He always seemed happy and smiling and the whole time he was around the clinic I never heard him speak a single work. I was one of the unlucky ones who ended up shoveling a lot of shit! (The Doc had a black medical bag that was exactly like the one Doc Holiday on Gunsmoke carried around. I suppose I am a genuine hero of the Vietnam conflict. This book is the capstone volume of the entire series in that 1968, as the title indicates, was the defining year of the war. Coate introduced me to a Chief Boatswain Mate who was our executive officer.The Commanding officer wasn't there( a lieutenant Junior Grade.) Between 1969 and 1971 hundreds, if not thousands, of incidents of racial violence occurred in and around American military bases I just haven't had time for any more. whatever you say Mr. I was in country from June 1969 to June 1970. uniform. The Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch. First I had to do a couple hour job at the 1st MP Quonset hut. Indianapolis, IN 46203. 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. Yes that's me smiling up from the 122mm rocket crater. Barrels of asphalt damaged by rocket attack, April 1969 . [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. She promised not to eat Puppy. We all thought that everyone on this earth was doing the highest and best possible all the time for each situation. Da Nang marks the halfway point between Hanoi in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the south. They were simply ghettos with poor sanitation , communal water supply, no roads or electricity. MCB 53 was decommissioned at Davisville, Rhode Island on 10 December 1969. on 6 Oct 1972 . 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. 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. 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 cried to myself on the way back to the base. Because I was just getting situated it was just mass confusion for me . Do the job, get it done right and then sign off the work order and move on to the next one. 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 MPs left in a hurry. This was a Sunday afternoon BBQ about 1800 hr. It even included a week in Coronado, a week at Pendleton (weapons training), ands a week at Whidby Island (E&E, and SERE. The Brief. Detachment Cua Viet - 1967 - 1970. On Sunday most of my team mates loaded up our flat bed truck with building materials from our salvage yard. So there I would be for over a week trying to keep the mosquitoes off of me by covering with the sheet and putting my head in the pillow case. 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 . Both of his legs had been pretty much blown off. There was a Marine listening ambush set up outside the perimeter in that area. Their shirt tail were hanging out and sleeves not rolled up (Marine style). 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. Some part of it was always listening to what was going on . I dont know a damn thing so Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. Yes that's puppy and our new steel worker (Calhoun). 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 ! 6320 Selago Drive. This is the day I started my real job. went by (so slowly! I was 19 but not a drinker. 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. African Americans perceived racial issuesrace relations, prejudice, and discriminationin Vietnam through a lens heavily influenced by their earlier experiences in the United States. I would like to help you with your content on your website. I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there. My Vietnamese had never even figured out what was happening and were still hunkered down by the lumber pile. This was a real live human! I don't remember when I stopped doing work at the Children's clinic, Maybe the end of June or early July. But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! My address is: Phillip K. Sampley. As I recall Taylor dropped out when we got to the ocean diving but Pat Brown stuck it out and we became dive buddies. Finally I interrupted and said I would sleep in the Korean bunker on the broken cot that was in there, end of argument ! The three strong backs that I was to build for 7th motors was put on hold. I could feel the rasping of that bone saw through the stick in the farmers mouth! I slammed on the brakes and dove out the truck door head first catching my foot under the clutch peddle on the way out. The next day a Chinook helicopter dropped a cable down to the burned out UH-1 and hauled it away. I would sit at the desk and drink coffee, write letters or poetry. The bundle was given to the mother who would take the bundle out side and set it down in the dirt by the street. He expired nine days later. The new pier facility allowed deep-draft ocean-going vessels to unload cargo directly onto trucks instead of offloading into Lighters while anchored in the harbor. This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the I was to hear FNG and drop their bow ramps. The truck dropped us at the work sight. Go to vintagefilmarsenal.com to purchase a full-length 31min DVD of "Tien Sha and Da Nang 1969" -- home movies filmed at Camp Tien Sha and DaNang, including . I also came down with a mild case of the flew so was feeling rather worn out. That was my first time seeing dead Marines. The argument got pretty heated. 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. 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. Back at the hootch the Seabees got in a major debate about where to put me. An example of what we did. Style attributes. It was not exactly what you would call a state of the art mental hospital ! 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. Some times a lot of shit happened . I thought they were trying to lighten their load. It was very clear that they did not want a FNG getting in their way. 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. We took a left hand turn at the intersection and headed out the Tien Sha peninsula towards Monkey Mountain. The doc had no idea but it was a sure thing she was going to die. 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 Save. Then after thinking about it I realized how wrong I was. Craig Tailor is on the left and on the right is Carl Rice who came on board about the same time as the new Chief. The two crew members jumped out just under the flames .They carried their M-60 machine guns. The plane started to drop, going in steep and fast. What was done was done! These positive relations were largely a reflection of the fact that black and white soldiers in combat were heavily dependent on one another. Everyone was busy as hell and I didn't have any idea as to what was going on. So as May 1968 ended I had been in Vietnam for 1 month! She smelled horrible! If there were any trouble calls from the Marines (usually lights out on the perimeter or something not working at the mess hall) then it was jump in the truck drive out and check and drive over to our hooch and get who ever was needed to go fix the problem. The hooch in back is the doctors office and residents. During Vietnam war - Evac. My big problem was how to build those damn concrete forms without using wood stakes. BBC News, Da Nang, Vietnam. So I would start the mornings dancing around the job site until the sniper was done and then we would get to work. Port side of APL-30 (Auxiliary Personnel Lighter) or barracks craft. 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. 11/03/70 - John D. Shewmake Sr., SFC, Adona, AR. History [ edit ] Following the initial landing of Marines in South Vietnam on 8 March 1965, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (9th MEB) established their headquarters in an old French Army compound on the western edge of Da Nang Air Base . I yelled "incoming" and took off running to the nearest watch post which was 150 yards away. Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang Camp Tieu Khu, Binh Duong Province Camp John R. Tine, Kien Phong Province Torello . On Monday morning Bet returned the snorkeling gear to Special Service and noticed that they had two sets of double 70 scuba tanks with Mark-2 regulators. Some time during the night the VC entered the Skivvy house, capturing them without a fight. Paperback. - LCU-63 * MIA * The were riding shotgun on truck convoys to and from Danang to Quang Tri Province. 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. While my guys were working I was talking to the Gunny in the hut. It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. Even now-days I hate phones,radios, air conditioning and coffee ! Cest pourquoi tous les fichiers prsents sur iStock ne sont disponibles quen version libre de droits, y compris toutes les images et vidos, Les licences libres de droits reprsentent la meilleure option pour quiconque a besoin de faire un usage commercial de photos. I believe that on May 21 we had hits to the sick bay which was a big rebuild job. At the base of Monkey mountain was Camp Tien Sha, the main Navy base. Did he live or die? I pretty much walked the whole base then back to the EM club for a cold beer Sometimes we could be called out 2 or 3 times in a night. I was going to start building my own hooch so I would have a place to sleep ! I was new in country and still in John Wayne mode. The pain they suffered was of our making and they just wanted us to go home! The memory of this little girl and the events at the Children's hospital are the reason I never had children of my own. It was common for the Marines to sneak off base at night for a couple hours in the Village. Drinking black coffee trying to stay alert. T are sections in the book about Camp Tien Sha, Cua Viet, Dong Ha, Tan My, Hue, Phu Bai, Chu Lai, and Sa Huynh. The first half of my year in Vietnam (1967) I was stationed at the large U. S. base in Danang. Don enlisted in the US Navy and attained the rank of Builder Third Class (BU3) with MCB 53. He praised me for staying calm and I had done good then he said I should go outside and sit down as I was looking a little green around the gills! Now I know where Barbee is but where is Babyson? Work started at 0700 hr and we got off at 1700 hr. One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. Issues related to race and race relations helped to define the African American experience in the United States, and these same issues defined the experiences of black soldiers in Vietnam.Race relations in combat were typified by cooperation, shared sacrifice, and a sense of brotherhood. This is the near miss at our Post office. The village it refers to was just north of Camp Books. It is long gone. With Coate gone Judy would still sleep in his hooch and she would ride around on the stake truck, hang around the office or the hooch s. Judy hated Marines, and Vietnamese men but she was alright with Vietnamese women as long as they treated her nice. Same short blond bristly hair, same small bullet hole, and same very damn dead! The former Marine HQ (III MAF) which was located not too far away is now used by the Vietnamese army (it was built by the French) and is a no . All of the rounds hit in swamp area between the main base and FLC command building . There were Seabees, Korean Philco Ford, Vietnamese all working like mad . Another interesting point is the H&S Co. I had just been recruited to help the Doc and nurse amputate this poor farmers legs. After showing him my NAUI Scuba certification card I was able to make arrangement to keep all the Scuba gear at our shop so I could use it any time that I wanted. I think that maybe it was a way to help get my thoughts together, write the event down and then move on. I hated that phone, radio, air conditioning and black coffee! cold glasses of chocolate milk, ice cream and an apple to go. Mostly I was just kind of mentally numb. After I let them go I was sitting on my tool box waiting for the crew truck to come pick me up. We started pouring concrete Wednesday June 5, 1968. . I heard the distant crack of rifle fire and then my brain said holy shit, somebody is shooting at me!! The events highlighted in yellow directly affected me. Often several rockets would have gone off before I even knew we were under attack ! So my hooch would now have 5 of us. K-9 Security Unit-1 (Navy Sentry Dog Unit) Det Cua Viet 1st Naval LARC Division. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. Although the rules were they had to go back and check out. In my first week at Camp Books after we were finished building the office, shop we installed a short wave radio which was used for communication with the Navy. 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. An electrician CN (E-3). We went downtown in Long Beach, and we got harassed a lot. Korean Engineer's I served with in Vietnam 1968 NSA Danang,Maintenace Control Division. Bet coming down the trail by the ESSO Plant east wall. world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental Memoir of my time served with the Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, during the Vietnam war. She was especially friendly with our hooch mama-son. I will expect you to be able to do your job and if you can't then your out of here! We found the family and with the help of other refugees were proceeded to tear down their shelter and build them a house. In reality, it is a collection of ideas, images, and information that enough people have chosen to preserve and disseminate. Jan 30, 2008. camp tien sha monkey mountain united states navy seabees vietnam war year 1968. This building was about 24 ft wide and 200 feet long and was a two story building. Ray Norton. I guess that is why there were a lot of E-2 in the Marines. We had to give Puppy away as we were not even supposed to have a dog. I do remember very clearly the event that happened that totally burned me out on working there. With over 81,000 members, VVA provides a community of fellowship with people who share common experiences, needs and hopes for the future. the fresh meat so what do I know about it. Within a hundred feet of the generators. Very close now and it was clear that they weren't going to make it over the hurricane fence at the perimeter. LCM is up to port side of barracks craft. At that time the base fir truck showed up. Vietnam Memorial Monument Mobile Memorial Museum . I had to pick up a box of those little "letter balls" for IMB Selectric typewriters from Camp Tien Sha and from there, "fight" my way all the way to China Beach. They were only a couple hundred yards away! After the bones were cut the Doc tied off all the bleeders and removed the hemostats . Les nouveaux clients peuvent tlcharger cette image en profitant de notre offre dessai gratuit sans engagement. Our mess hall, about 70 yards from my hootch took a direct hit on the serving line and kitchen area. It was where the French first landed in the 19th Century in their quest to control the area and where . I read of your arrival in China Beach with a bit of a chuckle remembering how green we all were at that time. Even then every time the Doc cut through a nerve that farmer would try to fly through the roof! The main supply base for the Marines in I Corp was at Tien Sha near the coast in Da Nang. I held that little girl sitting on my tool box and in a short time she was used to me and clutching onto the front of my shirt. The only answer I could give them that they would except was. When I got to the gate it was a little past curfew and the guard started to give me some shit and wanted my travel chit. by the time they got to us AWC# 5 we would be awake (hopefully) and report in. I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. Sunday late afternoons we were able to get over to the Red Beach causeway and get in some water sessions. There was about a weeks over lap so the knew Chief could learn his job! He lets fly with 8 or 10 rounds then he is done for the day. That's danger close to the shop! The MPs had used their white belts as tourniquets just above the knees. Go through their front gate then out their back gate to the causeway. Bombardier. Trouvez d'autres images libres de droits dans la collection d'iStock, qui contient des photos de Vietnam facilement tlchargeables. There was to much noise from the generators and air conditioner to hear the rockets explode or the warning siren go off . It was a horrifying thing to watch. Short EM3 Camp Tien Sha Fire Department. She would throw dirt into the air and scratch at her face until it was bleeding , rubbing dirt into the cuts. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. 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. One about half way from knee to foot and the other just below the knee! S . the evening to wonder about and check out what Camp Tien Sha had to offer. 2023 iStockphoto LP. Historian, US Navy Seabee Museum. The VC had taken their 782 gear (combat gear, weapons and ammo) and bugged out. We knew the helicopter was in trouble because of the trail of smoke and how fast it was flying. I was in Danang less than a month when the Vietcong used rockets to attack the Danang Air Base for the first time in the war, on the morning of February 27. It was a Saturday, perhaps we were finishing up the cook shed. It was a strange way for a job to start. Nobody even knowing where from or if they had families. The nurse was carrying a little girl about 4 years old. Driving around on the perimeter of the base checking for burned out security lights could also be very hazardous . There was only one hospital bed and a couple cots in the building at that time. Target audience. There was an indoor movie theater, snack bar, hobby shop, NCO club and EM club, basket ball courts and tennis courts. Anyone who tried to open that door without giving our pass word would have been shot. She would be down on her hands and knees crying and waling. When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? Nights in Vietnam were uncomfortable at best. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain. Coate gave me two sets of shorts and short sleeve shirts. Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. 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. We took 2 122mm rockets about where the crates are. The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. The wounded man was the Mess Sargent who was the only one at the mess hall at the time. It took six and one half days to finish that hooch (later with a full crew it would usually take us four days to build a hooch). He told me step by step every detail. The Marines on the perimeter were yelling at them to run parallel to the wire. (Actually, I rode in a truck.) They were trying to fly that chopper to the safety of Camp Books. I donated money several times while at Camp Books. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. LCU-63 * MI Detachment Hue - 1965 - 1970. Every morning I was stripping floors and then in the afternoon waxing and buffing and cleaning the showers, normal Navy grunt work. The Seabee construction crews he is referring to was my crew. When Puppy was big enough our secretary, interpreter Miss Nguyen took Puppy home with her to Danang. In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. Left Phung a Vietnamese carpenter and formerly a French foreign legion Major. The fire was caused by a Air or artillery white phosphorus flare ( WP). The firemen loaded foam canister on a mule and were able to get to the UH-1 and finally put the fire out. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968. nstar48. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! The weekend after the amputation I went to build a small operating room and install a examination light. Donald F. Hovanec was born on December 10, 1949. That episode followed rioting along China Beach by black . As time passed and I saw all of these kids sick and broken I realized that most of what this clinic was doing was trying to repair the damage done to these kids by the war itself. 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. (my home base). Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. line. Our generators were not even running yet so I heard the rocket coming in. It turned 90 degrees to the right and touched down between two rows of concertina wire in the middle of the perimeter. Luxury. $10 of that came from me. Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. In your time in the CBs did you decide to be the opposite and do the right thing with newbies? That is the only time I had to get clothing issue. 40 reviews. 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! So off to Camp Tien Sha to get my gear and check out. 3. Nang officers billeting ! It was at maximum power and flying very fast. Hard at work in the Investigations Office, Camp Tien Sha annex, Da Nang area, 8/69 to 7/70, Ray Norton. Remember the talk we got about staying away from the prostitutes that I got my first day in Vietnam? 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. On Friday May 17 I was sent out on another job. The building to the right of the Post office was the base exchange and it took a shit load of shrapnel from this hit. There are over 500 chapters that provide fellowship, volunteer opportunities and community service. Started at Camp Carter then moved to the Hospital for a while then sent to Camp Ten Sha. DS CS: Jan 1968: 6 Oct 1972: NSGDet - at 8th RRFS, PhuBai, Vietnam. Vietnam veterans, age 60+, American. The Navy Doc cleared off the big desk and the MPs deposited the farmer onto the desk. I was 19 years old when I got my orders to go to Vietnam. You FNGs get to the back of the Modern. RICHARD river ROBERT sailors School served Services ships SKSN SMITH Special staff Station Hospital submarine supply Support THOMAS units Vietnam . 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