So I took a trip in September 2016 back I was hugely I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. It really, really broke my heart! Soon there were Marines all over the place. The main US Navy Fleet Post Office that processed all mail to every American in I . [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. from Danang, Republic of Vietnam. I remember one time showering in 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. had to man the perimeter during course. I was called to active durty in July Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968, viewed from Monkey Mountain. side of the handling, I'd say it had severe understeer entering a Fishing Boats of Da Nang in configured jeep. I joined the Navy Reserve and went to Viet Nam anyway. The three strong backs that I was to build for 7th motors was put on hold. the bus to Camp Tien Sha (the one with chicken wiure on the windows) Within a hundred feet of the generators. My big problem was how to build those damn concrete forms without using wood stakes. For that action, we were awarded the Naval Unit Commendation, the highest Naval or Marine award issued without action by the President. Da Nang Cluster.
Category:Military bases of the Vietnam War - Fandom CD-ROM, but it didn't provide any new He always seemed happy and smiling and the whole time he was around the clinic I never heard him speak a single work. The tents were on the right. Why are you here in Vietnam ? - 300 dpi - RGB, Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that content. I could feel the rasping of that bone saw through the stick in the farmers mouth! me at Port Services, then I was tasked with setting up a chart (and They were all in alignment with our generators. I was new in country and still in John Wayne mode. Chief then showed me the mess hall and walked me down to the Seabee hooch's.
Stephen Marcoux Obituary (1947 - 2017) - Hoosick Falls, VT - Bennington On 1 April 1966 Naval Forces Vietnam was established in Saigon and assumed control of NSA Danang from III MAF. The exhibit was known as "The Vietnam Syndrome". That was the LTs first rocket attack and he didn't react fast enough. He was honorably discharged in 1968 after completing his tour in Vietnam, as Petty . I spent 1968-72 in the US Navy, as a Corpsman (Medic). Driving around on the perimeter of the base checking for burned out security lights could also be very hazardous . There were two supply tents up there and when the Field Marines (grunts) would come in from the bush they would strip off all their dirty clothes and throw them in piles in one tent then go into the other tent and pick up clean uniforms. There were 6 area work centers in the Da Nang AO . meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large It was the UH-1 trailing smoke. Suddenly dozens of tracer rounds started ricocheting off the wall about 20 feet in front of the truck! whatever you say Mr. Friday was an interesting day. The course is a model in how to survive, and how to come home with honor. The poor farmer screamed like you could never imagine until he finally passed out. Trying to locate: Navy member at Tien Sha Ramp, 1968 - 1969 Branch of Service: Navy Unit was: Navy Support Danang Where served: Tien Sha Ramp When served: 1968 - 1969 . while we were starting the wall framing we heard the sound of a UH-1 helicopter. it, there were about a dozen shower It is a code of conduct course as much as it teaches the practical issues of survival. I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. head has about the lightest colored After the bones were cut the Doc tied off all the bleeders and removed the hemostats . Soon we came to the bridge across the Han River. Sandoval. Did he live or die? [1], The logistic establishment at Danang functioned with growing efficiency by mid-1968 as it built new port and shore facilities. That was my first time seeing dead Marines. Memoir of my time served with the Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, during the Vietnam war. This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. [1] In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. 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"! It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! I surveyed Then to 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. I knew I wasn't in Kansas. Statewide Water Diversion and Fish Passage Coordinator (Senior But that only happened once as from then on I was ready. As usual US style plumbing, the I always had hot meals and a warm bed. When we arrived at Red Beach the Seabee team shop was a mad house. MAY 10, 1967 FOR COLLEGES State-Related Status Unique By WILLIAM E. DEIBLER HARRISBURG (AP) How would yo The Marine on the left was blond and looked like a California surfer.He to had been shot in the back of the head. 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. On the technical On May 22 at 0200 hr. He got the point and let me through the gate, no more questions asked. was about vehicles, building 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. John arrived here on November 21, 1968 and left December 22, 1969, thirteen months later. Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. The argument got pretty heated. It seemed a bit strange to see everything so neat and tidy when The official report was small arms fire on the perimeter. I'm considered a Vietnam Veteran, due to the dates I served. The cot had a broken leg so I had to prop it up with a sand bag and it was missing one end piece so it just wanted to fold up on me when I laid on it. 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. Camp Fay in the evening and morning. 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. You FNGs get to the back of the distributed to ships coming in. The The Doc first put surgical tourniquets on and took the belts off. Most of the time if you were
Vietnam War Home Movies Tien Sha & Da Nang 1969 ammo dump - YouTube There wasn't much blood ,just a small whelp where the bullet went in. Our boat and one other transported the 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. world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental New customers can download this image at no cost with a risk-free trial. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! I stretched it to it's 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. Bet coming down the trail by the ESSO Plant east wall. 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. I was Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! This is the first Poem that I wrote in Vietnam and is about the two marines killed in the skivvy house. Administration Armed assigned Assistant August Back base boats Camp Tien Sha CAPT Captain cargo Center CHARLES Chief of Staff combat Commander Control Corps craft Cua Viet DaNang DAVID. identified as "enlisted head." I served until 1970. New customers can download this image at no cost with a risk-free trial. We were here, one of authority noticed. 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 ! I had plenty of time to take it all in and it was very UN-nerving.
I would sit at the desk and drink coffee, write letters or poetry.
Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968, viewed from Monkey Mountain. 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. We looked a lot more hard corps than we were. Book description. Mostly I would just build and they would watch and fallow what I did. thought though was he was just putting on a show for us new guys. We went downtown in Long Beach, and we got harassed a lot. Mostly I was just kind of mentally numb. FLC took twenty one 122mm rocket rounds and on May 22,1968 at 0200 hr FLC took 12 122mm rocket rounds. ever getting my hair cut at Camp Catecka Base Camp. . ( the rules for Camp Books were that to be off base you had to have a weapon). Book cover type. There was the real possibility of hitting a mine or being ambushed by the VC (it happened more often then I would like to think about) . That distance above us was only 4 feet. There was about a weeks over lap so the knew Chief could learn his job! I pretty much walked the whole base then back to the EM club for a cold beer The Another thing that screwed up the night for us was our night radio, phone watch, it was a real bitch ! Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain Bombardier Pretorian Aug 16, 2013 Good photo, get a good look at the base. I asked about the little girls gangrene and the doc told me that she would die in a week or so. I went back to my cubicle crawled into bed, ending my
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Vietnam Veterans Home Page Tien Sha to Da Nang Vietnam War home movies DVD Freedom Hill 1969 Over time that changed, I didn't want to know any newbies! when I was there. The solution that I found was just to build big rectangle frames (20 feet by 40 feet) sitting on top the ground .
I didn't know it then but that was my last good meal for a long time! Our electricians went to wire up the building for electricity. Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. with her work. Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. Well sure I heard about it and even saw them down at 1st MPs. Cn Th Base Camp. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. couple of Corvairs (ok, stop laughing!)
UKC Forums - China Beach, Vietnam - United Kennel Club If you served in Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Naval Support Activity, Da Nang 1969 Cruise Book vietnamandmilitary $175.00 101st Airborne "Tour Book" 1967-68 The first year!!! Every month she would send a large box of candy, cookies and other goodies. Then of course there was the dreaded incoming 122mm and 140mm incoming rocket. snakes and other items of entertainment. at Camp Fay. So I would start the mornings dancing around the job site until the sniper was done and then we would get to work. [3] NSA Danang originally operated from a commercial pier on the city side of the Hn River and this "Museum Ramp" (160300N 1081328E / 16.05N 108.2245E / 16.05; 108.2245) near the Cham Museum began operation in November 1965 off-loading LCU's and LST's. 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. There was always something interesting to watch at Camp Books.
10 Best Things to Do in Da Nang - What is Da Nang Most Famous For Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. readers. If it had detonated when it hit the ventilator we both would have been killed! heads" but they were always stolen couldn't resist testing it's limits! One night I was in the office with LT Branch . this pic is. quarters. to DaNang. the correctly identified enlisted The MPs had used their white belts as tourniquets just above the knees. The Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch.