If you served in Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! through the base that would allow me to do "hot laps" as long as no One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. First I had to do a couple hour job at the 1st MP Quonset hut. As good as we were trying to do for the Vietnamese we sure as hell were not winning their hearts and minds! and their 155 and 175 guns. He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. [4] NSA Danang originally operated from a commercial pier on the city side of the Hn River and this "Museum Ramp" (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}160300N 1081328E / 16.05N 108.2245E / 16.05; 108.2245) near the Cham Museum began operation in November 1965 off-loading Landing Craft Utility (LCUs) and LSTs. In the future I My barracks was an old French barracks at Camp Tien Sha near Da Nang. If I wanted something I had to have Bet or Ski pick it up. They were all in alignment with our generators. It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. I went back to my cubicle crawled into bed, ending my Coate introduced me to a Chief Boatswain Mate who was our executive officer.The Commanding officer wasn't there( a lieutenant Junior Grade.) I didn't understand at that time the danger of rocket attacks. Fishing Boats of Da Nang in sat idle. naval reserves just before graduating from high school in 1962. What I really 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. I was at Camp Tien Sha from June '69 until Feb '70. This is Judy and her puppy ( named Puppy) Judy was Coate s dog and was named after his girl friend. For the time being they were stashed in my hooch and on May 24, Karl Voiles spent his first day assembling beds. Then a voice came from inside the Quonset hut." kms.) Ok, I Coate was not there to know about Puppy. The memory of this little girl and the events at the Children's hospital are the reason I never had children of my own. Hi Dan, I've always Some of the rocket attacks were on Camp Books (FLC) . pissed me off the most about the side of the handling, I'd say it had severe understeer entering a Although the rules were they had to go back and check out. specialty up the Cua Viet to Dong Ha, where we supported the Marines Hard at work in the Investigations Office, Camp Tien Sha annex, Da Nang area, 8/69 to 7/70, Ray Norton. [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. What ever it was we were done by shortly after 1600 hr. The crew truck got there about 1745 hr or so and the doc was still busy. The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. from Danang, Republic of Vietnam. any old charts, photos or drawings of the PTF Then when I went back to the shop that night I would have Bettencourt cut me a bunch of rebar stakes 2 ft long. 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. Then after thinking about it I realized how wrong I was. You FNGs to DaNang. 15x12. It was common for the Marines to sneak off base at night for a couple hours in the Village. I spent 1968-72 in the US Navy, as a Corpsman (Medic). pilot said that was to avoid being shot at by the VC. 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. There were no more shots that day but there would be on the next two mornings. I surveyed When the Doc was finished he told me I could remove the stick. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. Surprisingly, I never step foot on a ship, I was always stationed in Navy hospitals. The argument got pretty heated. 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. whole story here. ! There was one thing that bothered me about Tien Sha. So I took a trip in September 2016 back That episode followed rioting along China Beach by black . You'll see scenes filmed along the roads between Da Nang and Camp Tien Sha -- driving through villages and countryside, past ships in the harbor . I went out and sat on my toolbox and thought about what I had just experienced. of any of that. Vietnam Vet? As I remember the two boat docks at DaNang. Surprise, I think that was normal precaution . From March to July 1965, III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) troops delivered supplies to the units in the field while the Seventh Fleet ran port operations. Jeep parts? of the guys took to securing a On the technical The shop door are between the 2 telephone poles. 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. We weren't expecting any new men and we don't have the time to train you. Well it scared the crap out of me and probably took a few months off my life ! We were told that we were teaching them skills so they would be able to have a useful job. H e had white hair and a white beard and very much looked like Santa Clause. The exhibit was known as "The Vietnam Syndrome". With chow finished I had the rest of ( the rules for Camp Books were that to be off base you had to have a weapon). Storage areas ashore were limited by space and access. In the fall of 1966 I was transferred On 1 April 1966 Naval Forces Vietnam was established in Saigon and assumed control of NSA Danang from III MAF. This is the day I started my real job. There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. I am on the far left. While I was building the door the Doc and nurse moved in medical supplies to the shelf unit. The Docs loved coming to Hoa Kahn Clinic. I had to make a quick exit when the patients got excited when I walked towards the main ward! Marine guns up to the DMZ, we looked like shoe boxes eith long gun He seemed totally comfortable and relaxed. head has about the lightest colored When I got on We were among the first units to arrive after ti was secured by Armor and Artillery. Gave me the creeps then and still does now when I think about it! I think that maybe it was a way to help get my thoughts together, write the event down and then move on. You FNGs get to the back of the I also came down with a mild case of the flew so was feeling rather worn out. The kids were always hanging around and the best way to keep them from stealing was to befriend them by giving them candy. Nang officers billeting ! Find Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. The day we put up our sign . 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. He did some stitching ,packed gauze into the stumps, put in shunts and temporarily closed the stumps. Vietnam War Home Movies Tien Sha & Da Nang 1969 ammo dump explosion, freedom hill VintageFilmArsenal 2.48K subscribers 37K views 8 years ago Go to vintagefilmarsenal.com to purchase a. IN VIETNAM. His name was Coate and he was a 3rd class yeoman. Bruce Moore says he first returned from a 13-month stint in the Vietnam War to a "poor response." "We were at Norton Air Force Base. At the moment it happened, my buddy Dave Lozier and I were at Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. 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. Tour: August 2, 1969 through July 17, 1970. 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. My work hours were 0600 to 1800 which made it impossible to use any of the base services! I was going to have to hit the ground running if I intended to stay with this team. 15 rounds hit us with 3 KIA and 15 wounded. If US Mail works best for you, The VC had taken their 782 gear (combat gear, weapons and ammo) and bugged out. I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. limits and no one ever said a word to me about these activities. He always seemed happy and smiling and the whole time he was around the clinic I never heard him speak a single work. I was a certified SCUBA diver. 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 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. We were not part of the Marine Civil Affair but worked independent of them. This was a Sunday afternoon BBQ about 1800 hr. She smelled horrible! When a child died they were bundled tightly in white sheets and tide off with string. was about vehicles, building 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. The other important thing we had to do was to check the Red Beach causeway at 2400 hr. 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. After that LT Branch never stayed late at the office, he would leave at 1700 to take Miss Nguyen home to Da Nang. All terrain forklifts would scurry back and forth off It was no problem during the day because either the XO or Chief were there or the secretary,interpreter (miss Nguyen). good times in the "duty jeep". Stephen was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving state side and in Vietnam at Camp Tien Sha, Danang. Guess earlier generations of residents at Camp Fay had their We needed to replace the awning over the entry door that was about to fall off. [1], By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the 200,000 allied troops in I Corps. The iStock design is a trademark of iStockphoto LP. If you are able to extract the basis I started building the 3 strong backs at 7 Motors on Monday morning June 3rd. Thursday morning we stripped the forms and started building the framing of the first building. The nurse was carrying a little girl about 4 years old. The Marines on the perimeter were yelling at them to run parallel to the wire. We visited Chu Laiu, Hue, and our Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. On the evening of May 23 we got a knew man in, Karl Voiles. I think 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 We were also vulnerable to sappers . a shower enclosure that wasn't and Captain David A . Our group that was sent to MST1 landed in https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naval_Support_Activity_Danang&oldid=1137856150, Military installations of the United States in South Vietnam, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Naval History & Heritage Command, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 20:12. My station when I started building my hooch on Wednesday May 8th at just before noon. Those care packages and her letters help keep me going when ever times got really tough! The doctor and nurse came out of the clinic. In other words, if you could drive a Corvair fast and survive you about culture clash!) The usual row of sinks, toilets and building. 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. Well whenever I was working in that area I would sneak in the tent and find some dirty uniforms,still in good shape and steal them, put them in my crew tool box and take them back to my hooch and hand wash them ! Looking back, have it, there were about a dozen shower He had a little Vietnamese kid with him about 8 years old. Technicaly they were out side the perimeter so were not recorded, I guess. because of all the flares in the mountains next to the base. All of the rounds hit in swamp area between the main base and FLC command building . maids walked in and started cleaning I knew I wasn't in Kansas. Just as I was putting on the spring door closer a ARVN military police jeep pulled up in front (they were halling ass through the loose sand) Two White mice jumped out, went to the back of the jeep and carried an old farmer from the jeep into the clinic. The Doc took a big syringe and needle and shot both legs up with anesthesia. line. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Anyone who tried to open that door without giving our pass word would have been shot. Over 130 rough terrain and warehouse forklifts and 20 cranes eased cargo handling. After the little girl died I never went back to the clinic. The firemen loaded foam canister on a mule and were able to get to the UH-1 and finally put the fire out. Don't try to cross in to the base as there were mines. Drawing Welcome! Provinces. She would be down on her hands and knees crying and waling. 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. While my guys were working I was talking to the Gunny in the hut. . DaNang aerial photograph It was reported in an Email that National Geographic Magazine somewhere between Jan. 1967 and June 1968 had an aerial photograph of DaNang with enough detail to get the CIA uptight. Detachment Dong Ha - 1967 - 1970. C Chi Base Camp. was directly below the building Sometimes we could be called out 2 or 3 times in a night. Well I answered once about the FNGs. I joined the Navy Reserve and went to Viet Nam anyway. really an enclosure. ever getting my hair cut at Camp side was a area called Bridge Ramp which was where the Navy LSTs would pull in camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968. Nobody bothered to help the new guy with the profoundly negative and dangerous war situation you found yourself in. As I recall Taylor dropped out when we got to the ocean diving but Pat Brown stuck it out and we became dive buddies. 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. My day was done!! Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind. Here is the letter I wrote my parents on May 15, 1968. The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. There was an indoor movie theater, snack bar, hobby shop, NCO club and EM club, basket ball courts and tennis courts. I guess that is why there were a lot of E-2 in the Marines. It really, really broke my heart! It Honorably Discharged as a QM2(SS) in 1971ish. A small craft repair facility and an Auxiliary Floating Drydock (AFDL) helped keep NSA vessels in working order. It was more the "ambulance" configuration with a It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! 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. He expired nine days later. These positive relations were largely a reflection of the fact that black and white soldiers in combat were heavily dependent on one another. 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. I had my broken leg cot and was living out of my sea bag. to Danang. Beerworth dropped us at 1st MPs. get a mailing address via email from Chip and The truck dropped us at the work sight. Ten of them cluster around one of the three air bases that became the most contaminate with dioxin: Da Nang, Phu Cat and Bien Hoa. This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! Spent four years in college, and achieved QM3, and qualified in very first day of war. Most of the time if you were So that's what I did, went back to work. vehicle I took full advantage of it! He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. probably had some car handling skills. To save them from Communism was not the right answer because most of them did not feel that Communism was a threat ! One about half way from knee to foot and the other just below the knee! Didnt take long to figure out that everyone could see that you were a FNG.
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