then a voice came from inside the Quonset hut." You got to do what you got to do ! His name was Coate and he was a 3rd class yeoman. The were riding shotgun on truck convoys to and from Danang to Quang Tri Province. Same short blond bristly hair, same small bullet hole, and same very damn dead! That is the only time I had to get clothing issue. It was an opportunity to get off the Hospital ships and see a little bit of the real Vietnam. Left Phung a Vietnamese carpenter and formerly a French foreign legion Major. Danang, VN _ _ DS CS: 1964: Feb 1973: Detachment Bravo, FLTSUPDET, Navcomsta, PI. Les nouveaux clients peuvent tlcharger cette image en profitant de notre offre dessai gratuit sans engagement. It was a real learning experience for the three of us. He lets fly with 8 or 10 rounds then he is done for the day. Drive out the back gate and about 2 miles to the Navy Seabee base. 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. Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. So much for getting Sunday off. The pilots jumped out . 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. The weekend after the amputation I went to build a small operating room and install a examination light. The Marine on the left was blond and looked like a California surfer.He to had been shot in the back of the head. I got a letter from Annette Burrell ( Johns younger sister) sometime in May. 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. 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. Dearest Rita, I just finished a quick letter to my folks first one since I've been here. Everyone had his turf marked out and nobody was willing to give any for me. Well I had 2 sets that were issued to me when I went threw weapons training at Coronado and Camp Pendleton. So just go back to work and keep moving so he doesn't have a stationary target and you should be OK!" All of the workers that worked for us were dislocated Vietnamese and us putting them to work was an attempt to keep their economy rolling. Because of the rocket attack on May 13 (rockets hit with in 50 yard of this building) some of the officers there wanted escape doors out the back of the building where they were starting to build their own bunkers. I didn't understand at that time the danger of rocket attacks. Port bow of the barracks craft shows no. Naval Support Activity Danang or NSA Danang was a United States Navy logistics support organization located in Danang, South Vietnam active from October 1965 to April 1972. . ( Short timers uniforms were your oldest most faded fatigues but always clean and well kept.) Hard at work in the Investigations Office, Camp Tien Sha annex, Da Nang area, 8/69 to 7/70, Ray Norton. You have destroyed my country and my family! To know all the different sounds was to be able to read what was happening at night and how safe I was. That's how we got our beds, enough for everyone. I thought they were trying to lighten their load. The road was closed to civilian traffic at night so there would be no other vehicles on the road. Familiar Places. The plane started to drop, going in steep and fast. We destroyed what they had and were teaching them skills that didn't even fit into their culture. Then we saw a little dot far up Elephant Valley. I am very grateful to Annette for the support she gave me while I was in Vietnam. I got used to the nights but was never comfortable enough to sleep well. 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. Memoir of my time served with the Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, during the Vietnam war. Detachment Phu Bai - 1965 -1970. I was one of the unlucky ones who ended up shoveling a lot of shit! Some times a lot of shit happened . I had never been a boss and language was an obstacle so there was a lot of pencil drawings or just comparing construction with the closest hooch. paths and painted white and there were white picket fences around almost every May 5,1968 was my first rocket attack in Vietnam and you can see the hit 7 different places in my AO including my new home at FLC Camp Books. Bet coming down the trail by the ESSO Plant east wall. At NSA Camp Tien Sha, an enlisted men's club was constructed. 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. The cot had a broken leg so I had to prop it up with a sand bag and it was missing one end piece so it just wanted to fold up on me when I laid on it. cold glasses of chocolate milk, ice cream and an apple to go. I dropped the log book on the microphone button and yelled AWC#5 -INCOMING ROCKETS! He praised me for staying calm and I had done good then he said I should go outside and sit down as I was looking a little green around the gills! November 3, 1968 camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968 left December 22, 1969 worked at the Deep Water Piers, working,! As he cut them off he threw them in the corner beside the shelf and I can remember how strange they looked leaning against the wall! Jan 30, 2008. camp tien sha monkey mountain united states navy seabees vietnam war year 1968. I couldn't grasp what was going on at the time. Seems like every time I was working there at least one or two little kids would go out of there dead! There was a Marine listening ambush set up outside the perimeter in that area. There was a young mother with several kid and grandma and grandpa. I was new in country and still in John Wayne mode. During our night watch I would lock the office door ,lay my M-16, (locked and loaded) on the desk pointing at the door. He spent the night at the shop bunker by himself , totally confused as to what was going on. Book cover type. 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. Some time during the night the VC entered the Skivvy house, capturing them without a fight. Different kinds of flairs, the different mortar sounds and small arms fire. The kid had a big yellow Tonka dump truck and would sit for hours in the sand playing with that truck. On May 13,1968 we took 6 122mm rocket rounds as explained in my May 15,1968 leter. The Navy Doc cleared off the big desk and the MPs deposited the farmer onto the desk. He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. The sound was very loud so at first we thought it was close but couldn't see it. 11/03/70 - John D. Shewmake Sr., SFC, Adona, AR. Battalion was deployed to Danang, Vietnam from January, 1968 through September, 1968 and again from March, 1969 through November, 1969. This is a 122mm rocket crater in the road in front of our shop. whatever you say Mr. So now I know why the sniping stopped. That sure screwed with our sleep! Map of the Vietnam War. Donations for May. The former Marine HQ (III MAF) which was located not too far away is now used by the Vietnamese army (it was built by the French) and is a no . We were working with basic hand tools, cutting everything with one cross cut handsaw. Although the rules were they had to go back and check out. It was 40 reviews. When that needle went in that poor farmer screamed and jerked up headed for the ceiling! 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. Ya, we continued our work and started building my hooch. If I wanted something I had to have Bet or Ski pick it up. The doc had no idea but it was a sure thing she was going to die. Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. When the Doc was finished he told me I could remove the stick. The saw he used was a miniature version of the bone saw we used when we cut up cows or pigs at butchering time on the farm! - LCU-63 * MIA * that's one of our generators upper left. My address is: Phillip K. Sampley. When I asked the Priest what happened to the kid he said he didn't know, the kid was at the orphanage when he took over. Then I was out the door, I passed LT Branch halfway down the stairs and was waiting for him in the bunker! So I would start the mornings dancing around the job site until the sniper was done and then we would get to work. In July 1966 the "Bridge Cargo Ramp" (160307N 1081352E / 16.052N 108.231E / 16.052; 108.231) began operations increasing NSA's supply capability. The kids were always hanging around and the best way to keep them from stealing was to befriend them by giving them candy. I held that little girl sitting on my tool box and in a short time she was used to me and clutching onto the front of my shirt. The Doc first put surgical tourniquets on and took the belts off. Coate introduced me to a Chief Boatswain Mate who was our executive officer.The Commanding officer wasn't there( a lieutenant Junior Grade.) She smelled horrible! 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 . I would like to help you with your content on your website. You will use the chain of command ,don't come to me. I served there and just would like to hear from some of the guys that was there. and I was just finishing up the door. Here is a poem that I wrote about the helicopter. to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working 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. 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. Yes that's me smiling up from the 122mm rocket crater. They had to be manned 24 hours a day. So as May 1968 ended I had been in Vietnam for 1 month! Necessarily, more is lost to time than is remembered. Faites votre choix parmi des millions de photos, vidos et illustrations de haute qualit. side was a barge with a sign. Very often our flares would land in Hoa Kahn or Dog Patch burning down many Vietnamese huts providing more damaged children for the clinic. Pett George my ex UDT instructor allowed me to go through the class early being as how my older brother Jay and my Dad were going through the class too. June 29, 2022; creative careers quiz; ken thompson net worth unix Often times during a rocket or mortar attack rounds would over shoot landing in Hoa Kahn or Dog Patch ,providing children for the Clinic. nstar48; Media item; Jan 30, 2008; There was an indoor movie theater, snack bar, hobby shop, NCO club and EM club, basket ball courts and tennis courts. I jumped into the fighting hole beside the post and yelled at the Marines there "holy shit some one is shooting at me!" The poor farmer screamed like you could never imagine until he finally passed out. It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. The take-in was the same as you wrote. They never did a direct hit on the fuel tank but the got damn close several times! 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 . The Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch. It really, really broke my heart! In November 1965, Marines moved into Camp Tien-Sha, an old French Army camp situated on the Tien-Sha Peninsula and illustrated near the top . Barbee was very well liked by the labor crew. 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 solution that I found was just to build big rectangle frames (20 feet by 40 feet) sitting on top the ground . 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 can still hear the snip of the scissors as the Doc cut away the flesh. I was shocked when he told me she was only 15 years old! He left me sitting there on the steps saying he would send Beerworth down at 1700 hr to get me settled in. It took until 2000 hours to finish that first slab. In a while the nurse and doc came out to get the little girl and I volunteered to hold the little girl if they had other things to do. At first it was because every thing was so knew and exciting. There were 6 area work centers in the Da Nang AO . He's shooting from a long way out and hasn't hit anyone yet. 3. Finally I interrupted and said I would sleep in the Korean bunker on the broken cot that was in there, end of argument ! DA NANG 66-67 - Camp Tien Sha Naval Support Activity Camp Tien Sha Danang Vietnam Danang Vietnam 1966 1967 Camp Tien Sha was an old French army base. He was transported in critical condition to the NSA Hospital in Da Nang with a massive head injury. 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