The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! Our electricians went to wire up the building for electricity. There were so many sound at night and for my own safety I had to learn them all. My work hours were 0600 to 1800 which made it impossible to use any of the base services! The Brief. In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. The nurse laid across the farmers upper thighs to hold him in place. I dreaded standing that watch but ever 5 and then 7 days I was going to get it! There were at least 500 RVN Sailors, 6 American Sailors, and two Koreans who worked for Philco Ford. He spent the night at the shop bunker by himself , totally confused as to what was going on. While my guys were working I was talking to the Gunny in the hut. It must have been about 1100 hr. He's shooting from a long way out and hasn't hit anyone yet. Retro. We were also vulnerable to sappers . 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. So as May 1968 ended I had been in Vietnam for 1 month! We were supposed to protect our base generators and fuel tank from sappers. Photo libre de droit de Camp Tien Sha banque d'images et plus d'images libres de droit de Vietnam - Vietnam, Base militaire, 1968. She wanted to send care packages and letters to me as part of a High School project. I donated money several times while at Camp Books. I hated that phone, radio, air conditioning and black coffee! I was 19 years old when I got my orders to go to Vietnam. Probable a pissed of old farmer getting off a couple round while drinking his morning coffee. What has escaped my memory was the "21 club". Bombardier. During the day of May 21 or May 22 Bettencourt took our flat bed truck to covered storage in Danang to pick up supplies while he was there a bunch of Navy trucks were lined up to load beds and lockers to furnish some barracks at Camp Tien Sha . It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. side was a barge with a sign. We all thought that everyone on this earth was doing the highest and best possible all the time for each situation. 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. Detachment Cua Viet - 1967 - 1970. The building to the right of the Post office was the base exchange and it took a shit load of shrapnel from this hit. He got the point and let me through the gate, no more questions asked. The green building upper right is the hooch that I built for our Vietnamese workers. You FNGs get off the plane and fall in over there. Any damage at FLC was my teams responsibility to asses , clean up and repair or replace so I had direct involvement in all rocket and mortar attacks at FLC. It really, really broke my heart! The MPs had used their white belts as tourniquets just above the knees. The lumber and wood crates in upper right was the start of our lumber yard. U.S. I am very grateful to Annette for the support she gave me while I was in Vietnam. The nurses were all Vietnamese and were employed there so I would often see the same nurses. 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! 3. That's how we got our beds, enough for everyone. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain. The Chief did manage to get bedding (Ha,Ha) I got one bed sheet and one pillow case. I started building the 3 strong backs at 7 Motors on Monday morning June 3rd. 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. . On May 21,1968 at 2400 hr. That is the only time I had to get clothing issue. It was a Saturday, perhaps we were finishing up the cook shed. In these years, U.S. Army Vietnam alone retrograded over 671,000 short tons of supplies. Late in the day we had built them a nice hootch and had them moved in. I am sure this little girl will be my last thought when I punch out from this world. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. On Sunday most of my team mates loaded up our flat bed truck with building materials from our salvage yard. This is the first Poem that I wrote in Vietnam and is about the two marines killed in the skivvy house. Map of the Vietnam War. 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 ! Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. So that's what I did, went back to work. We were here, world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental We were working with basic hand tools, cutting everything with one cross cut handsaw. Long , long ago, far, far away on the other side of the It was a horrifying thing to watch. What the hell is that? Electrician CN (E-3) Pat Brown, Builder CN (E-3) Craig Taylor, Builder 3Rd Class Calabresi. nstar48; Media item; Jan 30, 2008; Often the convoys would drop off kids from out in the bush. Pilot, youre the one flying the plane. 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. What that means is we stood a four hour night watch every other night. Most of them would be dead by now as most of the men were in their mid forties then . It is long gone. Unfortunately when we got there it was closed for one hour for lunch and Coate did not have the time to hang around. 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. Had tied their hands behind their backs and executed them. Find Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. The two guys shot in the skivvy house that night were, Pvt. (Actually, I rode in a truck.) Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Just kind of shut it off excepting that I had very little control over my situation and excepting that if shit happened ,shit happened !! If I wanted something I had to have Bet or Ski pick it up. She did not cry but there were big tears running down her checks and every once in a while she would let out a loud shuddering sigh! Donald is buried at Holy Trinity Church Cemetery, Hopelawn, NJ. I didn't think about the danger but was aware of it. 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. Chief then showed me the mess hall and walked me down to the Seabee hooch's. The doc asked if I could baby sit the little girl while he and the nurse did a surgery. Gave me the creeps then and still does now when I think about it! The second floor office was just being framed up . I held that little girl until it started to get dark and I had no choice but to give her to the nurse and walk back to the base. During Vietnam war - Evac. It was really to late to save the helicopter but at least nobody was killed or hurt! Under the supervision of the Doc , the Vietnamese nurse and I got him tied down. We started pouring concrete Wednesday June 5, 1968. : . At that time the base fir truck showed up. Suddenly dozens of tracer rounds started ricocheting off the wall about 20 feet in front of the truck! Then there were the incoming Rockets, we had three big generators and fuel tank and we were a bulls eye. 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. I couldn't grasp what was going on at the time. November 3, 1968 camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968 left December 22, 1969 worked at the Deep Water Piers, working,! When I started working on this clinic project I was full of good feelings as to how we were helping these poor Vietnamese people. Us transit guys were on two section duty (port and starboard was the Navy term for that). 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 . Nice history lesson for me. - Danang Harbor Pilot - (Quang Nam) U.S. Army 329th Heavy Boat Company 5th Transportation Company Mine Explosion. The helicopter crew sat down a couple hundred feet from their UH-1 and waited. The events highlighted in yellow directly affected me. In July 1966 the "Bridge Cargo Ramp" (160307N 1081352E / 16.052N 108.231E / 16.052; 108.231) began operations increasing NSA's supply capability. She was wearing light blue pajamas with little lambs printed on it. I held the door open for them. This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. Around back there was a Jeep with a utility trailer on behind. just out of the picture on the right. Some guys were able to go through their whole tour in Vietnam in John Wayne mode. Work started at 0700 hr and we got off at 1700 hr. Drinking black coffee trying to stay alert. I was standing in front of the hut assessing the job. We also had a couple of American Philco Ford teachers. 1968: US Naval Support Activity DaNang: Publisher: U.S . Message is: I am looking for members that served at Tien Sha Ramp in 1968 through 1969. The doctor and nurse came out of the clinic. I was 19 but not a drinker. Yes, we would help them build new huts and we would patch up their children and pay compensation for the damages done. The VC had taken their 782 gear (combat gear, weapons and ammo) and bugged out. Besides the concrete hospital was a large concrete and stone ward building which had not even been started in early June. Port side of APL-30 (Auxiliary Personnel Lighter) or barracks craft. It seemed a bit strange to see everything so neat and tidy when We are the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122, based in Collin County, Texas. Another interesting point is the H&S Co. Our shop the day we put up our sign and officially became Area Work Center #5. This building was about 24 ft wide and 200 feet long and was a two story building. Relations outside of combat were typified by racial tension and violence. If one of the other bases in our AO got hit by mortars or rockets then our siren went off and we were on red alert which meant we had to role out with weapons, helmets,and flack jackets and man our posts. 03/11/66 - Harvey L. Engel, QM1, Lincoln, NE. This is our new Chief Builder. uniform. The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. Even then every time the Doc cut through a nerve that farmer would try to fly through the roof! the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. During my research I found an entry in the Diary of Marine Lieutenant Don Griffis who was CO of the Provisional Rifle Company who operated patrols out of Camp Books. I cried to myself on the way back to the base. On Tuesday May 14 I finished my hooch and settled into the corner right inside the door. Ray Norton. 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. Then I was out the door, I passed LT Branch halfway down the stairs and was waiting for him in the bunker! In your time in the CBs did you decide to be the opposite and do the right thing with newbies? This is the near miss at our Post office. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. The day we put up our sign . Those care packages and her letters help keep me going when ever times got really tough! 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 . They were only a couple hundred yards away! It was just after 1700 so I was good. He got in line and they loaded his truck with beds, lots of beds. "Sorry that's all we have!" If you served in Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. [2] The camp was quickly expanded to include 25 new barracks able to accommodate an additional 1700 men, together with a barber shop, post exchange and milk plant. The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. Here is a poem that I wrote about the helicopter. A very nice book. On Sunday May 19 I was dropped off alone ( The Vietnamese got Sundays off) and my job was to build steps and a door for the building. On May 15 I had finished 6 or 8 escape doors. 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 dropped the log book on the microphone button and yelled AWC#5 -INCOMING ROCKETS! Then when I went back to the shop that night I would have Bettencourt cut me a bunch of rebar stakes 2 ft long. 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. Uss garrett county ( lst-786 ) uss garrett county ( lst-786 ) uss garrett (. They were all in alignment with our generators. Indianapolis, IN 46203. Then we saw a little dot far up Elephant Valley. The doc had no idea but it was a sure thing she was going to die. Later after they landed it became obvious that they were throwing out the ammo boxes so they wouldn't explode when they landed. A love affair. It was the UH-1 trailing smoke. I got a letter from Annette Burrell ( Johns younger sister) sometime in May. Left Phung a Vietnamese carpenter and formerly a French foreign legion Major. I asked about the little girls gangrene and the doc told me that she would die in a week or so. 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. Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. It became the headquarters for all U.S. She would be down on her hands and knees crying and waling. Faites votre choix parmi des millions de photos, vidos et illustrations de haute qualit. One of them used to take me to the MACV Club located by the USS Repose. Detachment Hue - 1965 - 1970. APL-30 and dock at Da Nang harbor. Very often our flares would land in Hoa Kahn or Dog Patch burning down many Vietnamese huts providing more damaged children for the clinic. One about half way from knee to foot and the other just below the knee! I would share it with my team mates but a lot of it I gave to the Vietnamese children at the Clinic or whenever I worked off base. I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . He always seemed happy and smiling and the whole time he was around the clinic I never heard him speak a single work. Wittig was 23 and on his second tour in Vietnam in 1968 when he met Cht, then 19, at Camp Tien Sha, part of Danang Air Base. . In reality, it is a collection of ideas, images, and information that enough people have chosen to preserve and disseminate. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working He was wearing his best short timers uniform. It was not exactly what you would call a state of the art mental hospital ! Familiar Places. Jan 30, 2008. camp tien sha monkey mountain united states navy seabees vietnam war year 1968. Ya, we continued our work and started building my hooch. The three strong backs that I was to build for 7th motors was put on hold. It started raining Saturday June1st and rained continuously until Wednesday morning but that didn't slow down work any. Here are the Activity reports for May 1968 for the Marines in my AO (area of operation) . So what did I do for work uniforms ? I had to make a quick exit when the patients got excited when I walked towards the main ward! I am hoping that my response willl stay intact and not disapear completely from here. Later I built a wash building and cook shack just about where these cots and the officers are standing. DS CS: Jan 1968: 6 Oct 1972: NSGDet - at 8th RRFS, PhuBai, Vietnam. Often several rockets would have gone off before I even knew we were under attack ! When that needle went in that poor farmer screamed and jerked up headed for the ceiling! RICHARD river ROBERT sailors School served Services ships SKSN SMITH Special staff Station Hospital submarine supply Support THOMAS units Vietnam . With tears in my eyes I told the guard that I had been helping the doc at the children's clinic and he could take his fucking travel chit and shove it up his ass! Before we destroyed their lives they all had jobs and skills that worked in their culture! Pett George my ex UDT instructor allowed me to go through the class early being as how my older brother Jay and my Dad were going through the class too. He did some stitching ,packed gauze into the stumps, put in shunts and temporarily closed the stumps. Memoir of my time served with the Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, during the Vietnam war. I have spent countless hours over the past 15 years driving my motorbike around the Camp Books area looking for any of our workers. They did hit the fuel bladders at truck company several time so I knew there would be a nice warm fire if our fuel tank got hit. 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). As such a small group we couldn't do the standard Navy 4 hour watch. On the far end of the bridge right Danang was handling more tonnage than the port of Baltimore at the time. They made runs north to Cua Viet at the mouth of the river (80 miles north of DaNang and 6 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone) and then upriver eight miles to Dong Ha to haul cannon ammunition to the marines. I needed to know which of the sound meant danger! The wounded man was the Mess Sargent who was the only one at the mess hall at the time. And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. Donald F. Hovanec was born on December 10, 1949. The shop door are between the 2 telephone poles. The year 1968 was the year of the Tet Offensive including Khe Sanh and Hue City. Nang officers billeting ! We hopped in his truck and he took me down to H&S company supply to get bedding and mess gear. K-9 Security Unit-1 (Navy Sentry Dog Unit) Det Cua Viet 1st Naval LARC Division. middle , Mr Kim a Korean Philco Ford electrician . I asked about the little girl and the doc said she had died Thursday night. Now I know where Barbee is but where is Babyson? 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 actually took the class in 1965 but at that time you had to be 18 years old to get a Scuba Certification. In November 1965, Marines moved into Camp Tien-Sha, an old French Army camp situated on the Tien-Sha Peninsula and illustrated near the top . Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. [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. They had been covered with poncho liners but they had blown off. right , Huan one of my carpenters. Beddoe. It had been a very busy month with a lot of things happening. A smell I have never smelled again in my life time. Book description. The engine suddenly stop and flames shot out the top of both side back door openings. You are a builder so Beerworth or Yost will be who you report too." One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . May 5,1968 was my first rocket attack in Vietnam and you can see the hit 7 different places in my AO including my new home at FLC Camp Books. $10 of that came from me. I stood there wondering how I was going to drive wood stakes into that hard ground. line. We had fox holes around the generators and fuel tank and I would sit there looking up at that big ass fuel tank thinking that if the VC hit that with a RPG (rocket propelled grenade) I was going to be turned into a crispy critter. So now I know why the sniping stopped. 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. I would have to wait a few more days for that to start. Detachment Nha Trang - 1965 - 1971. Some time before the end of the month we got three more guys in . The new pier facility allowed deep-draft ocean-going vessels to unload cargo directly onto . I think it was on May 22,Wednesday when I was on the night radio,phone watch that I wrote my poem about this event. Barbee was very well liked by the labor crew. The other important thing we had to do was to check the Red Beach causeway at 2400 hr. We had devastated their economy and destroyed their infrastructure. Then walk the length of pier re-installing any buffer pads that might have come out. There wasn't much blood ,just a small whelp where the bullet went in. Re: Vietnam Nam vet wants to see war sites. This comment has been removed by the author. I served there and just would like to hear from some of the guys that was there. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968. nstar48. While originally designed to be two volumes, it was decided that unity and cohesion required one book. 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. cold glasses of chocolate milk, ice cream and an apple to go. 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. Well damn right I was scared. African Americans perceived racial issues. Nights in Vietnam were uncomfortable at best. We went downtown in Long Beach, and we got harassed a lot. You got to do what you got to do ! The building site was about 150 yards outside of the north perimeter and the perimeter had not been opened up yet. On Friday May 17 I was sent out on another job. Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! Welcome! Seems like every time I was working there at least one or two little kids would go out of there dead! Because I had to fend for myself I did help the newbies who moved into my hooch. Recent photo of Cheryl and me. Right at daybreak back in '69, I was sent on a dangerous mission in Danang. I think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . The plane started to drop, going in steep and fast. Les nouveaux clients peuvent tlcharger cette image en profitant de notre offre dessai gratuit sans engagement. I got used to the nights but was never comfortable enough to sleep well. 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