1968: US Naval Support Activity DaNang: Publisher: U.S . Camp Tien Sha. Detachment Cua Viet - 1967 - 1970. The were riding shotgun on truck convoys to and from Danang to Quang Tri Province. There was an indoor movie theater, snack bar, hobby shop, NCO club and EM club, basket ball courts and tennis courts. 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 . Suddenly the helicopter went nose high and stopped going forward. Pilot, youre the one flying the plane. 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. ( very much reminds me of cutting up chickens at butchering time). 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 firemen loaded foam canister on a mule and were able to get to the UH-1 and finally put the fire out. Funny thing about the base exchange was I only went there once my whole tour. VVA's goals . The new wood frame building that I did was behind the camera. Both of his legs had been pretty much blown off. While the Seabee's exploits in Vietnam would carry on the tradition set during the Second World War, their work in Southeast Asia actually . right , Huan one of my carpenters. That's how we got our beds, enough for everyone. Remember the talk we got about staying away from the prostitutes that I got my first day in Vietnam? It was a real learning experience for the three of us. Cela profite tout le monde. The shop door are between the 2 telephone poles. Uss garrett county ( lst-786 ) uss garrett county ( lst-786 ) uss garrett (. 15 rounds hit us with 3 KIA and 15 wounded. Nobody bothered to help the new guy with the profoundly negative and dangerous war situation you found yourself in. 03/11/66 - Harvey L. Engel, QM1, Lincoln, NE. A love affair. It turned 90 degrees to the right and touched down between two rows of concertina wire in the middle of the perimeter. When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large The nurses were all Vietnamese and were employed there so I would often see the same nurses. Camp Haskins, Da Nang, Vietnam, served as headquarters of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, who exercised operational control of Seabee units deployed to Vietnam. thought though was he was just putting on a show for us new guys. 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. Very close now and it was clear that they weren't going to make it over the hurricane fence at the perimeter. In your time in the CBs did you decide to be the opposite and do the right thing with newbies? My body was always waiting to react. We set the radio on squelch so it would make a lot of noise and wake us up. Over time that changed, I didn't want to know any newbies! The Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch. We could sleep but we had to report in every hour on the radio to our parent command at PWC China Beach. 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. Great link for in-country Vietnam vets, or those curious about the Vietnam War. It was kind of like the work orders I got. From 1800 hours until 0600 we had to have some one stand watch. The MPs left in a hurry. Danang, VN _ _ DS CS: 1964: Feb 1973: Detachment Bravo, FLTSUPDET, Navcomsta, PI. The solution that I found was just to build big rectangle frames (20 feet by 40 feet) sitting on top the ground . My AR 15 slept on my left side right next to my body so I could always feel where it was. 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. 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). When I found out about that I went with Bet to talk to that officer. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968. Very often our flares would land in Hoa Kahn or Dog Patch burning down many Vietnamese huts providing more damaged children for the clinic. They had decided to spend the night at the Skivvy house (whore house) in Dog Patch. We were also vulnerable to sappers . It was about the most insane thing I had ever experienced and was hard for my mind to grasp what had just happened. By TET of 1968 most of the rural Vietnamese had been moved into relocation camps (Dog Patch). I have never found any but I still have hope. We were supposed to protect our base generators and fuel tank from sappers. Guest 31-Aug-2016 02:35: . Style attributes. There was about a weeks over lap so the knew Chief could learn his job! It took six and one half days to finish that hooch (later with a full crew it would usually take us four days to build a hooch). These positive relations were largely a reflection of the fact that black and white soldiers in combat were heavily dependent on one another. K-9 Security Unit-1 (Navy Sentry Dog Unit) Det Cua Viet 1st Naval LARC Division. Well I never did hear from Barbee. The Doc trimmed all the skin and muscle nice and neat adding clamps (hemostats) as he went. It must have been about 1100 hr. He got in line and they loaded his truck with beds, lots of beds. Coate introduced me to a Chief Boatswain Mate who was our executive officer.The Commanding officer wasn't there( a lieutenant Junior Grade.) They were only a couple hundred yards away! Right at daybreak back in '69, I was sent on a dangerous mission in Danang. 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. May 27 was my birthday. The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. So now I know why the sniping stopped. Well damn right I was scared. My barracks was an old French barracks at Camp Tien Sha near Da Nang. I am a 20 year old US soldier and my country says I have to be here! The ESSO fuel plant from the north east side where we were snorkeling. They were trying to fly that chopper to the safety of Camp Books. 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. Download this Camp Tien Sha photo now. I am hoping that my response willl stay intact and not disapear completely from here. to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working 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. Coate was not there to know about Puppy. Barrels of asphalt damaged by rocket attack, April 1969 . This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. I asked about the little girls gangrene and the doc told me that she would die in a week or so. Well guess what ? These Vietnam War photos taken by U.S. Army photographers reveal a side of the conflict that few people have ever seen. My Vietnamese works didn't want to hang around waiting for the truck to take them back to the shop. Find Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. Nobody even knowing where from or if they had families. 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. Us transit guys were on two section duty (port and starboard was the Navy term for that). 6320 Selago Drive. The Seabee construction crews he is referring to was my crew. Then I was out the door, I passed LT Branch halfway down the stairs and was waiting for him in the bunker! Ray Norton. There were many places within NSA/NSF DaNang where personnel were assigned. You FNGs get to the back of the Then of course there was the dreaded incoming 122mm and 140mm incoming rocket. Modern. All of the rounds hit in swamp area between the main base and FLC command building . 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 next weekend I asked about the farmer ? I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . DS CS: Jan 1968: 6 Oct 1972: NSGDet - at 8th RRFS, PhuBai, Vietnam. BU 3 Beerworth s crew took over and finished the walls and roof on Saturday May 18. Drive out the back gate and about 2 miles to the Navy Seabee base. Some part of it was always listening to what was going on . ( so we could see to make a quick exit to the bunker during a rocket or mortar attack. The helicopter crew sat down a couple hundred feet from their UH-1 and waited. It really, really broke my heart! Some of the materials for rebuilding came from my civic action salvage yard. The rest of my tour I did what every good Seabee team would do, I stole them ! ), 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. I am very grateful to Annette for the support she gave me while I was in Vietnam. 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 dont know a damn thing so The doctor and nurse came out of the clinic. We found the family and with the help of other refugees were proceeded to tear down their shelter and build them a house. For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. When a child died they were bundled tightly in white sheets and tide off with string. Our generators were not even running yet so I heard the rocket coming in. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain. It was in a large dirt field 150 yards outside of the north perimeter. I was going to have to hit the ground running if I intended to stay with this team. Vietnam Shortimer Calendar, Da Nang area, 8/69 to 7/70, Ray Norton. That is the only time I had to get clothing issue. An example of what we did. Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces, 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. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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. 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. The Chief did manage to get bedding (Ha,Ha) I got one bed sheet and one pillow case. pilot said that was to avoid being shot at by the VC. Wittig, a seaman aboard the USS Pocono LCC 16 who . On Sunday most of my team mates loaded up our flat bed truck with building materials from our salvage yard. Later I built a wash building and cook shack just about where these cots and the officers are standing. Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. But that only happened once as from then on I was ready. I got used to the nights but was never comfortable enough to sleep well. This was a Sunday afternoon BBQ about 1800 hr. I suppose that I needed that time alone to recover from the amputation! The take-in was the same as you wrote. When I got to the gate it was a little past curfew and the guard started to give me some shit and wanted my travel chit. 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. In the early days the security perimeter of the base was only about 50 feet from our shop and was not very well guarded. Then walk the length of pier re-installing any buffer pads that might have come out. It was time to go look for some food! cold glasses of chocolate milk, ice cream and an apple to go. 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. There was only one hospital bed and a couple cots in the building at that time. Often the convoys would drop off kids from out in the bush. Save. Welcome! Here is the letter I wrote my parents on May 15, 1968. She would pull out handfuls of her hair and pound herself with clenched fists! You got to do what you got to do ! 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. That's danger close to the shop! On Friday I left the shop at 1800hr and went to the Children's Clinic. Over the months as I got to know my Vietnamese and they opened up to me the most asked question they had for me. 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. side was a barge with a sign. The day we put up our sign . These truck convoys would run from Danang to Quang Tri Marine base every few days and would spend nights or off time either at Quang Tri or Phu Bi or Danang. The Brief. Then I started paying more attention. Donald F. Hovanec was born on December 10, 1949. Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! Not all the time but sometimes . She was wearing light blue pajamas with little lambs printed on it. So on the hour we would get a call. Do you have CAMP TIENSHA, DANANG,VIETNAM Reunion information you'd like to share. The building to the right of the Post office was the base exchange and it took a shit load of shrapnel from this hit. would be thinking about that meal a lot! He spent the night at the shop bunker by himself , totally confused as to what was going on. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIBITY DANANG, VIETNAM" patch on the front cover with gold embossed Naval Support Activity Da Nang 1966-67. Vietnam Memorial Monument Mobile Memorial Museum . I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there. 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 . The doc had no idea but it was a sure thing she was going to die. I hated that phone, radio, air conditioning and black coffee! It was closed in late 1969, the Admiral moved to China Beach and in 1970 I was an RM2 working at the Triangle Communications Center on the east side of the Han River (between Camp Tien-Sha and China Beach). These places had many different names, abbreviations, acronyms, terms, and phrases.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. It is long gone. So just go back to work and keep moving so he doesn't have a stationary target and you should be OK!" You have destroyed my country and my family! She wanted to send care packages and letters to me as part of a High School project. we took twelve 122mm rocket rounds, there was damage again at the motor pool. 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. What that means is we stood a four hour night watch every other night. Faites votre choix parmi des millions de photos, vidos et illustrations de haute qualit. On Friday May 17 I was sent out on another job. Yes that's me smiling up from the 122mm rocket crater. Detachment Dong Ha - 1967 - 1970. I think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . The Doc told me to help tie the farmer down to the desk. It became the headquarters for all U.S. MCB . We are the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122, based in Collin County, Texas. The new pier facility allowed deep-draft ocean-going vessels to unload cargo directly onto . 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. . Coate would send dog food care packages to Judy. 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. I was new in country and still in John Wayne mode. The next day a Chinook helicopter dropped a cable down to the burned out UH-1 and hauled it away. LCU-63 * MI 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"! We got danger close rockets in that area often. Some of the women were in their early twenties, so there is still hope. The number of rockets are probably plus or minus a couple rockets. Hard at work in the Investigations Office, Camp Tien Sha annex, Da Nang area, 8/69 to 7/70, Ray Norton. I was one of the unlucky ones who ended up shoveling a lot of shit! Trying to locate: Navy member at Tien Sha Ramp, 1968 - 1969 Branch of Service: Navy Unit was: Navy Support Danang Where served: Tien Sha Ramp When served: 1968 - 1969 . There are other memories of my time working at the clinic. On the left Short EM3 Camp Tien Sha Fire Department. 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. All in the name of saving them from Communism. 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 ! Then he could pick my guys up and pick up materials to build my hooch. Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. In mid-October 1968 the Deep Water Pier complex (16.12N 108.214E) on the Tien Sha peninsula was completed, beginning operations in September 1968. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! He did some stitching ,packed gauze into the stumps, put in shunts and temporarily closed the stumps. Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. The rocket attacks after that the would be on target! loading the LSTs and loading onto trucks. History is not a fixed set of facts. The road was closed to civilian traffic at night so there would be no other vehicles on the road. It seemed a bit strange to see everything so neat and tidy when By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the . We took a left hand turn at the intersection and headed out the Tien Sha peninsula towards Monkey Mountain. A smell I have never smelled again in my life time. He's shooting from a long way out and hasn't hit anyone yet. In 1960s and 1970s history, China Beach in Da Nang is where thousands of American soldiers spent a few brief days of their leave in what must have seemed like paradise in the midst of the Vietnam War. He lets fly with 8 or 10 rounds then he is done for the day. Da Nang is known as the tourist capital of South-Central Vietnam, with a west coast location that makes for beautiful sunsets against an impressive backdrop of lush mountains. Then a voice came from inside the Quonset hut." Administration Armed assigned Assistant August Back base boats Camp Tien Sha CAPT Captain cargo Center CHARLES Chief of Staff combat . What the hell is that? As soon as they caught on they would take on that task and I would move on to the next. I arrived in Da Nang in June 1968. Mostly I would just build and they would watch and fallow what I did. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. [1][3]:2, In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. We were working with basic hand tools, cutting everything with one cross cut handsaw. This was a real live human! Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. I went back to my cubicle crawled into bed, ending my ( the rules for Camp Books were that to be off base you had to have a weapon). Well, the Camp Tein Sha barracks got me for Friday, and Saturday. It was where the French first landed in the 19th Century in their quest to control the area and where . The hooch in back is the doctors office and residents. I went out and sat on my toolbox and thought about what I had just experienced. by the time they got to us AWC# 5 we would be awake (hopefully) and report in. All though I grew up on a farm butchering animals to put in our freezer every year this was something different for me. He expired nine days later. The first half of my year in Vietnam (1967) I was stationed at the large U. S. base in Danang. Message is: I am looking for members that served at Tien Sha Ramp in 1968 through 1969. The wounded are only those who were medivaced to a hospital. He didn't mince words. " There was a Marine listening ambush set up outside the perimeter in that area. In Feb 1973, evacuated Danang to San Miguel . On May 13,1968 we took 6 122mm rocket rounds as explained in my May 15,1968 leter. I went to my CO and asked to help. Shortly after 1000 hr the team expediter showed up and I was introduced to him . 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! that's one of our generators upper left. 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. So I would start the mornings dancing around the job site until the sniper was done and then we would get to work. I was in country from June 1969 to June 1970. I was at Camp Tien Sha from June '69 until Feb '70. The base appears to remain in use by the PAVN. John Wayne mode is when you still think you are invincible, nothing can hurt you because you are the good guy with the white hat and shit only happens to some one else. Port side of APL-30 (Auxiliary Personnel Lighter) or barracks craft. and drop their bow ramps. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. I couldn't grasp what was going on at the time. He seemed totally comfortable and relaxed. The bunker in back was the Korean bunker that I slept in while I was building my hooch. He told me step by step every detail. Soon there were Marines all over the place. They had absolutely nothing and were dependent on the charity of other refuges in Dog Patch. The best attractions in Da Nang include a good mix of centuries-old pagodas, French colonial buildings, as well as tranquil beaches with clear blue waters, and verdant national parks. There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. 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