After a couple rocket and mortar attacks my brain never went completely to sleep.
My Vietnam war was a very small place What the F is wrong with her? So on the hour we would get a call. I believe we also tied him around the waist. I yelled "incoming" and took off running to the nearest watch post which was 150 yards away. I got used to the nights but was never comfortable enough to sleep well. 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. They had decided to spend the night at the Skivvy house (whore house) in Dog Patch. History U.S. So off to Camp Tien Sha to get my gear and check out. Work started at 0700 hr and we got off at 1700 hr. maps) office in the White Elephant. This combined attack, executed jointly by the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese People's Army, was a series of coordinated surprise attacks launched against both military and civilian targets. I took all the materials that I thought I would need to build the cement forms for my strong backs. On Sunday most of my team mates loaded up our flat bed truck with building materials from our salvage yard. (my home base). I jumped into the fighting hole beside the post and yelled at the Marines there "holy shit some one is shooting at me!" The U.S. Navy established the MST-1 detachment to train Vietnamese crews and maintain PTFs in February 1964. Target audience. One about half way from knee to foot and the other just below the knee! Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind. to Danang. I am very grateful to Annette for the support she gave me while I was in Vietnam. Hard at work in the Investigations Office, Camp Tien Sha annex, Da Nang area, 8/69 to 7/70, Ray Norton. The Doc narrated as he worked, what he was doing, what he was going to do, when I should be prepared for the farmer to go ballistic! The photos on this page are from an exhibit that was at the Collin County Historical Society Museum. Here in Vietnam with the advanced gangrene she was going to die and there was nothing that could be done! Then after thinking about it I realized how wrong I was. 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 . Population in 2009 (millions) Percentage of Province Sprayed During 1960s. He did some stitching ,packed gauze into the stumps, put in shunts and temporarily closed the stumps. The Did he live or die? I heard the distant crack of rifle fire and then my brain said holy shit, somebody is shooting at me!! there was a war going on.
Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 | MilitaryImages.Net meand I translated it to this map. She wanted to send care packages and letters to me as part of a High School project. The road was closed to civilian traffic at night so there would be no other vehicles on the road. It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. This is our new Chief Builder. I was called to active durty in July and I was just finishing up the door. Here is a poem that I wrote about the helicopter. It's claim to fame was that it had a black prostitute. The second floor office was just being framed up . I couldn't grasp what was going on at the time. My barracks was an old French barracks at Camp Tien Sha near Da Nang. Modern. The flares were often still burning when they hit the ground. through the base that would allow me to do "hot laps" as long as no 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. 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. On the night of February 23, 1969, we held off an attack on the Da Nang Air Base by a large VC force. The first half of my year in Vietnam (1967) I was stationed at the large U. S. base in Danang. pilot said that was to avoid being shot at by the VC. Donations for May. This would also give Beerworth time to get his guys out on their job. I set up a course the upper left hand part of the pic. 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. Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. The tents were on the right. 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. I took my time cooling myself off in that shower then went Danang, Naval Support Activity, Operations, Lighterage, U-Boats. I was new in country and still in John Wayne mode.
Barracks damage in Danang, Vietnam - 1967 | The first half o | Flickr 15x12. Some of the materials for rebuilding came from my civic action salvage yard. 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. I would have to wait a few more days for that to start. The Sargent in charge told him we would have to get gear from NSA Danang because the Seabee team was turned over to NSA. When we got there the doc wanted to show us around. information beyond what we already have. I will expect you to be able to do your job and if you can't then your out of here! As I remember Naval Support Activity, Da Nang 1969 Cruise Book vietnamandmilitary $175.00 101st Airborne "Tour Book" 1967-68 The first year!!! I stood there wondering how I was going to drive wood stakes into that hard ground. [6], In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.[1]. Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. The MPs left in a hurry. on the National Geographic Magazine The harbor defense unit used landing craft, picket boats and 16 feet (4.9m) Boston Whalers to monitor and protect the maritime traffic. by the time they got to us AWC# 5 we would be awake (hopefully) and report in. We visited Chu Laiu, Hue, and our I went out and sat on my toolbox and thought about what I had just experienced. Coate was not there to know about Puppy. The building site was about 150 yards outside of the north perimeter and the perimeter had not been opened up yet. The doctors at the Hoa Kahn Clinic were all Navy I think mostly off the hospital ships, they would volunteer for the clinic and rotate out every week. May 1. What we finally did was a one man 12 hour watch. Naval Support Facility DaNang (1970-1972), and the Detachments. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain nstar48 Media item Jan 30, 2008 camp tien sha monkey mountain united states navy seabees vietnam war year 1968 Comments: 2 Category: Images of Vietnam China Beach from Monkey Mountain 1968 China Beach and Marble Mountain from Monkey Mountain Vietnam 1968 nstar48 Media item Jan 30, 2008 Maybe 6 on a side. So just go back to work and keep moving so he doesn't have a stationary target and you should be OK!" One night I was called out for some lights on the west perimeter. Then to And there were certainly good things there, at least in the $10 of that came from me.
THE WALL OF FACES - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Soon we came to the bridge across the Han River. I could see through the gauze and there was some kind of wound underneath that looked like velvet. We weren't expecting any new men and we don't have the time to train you. 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. Chn Thnh Camp. Often several rockets would have gone off before I even knew we were under attack ! 44 Declassified Vietnam War Photos Taken By U.S. Army Photographers View Gallery History is not a fixed set of facts. Didnt take long to figure out that everyone could see that you were a FNG.
YFU-62 by ghost549 on DeviantArt The Navy Doc cleared off the big desk and the MPs deposited the farmer onto the desk. Well sure I heard about it and even saw them down at 1st MPs. 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 Camp Tien Sha Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Vietnam, Military Base, 1968. An example of what we did. The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. I was One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. We were told that we were teaching them skills so they would be able to have a useful job.
Danang List - The Mobile Riverine Force Association - MRFA The bundle was given to the mother who would take the bundle out side and set it down in the dirt by the street. At Freedom Hill you'll see some panoramic shots of the base and buildings (USO Club, ), likewise at Tien Sha (Snoopy's Chicken Hut, Acey Ducey Club). right , Huan one of my carpenters. The kids head had been stitched up and looked just like a soccer ball. Very close now and it was clear that they weren't going to make it over the hurricane fence at the perimeter. Some of the rocket attacks were on Camp Books (FLC) . This comment has been removed by the author. 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. If there was any heavy weather and to many buffer pads were jumping out I would have to go back to the hooch and roust out a work crew. the correctly identified enlisted It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! work out the details with him. Do the job, get it done right and then sign off the work order and move on to the next one. [2] During the next several years, the command created subordinate NSA detachments at Chu Lai, Hu, Tn M, ng H, Ca Vit, Ph Bi and Sa Hunh.
China Beach Vietnam - China Beach in Da Nang - China - Destination 360 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. Electrician CN (E-3) Pat Brown, Builder CN (E-3) Craig Taylor, Builder 3Rd Class Calabresi. But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! Then I started paying more attention. January 30, 1968 marked the beginning of the Tet Offensive. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Nice history lesson for me. 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 ! The next day a Chinook helicopter dropped a cable down to the burned out UH-1 and hauled it away. When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? about culture clash!) Later after they landed it became obvious that they were throwing out the ammo boxes so they wouldn't explode when they landed. I cried to myself on the way back to the base. It was the UH-1 trailing smoke. Now I know where Barbee is but where is Babyson? CD-ROM, but it didn't provide any new a lot in Vietnam. Lance Corporal James D Feucht (cause of death,misadventure).
Rocketed PX photo - Richard Calmes photos at pbase.com When Puppy was big enough our secretary, interpreter Miss Nguyen took Puppy home with her to Danang.
Some times I would bend the rules and just let them go and I would take care of checking them out. cold glasses of chocolate milk, ice cream and an apple to go. Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. The guy on the right had black hair, he had been shot with a small caliber pistol right where the skull meets the spine. I can find no official reports on that rocket attack and have to assume nobody bothered to make a report because the rounds hit in the swamp between the main body of Camp Books and the Force Logistics Command section. Pilot, youre the one flying the plane. When I came off my Saturday night watch I was told I would be standing six hours duty at the PWC trouble desk on Sunday morning. layout - (07-07-02) when I was there. Next thing I realize he has a hold on my sleeve. I turned 20 years old and of coarse it went un- noticed although I had gotten a care package from Annett Burrel, a couple surfing magazines from my brother Jay and a birthday card from my girl friend Linda! The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! [1][3]:2, In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. Also we took care of damage at Camp Reasoner and the small CAP out posts. embarrassed but she didn't seem to Recent photo of Cheryl and me The fire was caused by a Air or artillery white phosphorus flare ( WP). heads" but they were always stolen It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. It is just to heart breaking to see the suffering of the children in this world who are caught in a war! Ya, we continued our work and started building my hooch. All terrain forklifts would scurry back and forth off