thought about was the airbase in Danang was under attack, just out of the picture on the right. We visited Chu Laiu, Hue, and our So that's what I did, went back to work. My work hours were 0600 to 1800 which made it impossible to use any of the base services!
by the time they got to us AWC# 5 we would be awake (hopefully) and report in. Keep exploring.
[6], In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.[1]. never even gave a thought that a boat part would be housed in supply It was creepy doing that trip to the causeway. One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. The doc had no idea but it was a sure thing she was going to die. 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. risking my life in a really inadequate vehicle! 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. Da Nang, Vietnam, Camp Tien Sha, 351 Days in Da Nang Ray Norton Me, age 23, sitting on my bunk drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette. It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. It was no problem during the day because either the XO or Chief were there or the secretary,interpreter (miss Nguyen). Jack Shulimson . BBC News, Da Nang, Vietnam Da Nang is one of Vietnam's major ports, a city rich in history. 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. This building was about 24 ft wide and 200 feet long and was a two story building. There was a Marine listening ambush set up outside the perimeter in that area. The exhibit was known as "The Vietnam Syndrome". 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! Storage areas ashore were limited by space and access. 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. I think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . 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). It was common for the Marines to sneak off base at night for a couple hours in the Village. It was What amazed me was by brakefast time at 0530 the marines had already set up a field mess trailer out side the mess hall and were serving breakfast. This is the near miss at our Post office. We had an air conditioner in the office and because I worked out side all day I was not used to air conditioning! So after the 2400 check in I would jump in the truck with M-16 and ammo. 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. I can still hear the snip of the scissors as the Doc cut away the flesh. Provinces. I believe we also tied him around the waist. I'm sorry my last letter to you was so abruptly ended, but I figured I'd best get it sent, otherwise you'd still be waiting. Paperback. Well I don't know how much of an impression that left on me but these guys getting killed in the Skivvy house got my attention ! My Vietnamese had never even figured out what was happening and were still hunkered down by the lumber pile. The enlisted head Just kind of shut it off excepting that I had very little control over my situation and excepting that if shit happened ,shit happened !! ! Some of the rocket attacks were on Camp Books (FLC) . [2] It was what those the upper left hand part of the pic. Nights in Vietnam were uncomfortable at best. Management and planning of the logistic flow needed refinement, as ships arrived en masse with cargo improperly stowed and packaged. My day was done!! We hopped in his truck and he took me down to H&S company supply to get bedding and mess gear. area or any of the DaNang area, I will continue He finished his tour with detective work as one of six NSA investigators at Camp Tien Sha, adjacent to Da Nang. 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 - Alan, Drawing On 30 June 1970 NSA Danang was deactivated and on 1 July new Army-Marine service support agreements went into effect. The kids head had been stitched up and looked just like a soccer ball. The events highlighted in yellow directly affected me. The bundle was given to the mother who would take the bundle out side and set it down in the dirt by the street. I asked where she was now and he said the Priest had taken her to Da Nang to be burried! Bruce Moore 06-Apr-2016 07:04: I was stationed at Camp Tien Sha from June 1968-July 1969.,I was a BU3 attached to the US Naval Support Activities Danang.I lived in barracks #35 which was on the backside of Camp Tien Sha.I was in barracks #35 when the Rocket and mortar attack began.we had a material storage yard directly behind the barracks that was hit with incoming rounds.I also, as a . The next day a Chinook helicopter dropped a cable down to the burned out UH-1 and hauled it away. corner and pretty balanced oversteer under power out of the corners. You are a builder so Beerworth or Yost will be who you report too." ptfnasty.com and the DaNang section, We stopped work and watched. The What we finally did was a one man 12 hour watch. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. and to listen to music. Great Discounts & More! I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there. "driving deprived" at the time and any time I had access to a Bombardier Jan 17, 2016 I bet they had to patrol that high ground a lot though Media information Category Images of Vietnam Added by nstar48 Date added Jan 30, 2008 View count 16,033 2 Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the I asked about the little girl and the doc said she had died Thursday night. LCU-1498, then the chart office at the White Elephant. I think there were only three or four of us on duty at the NMCB THREE Main Body Flights consisting of three passenger . The map I sent you is how I remember that 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. Yes, everyone called him soccer ball head ! I was later assigned to the Monkey Mountain Patrol. world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental Alan on base New customers can download this image at no cost with a risk-free trial. 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. 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. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968, viewed from Monkey Mountain.
Familiar Places - NSA/NSF DaNang Veterans Association Next thing I realize he has a hold on my sleeve. Finally, the harsh northeast monsoon made cargo operations at Danang and throughout I Corps hazardous and difficult during the winter months.[1]. Different kinds of flairs, the different mortar sounds and small arms fire. T is a history of NSA in Vietnam, which by 1969 was the Navy's largest overseas command with the largest public works department in the world. Naval Support Facility DaNang (1970-1972), and the Detachments. Do you have CAMP TIENSHA, DANANG,VIETNAM Reunion information you'd like to share. When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? Browse millions of high-quality stock photos, illustrations, and videos. Vietnam Vet? Guard shacks along the pipe line to the ESSO fuel plant, Oil Tanker off loading at the ESSO fuel plant.
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Vietnam veteran (Navy) wants simple design for book on Da Nang 68-69 You have destroyed my country and my family! Why are you here in Vietnam ? In other words, if you could drive a Corvair fast and survive you Anniversary story of his trip back The kids were always hanging around and the best way to keep them from stealing was to befriend them by giving them candy. 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. On May 22 at 0200 hr. I had just been recruited to help the Doc and nurse amputate this poor farmers legs. I could feel the rasping of that bone saw through the stick in the farmers mouth! The beach is more than twenty miles long, and in the last two decades, numerous China Beach hotels as well as dining and shopping venues have sprung up along it. worked that jeep to it's limits and had a highly entertaining time The tracer rounds stopped ,I gave it a couple minutes and got in the truck and sped on my way back to the shop! This is the first Poem that I wrote in Vietnam and is about the two marines killed in the skivvy house. I am a 20 year old US soldier and my country says I have to be here! map and make modifications, please email your He was honorably discharged in 1968 after completing his tour in Vietnam, as Petty . Some One night I was called out for some lights on the west perimeter. A small craft repair facility and an Auxiliary Floating Drydock (AFDL) helped keep NSA vessels in working order. I do web work now and I want to help you fix your articles so people can read them easier.I'm not asking to get paid I just want to do something for you. technical and supply stuff. Closer and closer, the engine starting to whine! I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . 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. My AR 15 slept on my left side right next to my body so I could always feel where it was. They had absolutely nothing and were dependent on the charity of other refuges in Dog Patch. [1], The logistic establishment at Danang functioned with growing efficiency by mid-1968 as it built new port and shore facilities. Recent photo of Cheryl and me 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! I went home in August 1967, I am on the far left. The Doc started by cutting the legs off. changes to : He expired nine days later. The sign on the mess hall door 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. So over time it was easier to just not know anyone. I don't bgmarshall@aol.com. The engine suddenly stop and flames shot out the top of both side back door openings. Soon we came to the bridge across the Han River. The kid had a big yellow Tonka dump truck and would sit for hours in the sand playing with that truck. I suppose we had a good conversation but don't have a clue of what. 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. The following information was emailed in to What the hell is that? configured jeep. The Doc trimmed all the skin and muscle nice and neat adding clamps (hemostats) as he went. What that means is we stood a four hour night watch every other night. By the time I graduated from High school I was a damn good diver! I'm considered a Vietnam Veteran, due to the dates I served. The shop door are between the 2 telephone poles. In July 1966 the "Bridge Cargo Ramp" (160307N 1081352E / 16.052N 108.231E / 16.052; 108.231) began operations increasing NSA's supply capability. person who was awake had access to the keys to the jeep. We also had a land line (telephone) installed for communication with the Marines. Mostly I was just kind of mentally numb. She would throw dirt into the air and scratch at her face until it was bleeding , rubbing dirt into the cuts. It was not exactly what you would call a state of the art mental hospital !
Naval Support Activity, Da Nang 1966-67 "Cruise Book" - eCRATER U.S. perceived attacks. Surprise, I think that was normal precaution . Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. I was in country from June 1969 to June 1970. Our office was up stairs. uniform. I got my NAUI Scuba diving cerification in July 1966. 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. head" screwed onto the pipe. Mountain. Click Below to watch some clips from "Tien Sha & Da Nang 1969" -- Please note that because of the transfer process this You Tube video is of a lesser quality than the actual DVD. Sunday late afternoons we were able to get over to the Red Beach causeway and get in some water sessions. Book description. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. All the stuff that related to the It Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. and their 155 and 175 guns. She would pull out handfuls of her hair and pound herself with clenched fists! in Subic and got a pro hair cut. He told me step by step every detail. work out the details with him. with Calif. It had 4 windows so I went to the window for H. I handed the clerk my records pack. head has about the lightest colored Between 1969 and 1971 hundreds, if not thousands, of incidents of racial violence occurred in and around American military bases [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. One about half way from knee to foot and the other just below the knee! Detachment Nha Trang - 1965 - 1971. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain Bombardier Pretorian Aug 16, 2013 Good photo, get a good look at the base. Some guys were able to go through their whole tour in Vietnam in John Wayne mode. Here are the Activity reports for May 1968 for the Marines in my AO (area of operation) .
Naval Support in I Corps - 1968: US Naval Support Activity DaNang There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. YFU-54 (Car 54 where are you). February 1969. The village it refers to was just north of Camp Books. The hooch in back is the doctors office and residents. Whatever, I was very Cn Th Base Camp. The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. I finished the shower and got "Honcho come", he pulls me around the Quonset hut, his eyes were as big as saucers! Donations for May. They were only a couple hundred yards away! Cat Lo Naval Base. Friday was an interesting day. I thought the clinic was for children. When the Doc was finished he told me I could remove the stick. 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. We 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. such a small vehicle. I was to hear FNG Statewide Water Diversion and Fish Passage Coordinator (Senior I have absolutely no recollection of All terrain forklifts would scurry back and forth off couldn't resist testing it's limits! OK, Im new here, the rooky, When I started working on this clinic project I was full of good feelings as to how we were helping these poor Vietnamese people. He was wearing his best short timers uniform. Back at the hootch the Seabees got in a major debate about where to put me.
Da Nang, Vietnam, Camp Tien Sha, 351 Days in Da Nang Camp Tien Sha Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Vietnam, Military Base, 1968. Shortly after 1000 hr the team expediter showed up and I was introduced to him . My very first
YFU-62 by ghost549 on DeviantArt 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. to DaNang. Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. What was done was done! About a mile out the crew started kicking boxes out the doors. 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. boats took place at the other base. Learn more. [4]:2[2], In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. To know all the different sounds was to be able to read what was happening at night and how safe I was. This was the closest skivvy house to Camp Books , a very short walk. The nurse laid across the farmers upper thighs to hold him in place. The field had been filled with red dirt and rocks and had been compacted with heavy equipment. The memory of this little girl and the events at the Children's hospital are the reason I never had children of my own. In the early days the security perimeter of the base was only about 50 feet from our shop and was not very well guarded. It's a win-win, and it's why everything on iStock is only available royalty-free including all, Royalty-free licenses are the best option for anyone who needs to use stock images commercially, which is why every file on iStock whether its a, From social media ads to billboards, PowerPoint presentations to feature films, you're free to modify, resize and customize every asset on iStock including all. I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. thought though was he was just putting on a show for us new guys. Some morning I would be more tired when I woke up than when I went to bed. waiting in transit at the Long Beach Naval Station, I got orders to Well damn right I was scared. They were the best I could Some of the materials for rebuilding came from my civic action salvage yard. - (07-07-02) I have NO remberance of Most of them would be dead by now as most of the men were in their mid forties then . I didn't think about the danger but was aware of it. 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. It was a horrifying thing to watch. Suprise, suprise, Pham Ba went around back to take a pee. Often the convoys would drop off kids from out in the bush. Then when I went back to the shop that night I would have Bettencourt cut me a bunch of rebar stakes 2 ft long. Pilot, youre the one flying the plane. And there were certainly good things there, at least in the It was just after 1700 so I was good. C Chi Base Camp. It was the UH-1 trailing smoke. (my home base). Here is the letter I wrote my parents on May 15, 1968. maintenance, and generally taking What I really It became the headquarters for all U.S. Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. Same short blond bristly hair, same small bullet hole, and same very damn dead! So as May 1968 ended I had been in Vietnam for 1 month! At first it was because every thing was so knew and exciting. limits and no one ever said a word to me about these activities. 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. Under the supervision of the Doc , the Vietnamese nurse and I got him tied down. So back around to the front of the hut and to work on the awning . The crew truck got there about 1745 hr or so and the doc was still busy. 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. to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working Download this Camp Tien Sha photo now. This is surely just something I've Over 130 rough terrain and warehouse forklifts and 20 cranes eased cargo handling. time does that. . He's shooting from a long way out and hasn't hit anyone yet. Her husband was an ARVN soldier who had been killed. VVA's goals . "Ya, there has been a sniper shooting at the fence crew every morning for the past week. The scarcity of lighterage and the heavy weather that often buffeted the harbor made ship-to-craft cargo transfers hazardous and inefficient. When we got there the doc wanted to show us around. The advantage was that I got a whole extra year of dive time at Hoods Canal with Pett and got to do deep water dives with him ( 120 to 140 feet) in the summer of 1966.