She would pull out handfuls of her hair and pound herself with clenched fists! Re: Vietnam Nam vet wants to see war sites. I would have to wait a few more days for that to start. Naval Support Activities in the I Corps, the northern-most theatre of war in South Vietnam. Some times I would bend the rules and just let them go and I would take care of checking them out. 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. Gave me the creeps then and still does now when I think about it! Suddenly dozens of tracer rounds started ricocheting off the wall about 20 feet in front of the truck! 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. 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 ! So on the hour we would get a call. I thought they were trying to lighten their load. So after the 2400 check in I would jump in the truck with M-16 and ammo. But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! 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. 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. That was the LTs first rocket attack and he didn't react fast enough. The plane started to drop, going in steep and fast. We took a left hand turn at the intersection and headed out the Tien Sha peninsula towards Monkey Mountain. This is our new Chief Builder. Memoir of my time served with the Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, during the Vietnam war. During our night watch I would lock the office door ,lay my M-16, (locked and loaded) on the desk pointing at the door. 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. 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. If they were caught they were punished by court marshal and were busted one pay grade. a lot in Vietnam. Donations for May. [3]:8, In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.[4]. Vietnam veterans, age 60+, American. Historian, US Navy Seabee Museum. These Vietnam War photos taken by U.S. Army photographers reveal a side of the conflict that few people have ever seen. The ESSO fuel plant from the north east side where we were snorkeling. I heard the truth the next day at the mess hall. Here is the battalion report for May 1968. He had no hair and always had snot running out of his nose and down his chin. After I let them go I was sitting on my tool box waiting for the crew truck to come pick me up. 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. I think that maybe it was a way to help get my thoughts together, write the event down and then move on. On the far end of the bridge right I have spent countless hours over the past 15 years driving my motorbike around the Camp Books area looking for any of our workers. ( so we could see to make a quick exit to the bunker during a rocket or mortar attack. I pretty much walked the whole base then back to the EM club for a cold beer The truck dropped us at the work sight. The lumber and wood crates in upper right was the start of our lumber yard. I didn't realize at the time that the intended target was me and the generators. The Marines broke out in laughter. Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. Only 364 more days to go! Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the I was 19 but not a drinker. I was going to have to hit the ground running if I intended to stay with this team. There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain. ---- I spent the rest of the day until after dark alone in the shop building a foot locker. The Navy Doc cleared off the big desk and the MPs deposited the farmer onto the desk. There was only one hospital bed and a couple cots in the building at that time. Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. Then to Travis, Hawaii, Subic Bay (and shore patrol in Olongapo), then to Danang. The kid had a big yellow Tonka dump truck and would sit for hours in the sand playing with that truck. Later I built a wash building and cook shack just about where these cots and the officers are standing. They had to be manned 24 hours a day. En savoir plus. I slowly walked around the trailer checking them out. Yes, everyone called him soccer ball head ! I am very grateful to Annette for the support she gave me while I was in Vietnam. Some part of it was always listening to what was going on . I have never found any but I still have hope. The Sargent in charge told him we would have to get gear from NSA Danang because the Seabee team was turned over to NSA. It was time to go look for some food! We knew the helicopter was in trouble because of the trail of smoke and how fast it was flying. The official report was small arms fire on the perimeter. He got the point and let me through the gate, no more questions asked. Vietnam Memorial Monument Mobile Memorial Museum . 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. One night I was called out for some lights on the west perimeter. ALL work centers report in : AWC # 1 reports everything is quite ! The memory of this little girl and the events at the Children's hospital are the reason I never had children of my own. This is the near miss at our Post office. It was a long miserable cold 12 hour night. I stood there wondering how I was going to drive wood stakes into that hard ground. Camp Tien Sha, Vietnam. 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. Go through their front gate then out their back gate to the causeway. On the evening of May 23 we got a knew man in, Karl Voiles. painting rocks. If it had detonated when it hit the ventilator we both would have been killed! By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the 200,000 allied . It took until 2000 hours to finish that first slab. The doc had no idea but it was a sure thing she was going to die. For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. May 27 was my birthday. Welcome to Viet----fuckn Nam you FNGs ( funking new guys) !!! Well we And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. That distance above us was only 4 feet. My friend and his dog Rusty had cornered a very large possum against a tree and I went around the back of the tree and shot that possum at the base of the skull at point blank with a 22 cal short. Spent many watches all over the city of Da Nang. We were also vulnerable to sappers . While my guys were working I was talking to the Gunny in the hut. 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 . We went downtown in Long Beach, and we got harassed a lot. It really, really broke my heart! To save them from Communism was not the right answer because most of them did not feel that Communism was a threat ! There was about a weeks over lap so the knew Chief could learn his job! When the Doc was finished he told me I could remove the stick. Dearest Rita, I just finished a quick letter to my folks first one since I've been here. This is the Hoa Kahn clinic at the time I started working there. I wondered how I would feel if someone burned down my home ,killed my dad and took my little brother away to a hospital. Back at the hootch the Seabees got in a major debate about where to put me. Great Discounts & More! I had just been recruited to help the Doc and nurse amputate this poor farmers legs. The events highlighted in yellow directly affected me. He was standing about 10 feet from me and the first round of a rocket attack went through the ventilator on top of our building ,exactly four feet above the LTs head and exploded in the ware house bay next to our shop. That episode followed rioting along China Beach by black . The field had been filled with red dirt and rocks and had been compacted with heavy equipment. The rest of my tour I did what every good Seabee team would do, I stole them ! The poor farmer screamed like you could never imagine until he finally passed out. 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. OK, Im new here, the rooky, Made a very good impression on me, I didn't even consider it my whole time in Vietnam ! The pilots jumped out . 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. Trouvez d'autres images libres de droits dans la collection d'iStock, qui contient des photos de Vietnam facilement tlchargeables. The Doc first put surgical tourniquets on and took the belts off. 6 years ago. I suppose that I needed that time alone to recover from the amputation! I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there. The wounded are only those who were medivaced to a hospital. The doctor and nurse came out of the clinic. APL-30 and dock at Da Nang harbor. My head carpenter ,Pham Ba told me about her during the week. On February 10, 1970, SN Robert T. Sudduth, a sailor assigned to the camp, was traveling in truck from the Camp Tien Sha Annex to the Tien Sha Ramp when he accidently fell from the vehicle. . Did he live or die? Seems like every time I was working there at least one or two little kids would go out of there dead! A smell I have never smelled again in my life time. Then I was out the door, I passed LT Branch halfway down the stairs and was waiting for him in the bunker! She is always with me ! Retro. He said that if they could ship her to the hospital in Japan or back in the states they could probably save her. 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. He was wearing his best short timers uniform. Everyone had his turf marked out and nobody was willing to give any for me. Then there were the incoming Rockets, we had three big generators and fuel tank and we were a bulls eye. 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 . 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. there was a war going on. This was a real live human! I went back to my cubicle crawled into bed, ending my Don't try to cross in to the base as there were mines. 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. on 6 Oct 1972 . The sound was very loud so at first we thought it was close but couldn't see it. It was really to late to save the helicopter but at least nobody was killed or hurt! Camp Tien Sha. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. After the bones were cut the Doc tied off all the bleeders and removed the hemostats . 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