camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968
My work hours were 0600 to 1800 which made it impossible to use any of the base services! 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. The year 1968 was the year of the Tet Offensive including Khe Sanh and Hue City. As such a small group we couldn't do the standard Navy 4 hour watch. I pretty much walked the whole base then back to the EM club for a cold beer It is also one of the top international surfing destinations. 15 rounds hit us with 3 KIA and 15 wounded. 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. So every week there would be a different doctor. Nights in Vietnam were uncomfortable at best. Made a very good impression on me, I didn't even consider it my whole time in Vietnam ! In mid-October 1968 the Deep Water Pier complex (16.12N 108.214E) on the Tien Sha peninsula was completed, beginning operations in September 1968. BBC News, Da Nang, Vietnam. 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. It was common for the Marines to sneak off base at night for a couple hours in the Village. Next thing I realize he has a hold on my sleeve. Danang was handling more tonnage than the port of Baltimore at the time. It started raining Saturday June1st and rained continuously until Wednesday morning but that didn't slow down work any. Detachment Cua Viet - 1967 - 1970. side was a area called Bridge Ramp which was where the Navy LSTs would pull in After the bones were cut the Doc tied off all the bleeders and removed the hemostats . Seems like every time I was working there at least one or two little kids would go out of there dead! Some of the women were in their early twenties, so there is still hope. The argument got pretty heated. Camp Haskins, Da Nang, Vietnam, served as headquarters of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, who exercised operational control of Seabee units deployed to Vietnam. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. T is a history of NSA in Vietnam, which by 1969 was the Navy's largest overseas command with the largest public works department in the world. Nice history lesson for me. It was in a large dirt field 150 yards outside of the north perimeter. In July 1966 the "Bridge Cargo Ramp" (160307N 1081352E / 16.052N 108.231E / 16.052; 108.231) began operations increasing NSA's supply capability. I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there. 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. I thought the clinic was for children. We had devastated their economy and destroyed their infrastructure. went by (so slowly! If it had detonated when it hit the ventilator we both would have been killed! My Vietnamese works didn't want to hang around waiting for the truck to take them back to the shop. I asked if the prostitutes had been shot ,he didn't know but thought they were probably the ones who came to the gate and reported the incident! The Doc first put surgical tourniquets on and took the belts off. Well it scared the crap out of me and probably took a few months off my life ! 6320 Selago Drive. She is always with me ! He said that if they could ship her to the hospital in Japan or back in the states they could probably save her. She would be down on her hands and knees crying and waling. . That is the only time I had to get clothing issue. 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. 3. Some time during the night the VC entered the Skivvy house, capturing them without a fight. Detachment Phu Bai - 1965 -1970. Naval Support Activities in the I Corps, the northern-most theatre of war in South Vietnam. It's claim to fame was that it had a black prostitute. - LCU-63 * MIA * We hopped in his truck and he took me down to H&S company supply to get bedding and mess gear. Guest 31-Aug-2016 02:35: . I suppose I am a genuine hero of the Vietnam conflict. Korean Engineer's I served with in Vietnam 1968 NSA Danang,Maintenace Control Division. Had fun there, especially since I had to wear civilian clothes. A smell I have never smelled again in my life time. What was done was done! Donald F. Hovanec was born on December 10, 1949. just out of the picture on the right. 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 Some part of it was always listening to what was going on . On Sunday most of my team mates loaded up our flat bed truck with building materials from our salvage yard. S . 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 ! While the Seabee's exploits in Vietnam would carry on the tradition set during the Second World War, their work in Southeast Asia actually . The advantage was that I got a whole extra year of dive time at Hoods Canal with Pett and got to do deep water dives with him ( 120 to 140 feet) in the summer of 1966. So over time it was easier to just not know anyone. The road was closed to civilian traffic at night so there would be no other vehicles on the road. nstar48; Media item; Jan 30, 2008; korean engineers maintenance control division vietnam war year 1968; . Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. The MPs had used their white belts as tourniquets just above the knees. (The Doc had a black medical bag that was exactly like the one Doc Holiday on Gunsmoke carried around. Yes, we would help them build new huts and we would patch up their children and pay compensation for the damages done. Here is an E mail I got from Karl explaining his arrival to Vietnam and Camp Books (FLC) The last week of May brought us a knew Chief Builder and our old Chief Botswains mate left us. Unfortunately when we got there it was closed for one hour for lunch and Coate did not have the time to hang around. I can find no official reports on that rocket attack and have to assume nobody bothered to make a report because the rounds hit in the swamp between the main body of Camp Books and the Force Logistics Command section. Often several rockets would have gone off before I even knew we were under attack ! Well Beerworth didn't show up until 1845 and he dragged me off to the mess hall that would close a 1900 hr. The Doc started by cutting the legs off. It was closed in late 1969, the Admiral moved to China Beach and in 1970 I was an RM2 working at the Triangle Communications Center on the east side of the Han River (between Camp Tien-Sha and China Beach). He lets fly with 8 or 10 rounds then he is done for the day. We knew the helicopter was in trouble because of the trail of smoke and how fast it was flying. Detachment Hue - 1965 - 1970. There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. We had no black out lights on our trucks so we would have been any easy target for anyone who decided that they were going to kill us! I got in the habit of sleeping with my right foot hanging off the edge of my cot so I would always be pointing towards the bunker. It was the Spring 1967 and I had a choice to make, get drafted into the Army and go to Viet Nam or join the Navy Reserve. Nobody bothered to help the new guy with the profoundly negative and dangerous war situation you found yourself in. Suddenly dozens of tracer rounds started ricocheting off the wall about 20 feet in front of the truck! Download this Camp Tien Sha photo now. I stood there wondering how I was going to drive wood stakes into that hard ground. On May 22 at 0200 hr. I believe we also tied him around the waist. Had tied their hands behind their backs and executed them. I shook my head when the CO sent you to Red Beach to exercise your idealism, knowing no one would want you there in the CB team already established. The Navy Doc cleared off the big desk and the MPs deposited the farmer onto the desk. Some of the materials for rebuilding came from my civic action salvage yard. Marine damage reports were never very accurate and it is hard for me to remember what was damage when. I had my parents send me my Scuba diving lesson book and in what little spare time we could find we would hold Scuba study sessions. He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. Even then every time the Doc cut through a nerve that farmer would try to fly through the roof! 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. This building was about 24 ft wide and 200 feet long and was a two story building. Did he live or die? Danang, VN _ _ DS CS: 1964: Feb 1973: Detachment Bravo, FLTSUPDET, Navcomsta, PI. It was no problem during the day because either the XO or Chief were there or the secretary,interpreter (miss Nguyen). Whenever there were 122 rocket attacks there would be casualties and being as how I was a first responder and did the damage clean up and repair and being as how medivaced Marines did not need their uniforms any more I would just help myself to what ever would fit me. So after the 2400 check in I would jump in the truck with M-16 and ammo. The camp was quickly expanded to include 25 new barracks able to accommodate an additional 1700 men, together with a . Da Nang is known as the tourist capital of South-Central Vietnam, with a west coast location that makes for beautiful sunsets against an impressive backdrop of lush mountains. This was a real live human! I lay there waiting for the out posts to return fire, nothing happened! Beddoe. 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 ! It was where the French first landed in the 19th Century in their quest to control the area and where . My body was always waiting to react. While my guys were working I was talking to the Gunny in the hut. That's danger close to the shop! The shop door are between the 2 telephone poles. Right at daybreak back in '69, I was sent on a dangerous mission in Danang. The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. The nurse was carrying a little girl about 4 years old. Trouvez d'autres images libres de droits dans la collection d'iStock, qui contient des photos de Vietnam facilement tlchargeables. . Gave me the creeps then and still does now when I think about it! the fresh meat so what do I know about it. Within a hundred feet of the generators. Photo libre de droit de Camp Tien Sha banque d'images et plus d'images libres de droit de Vietnam - Vietnam, Base militaire, 1968. I cried to myself on the way back to the base. She promised not to eat Puppy. iwas in the 1097th med boat co. dongtam,vietnam 1968 towed 3rd 34th artery barges up down the canels moble riverine force 9th inf divion, caption wild was incharge APL-30 and dock at Da Nang harbor. The sign on the mess hall door One about half way from knee to foot and the other just below the knee! 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. I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. Our generators were not even running yet so I heard the rocket coming in. His home of record is Carteret, NJ. Activity Navymen NSA Da Nang NSA's NSAD Officer opened operations OPPOSITE period personnel Plans port providing Public Ramp Rear record repair reported responsible River sailors SCRF Security ship small craft Staff Supply Support Facility Task Third tion tons transferred troops turned turnover U. Then we saw a little dot far up Elephant Valley. Yes, everyone called him soccer ball head ! - Danang Harbor Pilot - (Quang Nam) U.S. Army 329th Heavy Boat Company 5th Transportation Company Mine Explosion. There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. There was always something interesting to watch at Camp Books. The wounded are only those who were medivaced to a hospital. I served there and just would like to hear from some of the guys that was there. Short EM3 Camp Tien Sha Fire Department. [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. These Vietnam War photos taken by U.S. Army photographers reveal a side of the conflict that few people have ever seen. It was time to go look for some food! 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. The Doc told me to help tie the farmer down to the desk. there was a war going on. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968. Barrels of asphalt damaged by rocket attack, April 1969 . would be thinking about that meal a lot! 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. What the hell is that? 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. History is not a fixed set of facts. Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. LCU-63 * MI 6 years ago. : . Cela profite tout le monde. I hated that phone, radio, air conditioning and black coffee! 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. we took twelve 122mm rocket rounds, there was damage again at the motor pool. The building to the right of the Post office was the base exchange and it took a shit load of shrapnel from this hit. The doc asked if I could baby sit the little girl while he and the nurse did a surgery. Detachment Dong Ha - 1967 - 1970. 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. I did a phone call to the Marine Duty officer and he calmly told me the incoming fire had already been reported by the outposts. I was new in country and still in John Wayne mode. I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. The Marine on the left was blond and looked like a California surfer.He to had been shot in the back of the head. I would like to help you with your content on your website. May 27 was my birthday. African Americans perceived racial issues. 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. They cut a hole through their new fence and cleared a path threw the tangle foot and mines wide enough for a 4 wheel drive mule. ( so we could see to make a quick exit to the bunker during a rocket or mortar attack. I don't remember when I stopped doing work at the Children's clinic, Maybe the end of June or early July. What ever it was we were done by shortly after 1600 hr. Modern. If I wanted something I had to have Bet or Ski pick it up. Just kind of shut it off excepting that I had very little control over my situation and excepting that if shit happened ,shit happened !! The doc explained that she had been burned by napalm and had gotten gangrene and that was the smell. Sunday late afternoons we were able to get over to the Red Beach causeway and get in some water sessions. 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. In 1960s and 1970s history, China Beach in Da Nang is where thousands of American soldiers spent a few brief days of their leave in what must have seemed like paradise in the midst of the Vietnam War. The MPs left in a hurry. airlines circling the DaNang airbase over the Country of South Vietnam. Nang officers billeting ! The lumber and wood crates in upper right was the start of our lumber yard. The two guys shot in the skivvy house that night were, Pvt. 40 reviews. Anyone who tried to open that door without giving our pass word would have been shot. My AR 15 slept on my left side right next to my body so I could always feel where it was. I was 19 but not a drinker. Iowa. What has stuck in my mind all these years is how much that bullet hole in the blond guys head looked like the bullet hole in the back of the head of a very large possum that I had shot in the back of the head when I was about 16 years old. It was losing altitude and we were wondering if they would make it. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 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. Vietnam Memorial Monument Mobile Memorial Museum . The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. If you served in Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. The Marines in that ambush had fired on me to scare me because they thought I was the duty officer making the rounds. I think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . I slowly walked around the trailer checking them out. 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 got danger close rockets in that area often. Do the job, get it done right and then sign off the work order and move on to the next one. U.S. Me, age 23, sitting on my bunk drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette. Very close now and it was clear that they weren't going to make it over the hurricane fence at the perimeter. This is a 122mm rocket crater in the road in front of our shop. Yes that's me smiling up from the 122mm rocket crater. For the time being they were stashed in my hooch and on May 24, Karl Voiles spent his first day assembling beds. whatever you say Mr. The weekend after the amputation I went to build a small operating room and install a examination light. Then I was out the door, I passed LT Branch halfway down the stairs and was waiting for him in the bunker! Target audience. Spent many watches all over the city of Da Nang. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. What I really BU3 Hovanec expired July 7, 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Les nouveaux clients peuvent tlcharger cette image en profitant de notre offre dessai gratuit sans engagement. I was 19 years old when I got my orders to go to Vietnam. All in the name of saving them from Communism. Also we took care of damage at Camp Reasoner and the small CAP out posts. 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. It was just after 1700 so I was good. Boy life was improving a lot. We set the radio on squelch so it would make a lot of noise and wake us up. 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. uniform. APL-30 or barracks craft in docks at Da Nang Harbor. Our shop the day we put up our sign and officially became Area Work Center #5. It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! I was one of the unlucky ones who ended up shoveling a lot of shit! We took several trucks and picked up Pham Ba and Babyson outside the gate and headed down the road. Find Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. We are the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122, based in Collin County, Texas. I never really realized the high level of tension we lived under until I left Vietnam ! When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . Nobody even knowing where from or if they had families. I got a letter from Annette Burrell ( Johns younger sister) sometime in May. On the far end of the bridge right It was 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 ! He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. ( very much reminds me of cutting up chickens at butchering time). Because I was just getting situated it was just mass confusion for me . The Brief. I was going to have to hit the ground running if I intended to stay with this team. A love affair. Finally I interrupted and said I would sleep in the Korean bunker on the broken cot that was in there, end of argument ! and I was just finishing up the door. While originally designed to be two volumes, it was decided that unity and cohesion required one book. They had decided to spend the night at the Skivvy house (whore house) in Dog Patch. The rocket attacks after that the would be on target! This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. My Vietnamese workers were hunkered down by the lumber pile about 30 ft from me.Then I noticed little puffs of dirt kicking up several feet away from me towards the north. 03/11/66 - Harvey L. Engel, QM1, Lincoln, NE. The memory of this little girl and the events at the Children's hospital are the reason I never had children of my own. I couldn't grasp what was going on at the time. 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. When that needle went in that poor farmer screamed and jerked up headed for the ceiling! The kids head had been stitched up and looked just like a soccer ball. right , Huan one of my carpenters. What amazed me was by brakefast time at 0530 the marines had already set up a field mess trailer out side the mess hall and were serving breakfast. So that's what I did, went back to work. I donated money several times while at Camp Books. 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