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! 5440 x 3520 px (18.13 x 11.73 in.) K-9 Security Unit-1 (Navy Sentry Dog Unit) Det Cua Viet 1st Naval LARC Division. MST1 and thought it would be a good time to go back and see Alan on Haircuts They never did a direct hit on the fuel tank but the got damn close several times! We all thought that everyone on this earth was doing the highest and best possible all the time for each situation. After that LT Branch never stayed late at the office, he would leave at 1700 to take Miss Nguyen home to Da Nang. It had 4 windows so I went to the window for H. I handed the clerk my records pack. May 1. This comment has been removed by the author. The huge fuel tank was just being build on the left out of the picture. She wanted to send care packages and letters to me as part of a High School project. information beyond what we already have. 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. When we got there the doc wanted to show us around. Most of the time if you were Well I never did hear from Barbee. They had to be manned 24 hours a day. I always had hot meals and a warm bed. Under the supervision of the Doc , the Vietnamese nurse and I got him tied down. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. 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. a small cargo plane in the middle of the night, all I I don't know what the building It became the headquarters for all U.S. She smelled horrible! Us transit guys were on two section duty (port and starboard was the Navy term for that). The poor farmer had stepped on a mine. the two boat docks at DaNang. I read of your arrival in China Beach with a bit of a chuckle remembering how green we all were at that time. I was new in country and still in John Wayne mode. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. . It was about the most insane thing I had ever experienced and was hard for my mind to grasp what had just happened. 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. Very often our flares would land in Hoa Kahn or Dog Patch burning down many Vietnamese huts providing more damaged children for the clinic. 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. standing duty after working hours you were pretty much alone. The pilots jumped out . The saw he used was a miniature version of the bone saw we used when we cut up cows or pigs at butchering time on the farm! She is always with me ! for references to information received from What I really Do you have CAMP TIENSHA, DANANG,VIETNAM Reunion information you'd like to share. We took good care of Judy and she ate very well, We would get stake and chicken from the mess hall and She also loved to drink beer. the place. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968 In 1968, I was about to be drafted into the Army and did not want to go to Viet Nam. shoes" and one of the Vietnamese What the F is wrong with her? We were also vulnerable to sappers . me at Port Services, then I was tasked with setting up a chart (and 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. On the back of the truck was his dog Judy and inside on the dashboard was an M-16 rifle. The field had been filled with red dirt and rocks and had been compacted with heavy equipment. - Alan, Drawing African Americans perceived racial issuesrace relations, prejudice, and discriminationin Vietnam through a lens heavily influenced by their earlier experiences in the United States. It's the 4th largest city in Vietnam. 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 ! I got used to the nights but was never comfortable enough to sleep well. 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). So now I know why the sniping stopped. Back at the hootch the Seabees got in a major debate about where to put me. 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. IN VIETNAM. And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. Detachment Phu Bai - 1965 -1970. Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the whole story here. Inside of that trailer, face down were 2 dead Marines. The helicopter crew sat down a couple hundred feet from their UH-1 and waited. He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. I heard the truth the next day at the mess hall. I am on the far left. It was time to go look for some food! 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. to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working Navybuddies.com Crew List - Reunite with old US Navy Buddies 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. that's one of our generators upper left. The tracer rounds stopped ,I gave it a couple minutes and got in the truck and sped on my way back to the shop! right , Huan one of my carpenters. Da Nang Air Base (1957-1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) facility. Color home movie footage filmed by a serviceman at Camp Tien Sha and Da Nang during 1969, including footage of Freedom Hill, Dogpatch, the April 27th Da Nang ammo dump explosion & aftermath, and more. The Marines broke out in laughter. Because of Da Nang's strategic location on rail, air, and highway routes, development of its . A couple of our guys , Craig Taylor and Pat Brown were interested in learning to Scuba dive so I took it upon my self to teach them. The following information was emailed in to Drinking black coffee trying to stay alert. "Honcho come", he pulls me around the Quonset hut, his eyes were as big as saucers! It was creepy doing that trip to the causeway. the correctly identified enlisted All of the workers that worked for us were dislocated Vietnamese and us putting them to work was an attempt to keep their economy rolling. Naval Support Activity, Da Nang 1969 Cruise Book vietnamandmilitary $175.00 101st Airborne "Tour Book" 1967-68 The first year!!! not leaving a big enough tip. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Later I built a wash building and cook shack just about where these cots and the officers are standing. Our boat and one other transported the Ya, we continued our work and started building my hooch. In addition, the Navy took charge of the offloading, storage and delivery of supplies common to all the allied forces in I Corps. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. In March 1965 when United States Marine Corps combat troops landed at Danang, the support establishment was rudimentary. I even passed an enlisted sailor with a can of white paint and he was Do the job, get it done right and then sign off the work order and move on to the next one. I would sit at the desk and drink coffee, write letters or poetry. Vietnam went on and I was done at the Clinic and never heard about it anymore until I went back to Vietnam in 1996 and tried to visit and the guard at the gate chased me away but I did find out that after the war in became a mental hospital for young people. Welcome! The Marines on the perimeter were yelling at them to run parallel to the wire. Population in 2009 (millions) Percentage of Province Sprayed During 1960s. DaNang Harbor. Get those Fucking Gooks away from that Damn trailer". 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. On 27 February 1969 a People's Army of Vietnam rocket hit LCU-1500 while it was loading at the Bridge Cargo Ramp killing 13 crewmen. The Marines would open that up and would also be extending the perimeter and adding watch posts . From 1800 hours until 0600 we had to have some one stand watch. [4]:33, Logistic vessels under the control of NSA Danang included Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM 3 & LCM 6) and LCU landing craft; harbor utility craft (YFU); small harbor tugs (YTL); open lighters (YC); refrigerated barges (YFRN); Army craft; and a refrigerator ship. ptfnasty.com and the DaNang section, 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. 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. Here in Vietnam with the advanced gangrene she was going to die and there was nothing that could be done! The kids head had been stitched up and looked just like a soccer ball. After checking in, I was assigned to The wounded man was the Mess Sargent who was the only one at the mess hall at the time. When the Doc was finished he told me I could remove the stick. We started pouring concrete Wednesday June 5, 1968. Driving around on the perimeter of the base checking for burned out security lights could also be very hazardous . I asked about the little girl and the doc said she had died Thursday night. Our electricians went to wire up the building for electricity. 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. really care. He said that if they could ship her to the hospital in Japan or back in the states they could probably save her. meand I translated it to this map. Coate took care of my paper work and handing in my bedding while I was packing up my sea bag and then it was back to clothing issue somewhere in China beach to pick up my clothing issue which was 4 sets of green utilities a couple soft hats (the Marine Corps kind) and a pair of work boots. Yes that's puppy and our new steel worker (Calhoun). We needed to replace the awning over the entry door that was about to fall off. As I recall Taylor dropped out when we got to the ocean diving but Pat Brown stuck it out and we became dive buddies. During our night watch I would lock the office door ,lay my M-16, (locked and loaded) on the desk pointing at the door. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. The Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. There was one thing that bothered me about Tien Sha. I think there were only three or four of us on duty at the The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. Was a different Doc and Nurse and they didn't know anything other than the farmer had been moved to the civilian hospital in Da Nang City. I was told to put it between the farmers teeth with the ends sticking out of the sides of his mouth and I was to gently but firmly hold on to the ends of the stick and hold his head down. On 1 April 1966 Naval Forces Vietnam was established in Saigon and assumed control of NSA Danang from III MAF. ALL work centers report in : AWC # 1 reports everything is quite ! C Chi tunnels. James L Chambers (cause of death,misadventure). Well we OK, Im new here, the rooky, You FNGs get to the back of the paths and painted white and there were white picket fences around almost every Probable a pissed of old farmer getting off a couple round while drinking his morning coffee. I lay there waiting for the out posts to return fire, nothing happened! Danang List - The Mobile Riverine Force Association - MRFA couldn't resist testing it's limits! Camp Tien Sha | Military Wiki | Fandom This exhibit is now closed. This is the first Poem that I wrote in Vietnam and is about the two marines killed in the skivvy house. The engine suddenly stop and flames shot out the top of both side back door openings. march in columns of two over to that building. Changes: A History of Naval Support Activity/Facility DaNang, 1970 "I'm at camp Tien Sha at Da Nang now." - Letters from Vietnam I took all the materials that I thought I would need to build the cement forms for my strong backs. work out the details with him. I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there.
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