[1][3]:2, In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. The next work order I got for there I gave it to Beerworth and told him I would not work there any more! navy was the hair thing. On May 15 I had finished 6 or 8 escape doors. Did he live or die? TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. What ever it was we were done by shortly after 1600 hr. I joined the Navy Reserve and went to Viet Nam anyway. [4]:8. U.S. I served there and just would like to hear from some of the guys that was there. while we were starting the wall framing we heard the sound of a UH-1 helicopter. So that's what I did, went back to work. YFU-54 (Car 54 where are you). We took 2 122mm rockets about where the crates are. In DaNang we had what was called the "duty jeep". shoes" and one of the Vietnamese May 1. There was always something interesting to watch at Camp Books. Only 364 more days to go! The wounded are only those who were medivaced to a hospital. Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. Then to I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic.generator hire & new generator sales, Mark, I served with the Naval Support Activity DaNang from Aug 1966 - Mar 1968. Different kinds of flairs, the different mortar sounds and small arms fire. [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. those Nastie's were fun boats! Why are you here in Vietnam ? Camp Haskins, Da Nang, Vietnam, served as headquarters of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, who exercised operational control of Seabee units deployed to Vietnam. I was Then walk the length of pier re-installing any buffer pads that might have come out. I was at Camp Tien Sha from June '69 until Feb '70. The Priest took the kid around with him and often left him at the clinic with the nurses as the other children at the orphanage would pick on him. because of all the flares in the mountains next to the base. I was one of the unlucky ones who ended up shoveling a lot of shit! This article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. This exhibit is now closed. The events highlighted in yellow directly affected me. Actually there wasn't a shop or office there yet, They had just divided off a corner of a large warehouse and were building a shop and office. 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. 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. I didn't realize at the time that the intended target was me and the generators. 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. All the stuff that related to the Jack Shulimson . Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. That sure screwed with our sleep! such a small vehicle. Over 130 rough terrain and warehouse forklifts and 20 cranes eased cargo handling. I set up a course Some time during the night the VC entered the Skivvy house, capturing them without a fight. My Vietnamese had never even figured out what was happening and were still hunkered down by the lumber pile. The Marines on the perimeter were yelling at them to run parallel to the wire. . Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. 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 went home in August 1967, ] [ Base Drawing Legend ]. We destroyed what they had and were teaching them skills that didn't even fit into their culture. specialty up the Cua Viet to Dong Ha, where we supported the Marines I have absolutely no recollection of Older Vietnam veteran who served in the US Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, 1968-1969. 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. 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. ( Short timers uniforms were your oldest most faded fatigues but always clean and well kept.) 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 ! 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 think I finished the shower and got I just haven't had time for any more. The Brief. Not all the time but sometimes . If you served in Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. 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? She promised not to eat Puppy. I was aguard for Tien Sha Peninsula Security division. I spent 1968-72 in the US Navy, as a Corpsman (Medic). when I was there. snakes and other items of entertainment. A half inch pipe Naval Support Activity DaNang (1965-1970), the U.S. So much for getting Sunday off. He lets fly with 8 or 10 rounds then he is done for the day. I went to the "motor pool" at least Had fun there, especially since I had to wear civilian clothes. A sad day because we were no longer a Seabee Team ! What the F is wrong with her? half, aside from the times that I He had a little Vietnamese kid with him about 8 years old. Naval Support Activities in the I Corps, the northern-most theatre of war in South Vietnam. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain Bombardier Pretorian Aug 16, 2013 Good photo, get a good look at the base. Her top was not buttoned and she had a gauze bandage about the size of a tea plate on her chest up to her neck. pilot said that was to avoid being shot at by the VC. Made a very good impression on me, I didn't even consider it my whole time in Vietnam ! 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). Alan The fleet also managed logistic operations at these locations. It was time to go look for some food! Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! Then I was out the door, I passed LT Branch halfway down the stairs and was waiting for him in the bunker! basis meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large the two boat docks at DaNang. Chu Lai Base Area. She was wearing light blue pajamas with little lambs printed on it. to pull a copy and edit in the The shop doors were always open and a light on in the shop. The Navy Doc cleared off the big desk and the MPs deposited the farmer onto the desk. Welcome! The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. 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 am very grateful to Annette for the support she gave me while I was in Vietnam. I couldn't grasp what was going on at the time. The crew truck got there about 1745 hr or so and the doc was still busy. As usual US style plumbing, the I am hoping that my response willl stay intact and not disapear completely from here. Pham Ba went around back to take a pee. Well damn right I was scared. Drinking black coffee trying to stay alert. Pilot, youre the one flying the plane. Beerworth dropped us at 1st MPs. I cried to myself on the way back to the base. 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. enough for me. IN VIETNAM. It was kind of like the work orders I got. I didn't understand at that time the danger of rocket attacks. Warehouses, open storage areas, cargo handling equipment, and good exit routes from the port were limited. I got a letter from Annette Burrell ( Johns younger sister) sometime in May. Published October 25, 2017 Updated April 22, 2021 These Vietnam War photos taken by U.S. Army photographers reveal a side of the conflict that few people have ever seen. I started building my hooch on Wednesday May 8th at just before noon. Then there were the incoming Rockets, we had three big generators and fuel tank and we were a bulls eye. about culture clash!) me at Port Services, then I was tasked with setting up a chart (and 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. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. The Post office took a close hit and there was damage to 3 ambulances by sick bay and a bunch of trucks at the motor pool. configured jeep. Closer and closer, the engine starting to whine! The best attractions in Da Nang include a good mix of centuries-old pagodas, French colonial buildings, as well as tranquil beaches with clear blue waters, and verdant national parks. The pain they suffered was of our making and they just wanted us to go home! know what it was about "shower A refugee family was living in a lean too in Dog Patch south . With over 81,000 members, VVA provides a community of fellowship with people who share common experiences, needs and hopes for the future. 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. You are a builder so Beerworth or Yost will be who you report too." The "enlisted head" was pretty bare. Biologist), and chaired the Diving Safety Board. There was outgoing mortar rounds and incoming. Some times I would bend the rules and just let them go and I would take care of checking them out. 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. We set the radio on squelch so it would make a lot of noise and wake us up. It was a strange way for a job to start. 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. The nurse in the center of the picture is the one who helped amputate the farmers legs. loading the LSTs and loading onto trucks. I would sit at the desk and drink coffee, write letters or poetry. So back around to the front of the hut and to work on the awning . The field had been filled with red dirt and rocks and had been compacted with heavy equipment. Often several rockets would have gone off before I even knew we were under attack ! aspects of it are certainly more memorable than the bad parts. submariines (SS) designated. He got the point and let me through the gate, no more questions asked. By TET of 1968 most of the rural Vietnamese had been moved into relocation camps (Dog Patch). places that you or others would be referring to. It was what those Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. Well, the Camp Tein Sha barracks got me for Friday, and Saturday. Significant Events 19-31 August 1970 19-28 October 1970 5 November 1970 13 November 1970 15 November 1970 You have destroyed my country and my family! Ok, I and I was just finishing up the door. My head carpenter ,Pham Ba told me about her during the week. there was a war going on. All in the name of saving them from Communism. 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 . Pretty big load for 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, port activity, etc. 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. There are 186 crew members registered for the Naval Support Activity Danang. List of battleships of the United States Navy, http://www.worldcat.org/title/southeast-asia-building-the-bases-the-history-of-construction-in-southeast-asia/oclc/952642951&referer=brief_results, https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/by-sea-air-land-marolda/chapter-4-winding-down-the-war-1968-1973.html, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, United States military bases of the Vietnam War. 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 ! Their shirt tail were hanging out and sleeves not rolled up (Marine style). Camp Tien Sha Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Vietnam, Military Base, 1968. Here in Vietnam with the advanced gangrene she was going to die and there was nothing that could be done! So just go back to work and keep moving so he doesn't have a stationary target and you should be OK!" to LCU-1498 (same routine). It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! This was a real live human! get a mailing address via email from Chip and I got my NAUI Scuba diving cerification in July 1966. I would like to help you with your content on your website. Coate would send dog food care packages to Judy. "Ya, there has been a sniper shooting at the fence crew every morning for the past week. But I don't consider myself as one. I stretched it to it's He was really short, only six more days and a wake up and he would be out of Vietnam, back to the world and his girl friend Judy. Guess The Docs loved coming to Hoa Kahn Clinic. the correctly identified enlisted I slowly walked around the trailer checking them out. MST1 and thought it would be a good time to go back and see 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. [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. There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. 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 . to develop this map. Because I had to fend for myself I did help the newbies who moved into my hooch. maintenance, and generally taking the evening to wonder about and check out what Camp Tien Sha had to offer. [1], U.S. NSA Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965 under the operational control of Commander, III MAF. I faked being a doctor from the USA and was shown around a little. He was transported in critical condition to the NSA Hospital in Da Nang with a massive head injury. Da Nang Cluster. Our office was up stairs. Just kind of shut it off excepting that I had very little control over my situation and excepting that if shit happened ,shit happened !! So I would start the mornings dancing around the job site until the sniper was done and then we would get to work. It is very likely this was were the Marines were killed . 11. [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. Electrician CN (E-3) Pat Brown, Builder CN (E-3) Craig Taylor, Builder 3Rd Class Calabresi. Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the I suppose we had a good conversation but don't have a clue of what. My first assignment was YFU-54, then I was going to start building my own hooch so I would have a place to sleep ! The Charles R. Smith . Cat Lo Naval Base. I could feel the rasping of that bone saw through the stick in the farmers mouth! The scarcity of lighterage and the heavy weather that often buffeted the harbor made ship-to-craft cargo transfers hazardous and inefficient. My Vietnamese works didn't want to hang around waiting for the truck to take them back to the shop. They were all in alignment with our generators. through the base that would allow me to do "hot laps" as long as no corner and pretty balanced oversteer under power out of the corners. This is a 122mm rocket crater in the road in front of our shop. Just to the right of Then we saw a little dot far up Elephant Valley. To know all the different sounds was to be able to read what was happening at night and how safe I was. So my hooch would now have 5 of us. Also we took care of damage at Camp Reasoner and the small CAP out posts. Keep exploring. That night at the mess hall it was, " did you hear about the 2 grunt that got shot and killed at the Skivvy house last night"!

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