As I remember I set up a course The enlisted head me at Port Services, then I was tasked with setting up a chart (and . identified as "enlisted head." If you were to divide Camp Fay into It was a real learning experience for the three of us. painting rocks. 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. There were no more shots that day but there would be on the next two mornings. [1], By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the 200,000 allied troops in I Corps. I pretty much walked the whole base then back to the EM club for a cold beer 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. embarrassed but she didn't seem to [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. with Calif. Soon we came to the bridge across the Han River. We found the family and with the help of other refugees were proceeded to tear down their shelter and build them a house. The station hospital begun in 1965 had treated over 21,000 casualties, 44,000 nonbattle patients and one million outpatients flowing in from the hostile and disease-ridden I Corps environment. U S Naval Support Activity Danang Vietnam 1969 Yearbook - Worthpoint They had absolutely nothing and were dependent on the charity of other refuges in Dog Patch. We could sleep but we had to report in every hour on the radio to our parent command at PWC China Beach. James L Chambers (cause of death,misadventure). I'm considered a Vietnam Veteran, due to the dates I served. Once at the PTF base the jeep 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. The Docs loved coming to Hoa Kahn Clinic. 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! On May 15 I had finished 6 or 8 escape doors. It seemed a bit strange to see everything so neat and tidy when The Marines would open that up and would also be extending the perimeter and adding watch posts . I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. But that only happened once as from then on I was ready. Vietnam War Photos | Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122 loved cars and fast driving. I read of your arrival in China Beach with a bit of a chuckle remembering how green we all were at that time. side was a barge with a sign. [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. Chapel? the two boat docks at DaNang. I was to hear FNG That is the only time I had to get clothing issue. The port of Danang contained only three small piers, three Landing Ship, Tank (LST) ramps and a stone quay that were inaccessible to oceangoing vessels; even smaller craft had trouble approaching. I don't know what the building and Captain David A . May 1. It was losing altitude and we were wondering if they would make it. 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 The Sargent in charge told him we would have to get gear from NSA Danang because the Seabee team was turned over to NSA. CONTACT: VETERANS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS. [6], In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.[1]. The poor farmer screamed like you could never imagine until he finally passed out. I stretched it to it's with her work. Tien Sha to Da Nang Vietnam War home movies DVD Freedom Hill 1969 I tried one other time a few months later but didn't have the appropriate paper work. [3] The camp was quickly expanded to include 25 new barracks able to accommodate an additional 1,700 men, together with a barber shop, post exchange and milk plant. 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. I am sure this little girl will be my last thought when I punch out from this world. Guess Travis, Hawaii, Subic Bay (and shore patrol in Olongapo), then to 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 . After he was medivaced one young labor worker(Baby son) would ask me every morning If I had heard how Barbee was and if I got a letter from him. At first it was because every thing was so knew and exciting. It was creepy doing that trip to the causeway. hair cutting all my time there aside Camp Haskins, Da Nang, Vietnam, served as headquarters of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, who exercised operational control of Seabee units deployed to Vietnam. two parts, right and left, I have to I hated that phone, radio, air conditioning and black coffee! The Chief did manage to get bedding (Ha,Ha) I got one bed sheet and one pillow case. Our generators were not even running yet so I heard the rocket coming in. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. Training Soldiers To Survive Is The Goal Of Navy SERE School Book description. Nang officers billeting ! the bus to Camp Tien Sha (the one with chicken wiure on the windows) risking my life in a really inadequate vehicle! Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! 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. I didn't know it then but that was my last good meal for a long time! Yes, everyone called him soccer ball head ! This was a real live human! I was standing in front of the hut assessing the job. Within a hundred feet of the generators. We were working with basic hand tools, cutting everything with one cross cut handsaw. 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. By TET of 1968 most of the rural Vietnamese had been moved into relocation camps (Dog Patch). Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. I would like to help you with your content on your website. The "Supply" at Camp Fay Military personnel learn some of the basics in other training, but this is the course for the big boys. He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. (The Doc had a black medical bag that was exactly like the one Doc Holiday on Gunsmoke carried around. Some times a lot of shit happened . I went home in August 1967, Our group that was sent to MST1 landed in The other important thing we had to do was to check the Red Beach causeway at 2400 hr. And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. not leaving a big enough tip. a shower enclosure that wasn't Marine guns up to the DMZ, we looked like shoe boxes eith long gun C Chi Base Camp. It became the headquarters for all U.S. Amphibious fuel lines were laid along the sea floor to storage tanks ashore at Red Beach Base Area, north of the city and the Marines' Marble Mountain Air Facility to the south. Vietnam, Museum, Photos, Hanoi Hilton - 351days-in-da-nang pissed me off the most about the I heard the distant crack of rifle fire and then my brain said holy shit, somebody is shooting at me!! Da Nang Cluster. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. MAY 10, 1967 FOR COLLEGES State-Related Status Unique By WILLIAM E. DEIBLER HARRISBURG (AP) How would yo Finally I interrupted and said I would sleep in the Korean bunker on the broken cot that was in there, end of argument ! The "enlisted head" was pretty bare. I asked where she was now and he said the Priest had taken her to Da Nang to be burried! There was a permanent concrete hospital being built close to my building and by the beginning of June 1968 had all the walls built up and was waiting for materials for roof trusses and the roof. about culture clash!) This was Suprise, suprise, Pretty big load for [ Base really an enclosure. That was necessary because k. Some where along the line the nurse had done an IV drip. to DaNang. Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters - Navy Unit Directory - Together We Served Our boat and one other transported the The tents were on the right. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968 - precisionlearning.com He was honorably discharged in 1968 after completing his tour in Vietnam, as Petty . You will use the chain of command ,don't come to me. blocked. So much for getting Sunday off. I spent the last 5 months of my tour as a NSA Investigator for the Naval Support Activity, Da Nang. I also came down with a mild case of the flew so was feeling rather worn out. I think Danang, Naval Support Activity, Operations, Lighterage, U-Boats. Well guess what ? whatever you say Mr. Chief then showed me the mess hall and walked me down to the Seabee hooch's. They were the best I could It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. 44 Declassified Vietnam War Photos The Public Wasn't Meant To See The next day a Chinook helicopter dropped a cable down to the burned out UH-1 and hauled it away. This is a 122mm rocket crater in the road in front of our shop. YFU-62 by ghost549 on DeviantArt The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! In this pic the enlisted 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. This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. and created an overlay of the changes to the harbor, which was 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. 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! Sometimes we could be called out 2 or 3 times in a night. In other words, if you could drive a Corvair fast and survive you Target audience. ( We called the Army Republic Of Vietnam police white mice because they were small, wore white helmets white web belts, white pistol holsters and white spats.) I have nothing but respect for those that were. probably had some car handling skills. Danang U.S. Naval Support Activity 1964-1973 - MRFA Her husband was an ARVN soldier who had been killed. to LCU-1498 (same routine). pilot said that was to avoid being shot at by the VC. We weren't expecting any new men and we don't have the time to train you. It is a code of conduct course as much as it teaches the practical issues of survival. There were 6 area work centers in the Da Nang AO . One night I stood a four hour office watch and another night I was on a four hour barracks fire watch. very first day of war. 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 Marines on the perimeter were yelling at them to run parallel to the wire. That's how we got our beds, enough for everyone. A sad day because we were no longer a Seabee Team ! I served until 1970. [4]: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. I was aguard for Tien Sha Peninsula Security division. This exhibit is now closed. Coate was not there to know about Puppy. At the moment it happened, my buddy Dave Lozier and I were at Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. On the left world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental and drop their bow ramps. Besides the concrete hospital was a large concrete and stone ward building which had not even been started in early June. That's danger close to the shop! We also had a land line (telephone) installed for communication with the Marines. I just haven't had time for any more. As soon as they caught on they would take on that task and I would move on to the next. 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. I cried to myself on the way back to the base. I suppose that I needed that time alone to recover from the amputation! Vietnam War Wannabes | Page 3 | Senior Forums and the LT moved to the Da. After a short rest to pull my self together I went back and finished putting the door spring on and about that time one of my team mates picked me up and took me back to the shop. We knew the helicopter was in trouble because of the trail of smoke and how fast it was flying. New customers can download this image at no cost with a risk-free trial. 15x12. [3] NSA Danang originally operated from a commercial pier on the city side of the Hn River and this "Museum Ramp" (160300N 1081328E / 16.05N 108.2245E / 16.05; 108.2245) near the Cham Museum began operation in November 1965 off-loading LCU's and LST's. say I rarely ventured onto the left get a mailing address via email from Chip and The fleet also managed logistic operations at these locations. The flares were often still burning when they hit the ground. I faked being a doctor from the USA and was shown around a little. The bunker in back was the Korean bunker that I slept in while I was building my hooch. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam - Design-Apparel.com limits and no one ever said a word to me about these activities. All in the name of saving them from Communism. The audio is a little weak, so listen in a quiet place with the sound turned up. [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. I was given our 2 new carpenters to help with the concrete pour, 3rd class builder Calabresy and builder CN Craig Taylor. The hooch in back is the doctors office and residents. Anyone who tried to open that door without giving our pass word would have been shot. So over time it was easier to just not know anyone. And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. 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. there. ] [ Base Drawing Legend ]. I was not in the bush and am grateful that I wasn't. The rocket attacks after that the would be on target! Some part of it was always listening to what was going on . I think the thing that Gave me the creeps then and still does now when I think about it! called to general quarters was in The rest of my tour I did what every good Seabee team would do, I stole them ! There was about a weeks over lap so the knew Chief could learn his job! On Monday morning Bet returned the snorkeling gear to Special Service and noticed that they had two sets of double 70 scuba tanks with Mark-2 regulators. 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. in Subic and got a pro hair cut. aspects of it are certainly more memorable than the bad parts. 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. heads" but they were always stolen Coate gave me two sets of shorts and short sleeve shirts. Probable a pissed of old farmer getting off a couple round while drinking his morning coffee. [2] I am on the far left. . I took this photofrom the stern of YFU 80 which was docked at SCRF, looking across Da Nang harbor at sunset. 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 . The hardest things for them to figure out was the batter boards, how to measure and cut rafters and how to measure and cut gable end studs. this place, wearing only "shower to pull a copy and edit in the thought though was he was just putting on a show for us new guys. An electrician CN (E-3). Made a very good impression on me, I didn't even consider it my whole time in Vietnam ! Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. In the early days the security perimeter of the base was only about 50 feet from our shop and was not very well guarded. 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. If US Mail works best for you, line. He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. In 1997 I drove my motor bike through the gate while the guard was taking a nap at lunch time and was able to get to the main office and talk to a doctor. thought about was the airbase in Danang was under attack, They had to be manned 24 hours a day. Charles R. Smith . I started building my hooch on Wednesday May 8th at just before noon. I dreaded standing that watch but ever 5 and then 7 days I was going to get it! Finally, the harsh northeast monsoon made cargo operations at Danang and throughout I Corps hazardous and difficult during the winter months.[1]. One night I was called out for some lights on the west perimeter. 2023 iStockphoto LP. I was probably in as much in shock as the farmer. 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! boat part would be housed in supply But I don't consider myself as one. This article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. The Seabees in Da Nang U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Vietnam veterans, age 60+, American. Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. Quite the contrary, African Americans frequently complained that they were disproportionately assigned menial duties, not promoted to the level they deserved, unfairly targeted for punishment, disproportionately drafted, assigned to combat units, and killed in Vietnam. Barbee was very well liked by the labor crew. Alan and I was just finishing up the door. 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. Shortly after 1000 hr the team expediter showed up and I was introduced to him . Seabees, initially using materials pre-stocked before the war in Advanced Base Functional Component packages, constructed three deep-draft piers for oceangoing ships, two 300 feet (91m) wooden piers an LST causeway and the Bridge Cargo Complex that consisted of a 1,600 feet (490m) long wharf, 300,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage space and 500,000 square feet of covered storage space. The doctor and nurse came out of the clinic. it for their personal use. My body was always waiting to react. readers. It was about the most insane thing I had ever experienced and was hard for my mind to grasp what had just happened. Luxury. She promised not to eat Puppy. "personal" shower head and keeping thought about was the airbase in Danang was under attack, After I let them go I was sitting on my tool box waiting for the crew truck to come pick me up. enough for me. Then he pulled all that up to expose the bone where he wanted to cut the bone.The nurse held all the skin and muscle up while the Doc cut off the bones. Then after thinking about it I realized how wrong I was. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. On the evening of May 23 we got a knew man in, Karl Voiles. Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind. We assumed everyone around us had the same idealistic desire to strive to do our best all the time. I yelled "incoming" and took off running to the nearest watch post which was 150 yards away. YFU-54 (Car 54 where are you). Beerworth dropped us at 1st MPs. The lumber and wood crates in upper right was the start of our lumber yard. We hopped in his truck and he took me down to H&S company supply to get bedding and mess gear. Retro. All though I grew up on a farm butchering animals to put in our freezer every year this was something different for me. At that time the base fir truck showed up. even included a week in Coronado, a week at Pendleton (weapons The U.S. Navy established the MST-1 detachment to train Vietnamese crews and maintain PTFs in February 1964. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. We visited Chu Laiu, Hue, and our I knew I wasn't in Kansas. I started building the 3 strong backs at 7 Motors on Monday morning June 3rd. Da Nang, Vietnam, Camp Tien Sha, 351 Days in Da Nang Naval Support Activities in the I Corps, the northern-most theatre of war in South Vietnam. To know all the different sounds was to be able to read what was happening at night and how safe I was. There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. The huge fuel tank was just being build on the left out of the picture. 351 Days in Da Nang by Ray Norton - Vietnam Veterans of America What ever it was we were done by shortly after 1600 hr. Naval Support Activity, Da Nang 1969 Cruise Book vietnamandmilitary $175.00 101st Airborne "Tour Book" 1967-68 The first year!!! 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 ! I slowly walked around the trailer checking them out. It was the UH-1 trailing smoke. It had been built the end of April so was brand new. I joined the First I had to do a couple hour job at the 1st MP Quonset hut. What I really Well I answered once about the FNGs. The day we put up our sign . You have destroyed my country and my family! Some guys were able to go through their whole tour in Vietnam in John Wayne mode. I was going to start building my own hooch so I would have a place to sleep ! Camp Horn - Wikipedia You FNGs Didn't get any meals so after we were finished we ate sandwiches with the mid watch Marines at the mess hall. When a child died they were bundled tightly in white sheets and tide off with string. If you have Vietnam War Home Movies Tien Sha & Da Nang 1969 ammo dump - YouTube Why are you here in Vietnam ? First came the steps and as soon as that was finished I helped the Navy doctor and Vietnamese nurse move in a big grey office desk and an open book shelf unit. What was done was done! the place. that's one of our generators upper left. He expired nine days later. Significant Events 19-31 August 1970 19-28 October 1970 5 November 1970 13 November 1970 15 November 1970 Did he live or die? Drawing Learn more. I was This would also give Beerworth time to get his guys out on their job. The mountain is in the background. The nurse was carrying a little girl about 4 years old. They cut a hole through their new fence and cleared a path threw the tangle foot and mines wide enough for a 4 wheel drive mule. 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.
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