This is the inside of our shop.The office was upstairs and to the left. He told me step by step every detail. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces, 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. 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. The nurse was carrying a little girl about 4 years old. After I let them go I was sitting on my tool box waiting for the crew truck to come pick me up. The Marine on the left was blond and looked like a California surfer.He to had been shot in the back of the head. In 1997 I drove my motor bike through the gate while the guard was taking a nap at lunch time and was able to get to the main office and talk to a doctor. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. In reality, it is a collection of ideas, images, and information that enough people have chosen to preserve and disseminate. Map of the Vietnam War. MCB 53 was decommissioned at Davisville, Rhode Island on 10 December 1969. I was probably in as much in shock as the farmer. He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. Indianapolis, IN 46203. Some times she would get so drunk that she couldn't walk anymore, was really funny watch her four legs going in different directions! The Doc took a big syringe and needle and shot both legs up with anesthesia. (Actually, I rode in a truck.) Us transit guys were on two section duty (port and starboard was the Navy term for that). One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . As tired as I was I never got much sleep. We went downtown in Long Beach, and we got harassed a lot. 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. That sure screwed with our sleep! Don enlisted in the US Navy and attained the rank of Builder Third Class (BU3) with MCB 53. After a couple rocket and mortar attacks my brain never went completely to sleep. right , Huan one of my carpenters. Trouvez d'autres images libres de droits dans la collection d'iStock, qui contient des photos de Vietnam facilement tlchargeables. My very first Soon we arrived at our destination, Camp Tien Sha Vietnam, an old French encampment that had been converted by the Sea Bees into our base camp. [1][3]:2, In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. Between 1969 and 1971 hundreds, if not thousands, of incidents of racial violence occurred in and around American military bases 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. Boy life was improving a lot. Re: Vietnam Nam vet wants to see war sites. On May 22 at 0200 hr. Some of the rocket attacks were on Camp Books (FLC) . I could see through the gauze and there was some kind of wound underneath that looked like velvet. 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. line. Had fun there, especially since I had to wear civilian clothes. I even passed an enlisted sailor with a can of white paint and he was Modern. They were all in alignment with our generators. We started pouring concrete Wednesday June 5, 1968. S . What the F is wrong with her? On May 21,1968 at 2400 hr. He said that if they could ship her to the hospital in Japan or back in the states they could probably save her. building. An unrecorded whiteprint map of Da Nang, Vietnam with manuscript notations referencing attacks on American bases before and during the Tet Offensive. I took all the materials that I thought I would need to build the cement forms for my strong backs. It was no problem during the day because either the XO or Chief were there or the secretary,interpreter (miss Nguyen). It was Ya, we continued our work and started building my hooch. On Friday I left the shop at 1800hr and went to the Children's Clinic. Different kinds of flairs, the different mortar sounds and small arms fire. Port bow of the barracks craft shows no. Bombardier. 3. Luxury. This is a 122mm rocket crater in the road in front of our shop. Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. The second floor office was just being framed up . The Brief. There wasn't much blood ,just a small whelp where the bullet went in. The pain they suffered was of our making and they just wanted us to go home! Some time before the end of the month we got three more guys in . 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. 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 is long gone. side was a barge with a sign. There were Seabees, Korean Philco Ford, Vietnamese all working like mad . 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. That was my first time seeing dead Marines. I was standing in front of the hut assessing the job. Nang officers billeting ! Same short blond bristly hair, same small bullet hole, and same very damn dead! The authorized stockage list for Vietnam was reduced from a high of 297,000 different items in July 1967 to 74,900 items in March 1971, without any loss of the high quality of support provided to the combat forces. It was a long miserable cold 12 hour night. This is our new Chief Builder. In the future I I dreaded standing that watch but ever 5 and then 7 days I was going to get it! Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. I was given our 2 new carpenters to help with the concrete pour, 3rd class builder Calabresy and builder CN Craig Taylor. Well damn right I was scared. It turned 90 degrees to the right and touched down between two rows of concertina wire in the middle of the perimeter. Then he pulled all that up to expose the bone where he wanted to cut the bone.The nurse held all the skin and muscle up while the Doc cut off the bones. The huge fuel tank was just being build on the left out of the picture. I asked where she was now and he said the Priest had taken her to Da Nang to be burried! A refugee family was living in a lean too in Dog Patch south . They did hit the fuel bladders at truck company several time so I knew there would be a nice warm fire if our fuel tank got hit. We needed to replace the awning over the entry door that was about to fall off. I had plenty of time to take it all in and it was very UN-nerving. The shop doors were always open and a light on in the shop. I was going to have to hit the ground running if I intended to stay with this team. Pilot, youre the one flying the plane. But that only happened once as from then on I was ready. In these years, U.S. Army Vietnam alone retrograded over 671,000 short tons of supplies. So what did I do for work uniforms ? OK, Im new here, the rooky, Suddenly dozens of tracer rounds started ricocheting off the wall about 20 feet in front of the truck! It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. The Doc started by cutting the legs off. meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? The new wood frame building that I did was behind the camera. ( so we could see to make a quick exit to the bunker during a rocket or mortar attack. While my guys were working I was talking to the Gunny in the hut. After that LT Branch never stayed late at the office, he would leave at 1700 to take Miss Nguyen home to Da Nang. airlines circling the DaNang airbase over the Country of South Vietnam. Naval Support Activity DaNang (1965-1970 . There were other things to screw up the nights. Coate gave me two sets of shorts and short sleeve shirts. The rest of my tour I did what every good Seabee team would do, I stole them ! 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. By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the 200,000 allied . Hard bound with blue cover and full color replica of the U.S. Mostly I would just build and they would watch and fallow what I did. I was 19 but not a drinker. So on the hour we would get a call. If you served in Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. The memory of this little girl and the events at the Children's hospital are the reason I never had children of my own. The Chief did manage to get bedding (Ha,Ha) I got one bed sheet and one pillow case. I was shocked when he told me she was only 15 years old! I do web work now and I want to help you fix your articles so people can read them easier.I'm not asking to get paid I just want to do something for you. ---- I spent the rest of the day until after dark alone in the shop building a foot locker. there was a war going on. Then walk the length of pier re-installing any buffer pads that might have come out. . Work started at 0700 hr and we got off at 1700 hr. 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. The helicopter crew sat down a couple hundred feet from their UH-1 and waited. I took my time cooling myself off in that shower then went The Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch. Keep exploring. It had been built the end of April so was brand new. Clayton Beerworth and I were working on major repairs there by 0600 and the Mess hall was in operation more or less by that evening although it took a couple more days to get it up to 100% . Over time that changed, I didn't want to know any newbies! I wish I would have known about it then! Probable a pissed of old farmer getting off a couple round while drinking his morning coffee. Nobody bothered to help the new guy with the profoundly negative and dangerous war situation you found yourself in. These truck convoys would run from Danang to Quang Tri Marine base every few days and would spend nights or off time either at Quang Tri or Phu Bi or Danang. Mostly I was just kind of mentally numb. First I had to do a couple hour job at the 1st MP Quonset hut. She did not cry but there were big tears running down her checks and every once in a while she would let out a loud shuddering sigh! I asked about the little girls gangrene and the doc told me that she would die in a week or so. Because I was just getting situated it was just mass confusion for me . 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 my NAUI Scuba diving cerification in July 1966. In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha (Tin Sa) . Well I had 11 months to go and it was going to be a very long 11 months ! Naval Communication Facility. 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. During Vietnam war - Evac. 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. Retro. Korean Engineer's I served with in Vietnam 1968 NSA Danang,Maintenace Control Division. Some where along the line the nurse had done an IV drip. 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. 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. Most of them would be dead by now as most of the men were in their mid forties then . It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! My barracks was an old French barracks at Camp Tien Sha near Da Nang. At first it was because every thing was so knew and exciting. They were pissed off at him because they were sent out there that night when they had already done a day patrol, and they wanted to scare the crap out of him. Had tied their hands behind their backs and executed them. It must have been about 1100 hr. We were also vulnerable to sappers . There hours were 0800 to1700 so it was impossible for me to go. En savoir plus sur les images libres de droits ou consulter la FAQ sur les photos. Short EM3 Camp Tien Sha Fire Department. Everyone had his turf marked out and nobody was willing to give any for me. uniform. He got in line and they loaded his truck with beds, lots of beds. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. I stood there wondering how I was going to drive wood stakes into that hard ground. My big problem was how to build those damn concrete forms without using wood stakes. I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . The village it refers to was just north of Camp Books. Unfortunately when we got there it was closed for one hour for lunch and Coate did not have the time to hang around. He had a little Vietnamese kid with him about 8 years old. 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