On May 15 I had finished 6 or 8 escape doors. She was wearing light blue pajamas with little lambs printed 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. We also had a couple of American Philco Ford teachers. You are a builder so Beerworth or Yost will be who you report too." [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. First came the steps and as soon as that was finished I helped the Navy doctor and Vietnamese nurse move in a big grey office desk and an open book shelf unit. Detachment Chu Lai - 1964 - 1971. It is very likely this was were the Marines were killed . Older Vietnam veteran who served in the US Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, 1968-1969. So what did I do for work uniforms ? Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. They were simply ghettos with poor sanitation , communal water supply, no roads or electricity. The two crew members jumped out just under the flames .They carried their M-60 machine guns. ( Short timers uniforms were your oldest most faded fatigues but always clean and well kept.) - LCU-63 * MIA * The second floor office was just being framed up . This is the inside of our shop.The office was upstairs and to the left. Target audience. Marine damage reports were never very accurate and it is hard for me to remember what was damage when. Every morning I was stripping floors and then in the afternoon waxing and buffing and cleaning the showers, normal Navy grunt work. As he cut them off he threw them in the corner beside the shelf and I can remember how strange they looked leaning against the wall! 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. Faites votre choix parmi des millions de photos, vidos et illustrations de haute qualit. 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 . March 29, 1969. Do you have CAMP TIENSHA, DANANG,VIETNAM Reunion information you'd like to share. 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. There was always something interesting to watch at Camp Books. 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. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968. 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. I couldn't grasp what was going on at the time. At first it was because every thing was so knew and exciting. (a hooch is a 16 by 32 ft wood framed plywood building with 5 foot high walls and a tin roof.) She would be down on her hands and knees crying and waling. Both of his legs had been pretty much blown off. Me, age 23, sitting on my bunk drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette. I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there. In these years, U.S. Army Vietnam alone retrograded over 671,000 short tons of supplies. The first half of my year in Vietnam (1967) I was stationed at the large U. S. base in Danang. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. This article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. I was going to start building my own hooch so I would have a place to sleep ! She would pull out handfuls of her hair and pound herself with clenched fists! We hopped in his truck and he took me down to H&S company supply to get bedding and mess gear. While originally designed to be two volumes, it was decided that unity and cohesion required one book. He left me sitting there on the steps saying he would send Beerworth down at 1700 hr to get me settled in. Find Camp Tien Sha, Headquarters unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. The rest of my tour I did what every good Seabee team would do, I stole them ! didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. My address is: Phillip K. Sampley. She promised not to eat Puppy. I went back to my cubicle crawled into bed, ending my Don't go to Dog Patch at night and stay way from the prostitutes. I have never found any but I still have hope. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. Le logo iStock est une marque dpose de iStockphoto LP. Cela profite tout le monde. "Sorry that's all we have!" . In July 1966 the "Bridge Cargo Ramp" (160307N 1081352E / 16.052N 108.231E / 16.052; 108.231) began operations increasing NSA's supply capability. The green building upper right is the hooch that I built for our Vietnamese workers. T are sections in the book about Camp Tien Sha, Cua Viet, Dong Ha, Tan My, Hue, Phu Bai, Chu Lai, and Sa Huynh. Retro. 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. So that's what I did, went back to work. (Actually, I rode in a truck.) Had tied their hands behind their backs and executed them. APL-30 and dock at Da Nang harbor. We were also vulnerable to sappers . 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. Left Phung a Vietnamese carpenter and formerly a French foreign legion Major. and to listen to music. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! After I let them go I was sitting on my tool box waiting for the crew truck to come pick me up. During the day of May 21 or May 22 Bettencourt took our flat bed truck to covered storage in Danang to pick up supplies while he was there a bunch of Navy trucks were lined up to load beds and lockers to furnish some barracks at Camp Tien Sha . He expired nine days later. Gave me the creeps then and still does now when I think about it! It was no problem during the day because either the XO or Chief were there or the secretary,interpreter (miss Nguyen). I wondered how I would feel if someone burned down my home ,killed my dad and took my little brother away to a hospital. So now I know why the sniping stopped. I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. Our generators were not even running yet so I heard the rocket coming in. ( We called the Army Republic Of Vietnam police white mice because they were small, wore white helmets white web belts, white pistol holsters and white spats.) The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. If one of the other bases in our AO got hit by mortars or rockets then our siren went off and we were on red alert which meant we had to role out with weapons, helmets,and flack jackets and man our posts. nstar48; Media item; Jan 30, 2008; We knew the helicopter was in trouble because of the trail of smoke and how fast it was flying. line. Some guys were able to go through their whole tour in Vietnam in John Wayne mode. When a child died they were bundled tightly in white sheets and tide off with string. 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 . We set the radio on squelch so it would make a lot of noise and wake us up. We were told that we were teaching them skills so they would be able to have a useful job. I was in country from June 1969 to June 1970. You FNGs get off the plane and fall in over there. Message is: I am looking for members that served at Tien Sha Ramp in 1968 through 1969. They had been covered with poncho liners but they had blown off. - Danang Harbor Pilot - (Quang Nam) U.S. Army 329th Heavy Boat Company 5th Transportation Company Mine Explosion. is shown across the Han River from Da Nang itself. This would also give Beerworth time to get his guys out on their job. The sign on the mess hall door It was losing altitude and we were wondering if they would make it. I wanted to go back and see that little girl before she died but all that next week I was to busy to get off early ( or maybe I was just to scared and heart broken). The shop door are between the 2 telephone poles. What I really There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. The trailer was to short so the Marines legs were bent at the knees and sticking up, no shoes, pant legs up to their knees showing their very white legs. Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. I don't remember when I stopped doing work at the Children's clinic, Maybe the end of June or early July. went by (so slowly! Well I never did hear from Barbee. This comment has been removed by the author. I was a certified SCUBA diver. The argument got pretty heated. For Australia U.S. Navy occurred with fire spreading to the task - 426th s amp! Inside of that trailer, face down were 2 dead Marines. 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. We aren't sure where he is yet and haven't got permission to go after him! Right at daybreak back in '69, I was sent on a dangerous mission in Danang. The three strong backs that I was to build for 7th motors was put on hold. 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. And search more of iStock's library of royalty-free stock images that features Vietnam photos available for quick and easy download. 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. By 1969 I was and RM3 in the White Elephant (an old French Fort in downtown Da Nang) where the commanding Admiral was located. Didnt take long to figure out that everyone could see that you were a FNG. 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. Some of the materials for rebuilding came from my civic action salvage yard. On Friday I left the shop at 1800hr and went to the Children's Clinic. 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. Familiar Places. My very first May 1. that's one of our generators upper left. I was 19 but not a drinker. U.S. The plane started to drop, going in steep and fast. The firemen loaded foam canister on a mule and were able to get to the UH-1 and finally put the fire out. I think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . I can still hear the snip of the scissors as the Doc cut away the flesh. I got my NAUI Scuba diving cerification in July 1966. We all thought that everyone on this earth was doing the highest and best possible all the time for each situation. You have destroyed my country and my family! Coate was not there to know about Puppy. With tears in my eyes I told the guard that I had been helping the doc at the children's clinic and he could take his fucking travel chit and shove it up his ass! I would like to help you with your content on your website. This is my Poem about the farmer who stepped on the mine. Although the rules were they had to go back and check out. . I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . Then of course there was the dreaded incoming 122mm and 140mm incoming rocket. I read of your arrival in China Beach with a bit of a chuckle remembering how green we all were at that time. I hated that phone, radio, air conditioning and black coffee! Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. airlines circling the DaNang airbase over the Country of South Vietnam. She was especially friendly with our hooch mama-son. Yes that's puppy and our new steel worker (Calhoun). Drinking black coffee trying to stay alert. They were only a couple hundred yards away! 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. The huge fuel tank was just being build on the left out of the picture. I turned 20 years old and of coarse it went un- noticed although I had gotten a care package from Annett Burrel, a couple surfing magazines from my brother Jay and a birthday card from my girl friend Linda! It was at maximum power and flying very fast. 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. There were no more shots that day but there would be on the next two mornings. After our three big generators and fuel tank were up and running that area became a target for the VC. The main supply base for the Marines in I Corp was at Tien Sha near the coast in Da Nang. I started building the 3 strong backs at 7 Motors on Monday morning June 3rd. Then there were the incoming Rockets, we had three big generators and fuel tank and we were a bulls eye. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968. 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. By the time I graduated from High school I was a damn good diver! There were 6 area work centers in the Da Nang AO . It was a Saturday, perhaps we were finishing up the cook shed. We had devastated their economy and destroyed their infrastructure. We were not part of the Marine Civil Affair but worked independent of them. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain. So every week there would be a different doctor. Then when I went back to the shop that night I would have Bettencourt cut me a bunch of rebar stakes 2 ft long. The wounded are only those who were medivaced to a hospital. The number of rockets are probably plus or minus a couple rockets. 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. Save. Because I was just getting situated it was just mass confusion for me . The shop doors were always open and a light on in the shop. 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. The Marine on the left was blond and looked like a California surfer.He to had been shot in the back of the head. Administration Armed assigned Assistant August Back base boats Camp Tien Sha CAPT Captain cargo Center CHARLES Chief of Staff combat . . Recent photo of Cheryl and me. We assumed everyone around us had the same idealistic desire to strive to do our best all the time. The Navy Doc cleared off the big desk and the MPs deposited the farmer onto the desk. Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. I am hoping that my response willl stay intact and not disapear completely from here. When I look back it sure seems stupid but at the time what else could I do? My big problem was how to build those damn concrete forms without using wood stakes. . Some morning I would be more tired when I woke up than when I went to bed. We are the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122, based in Collin County, Texas. Yes that's me smiling up from the 122mm rocket crater. We took 2 122mm rockets about where the crates are. uniform. )The Doc gave me a large stick like a tongue depressor ,except bigger. She is always with me ! NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIBITY DANANG, VIETNAM" patch on the front cover with gold embossed Naval Support Activity Da Nang 1966-67. The new wood frame building that I did was behind the camera. It is long gone. They were all in alignment with our generators. ALL work centers report in : AWC # 1 reports everything is quite ! Had fun there, especially since I had to wear civilian clothes. I was one of the unlucky ones who ended up shoveling a lot of shit! The lumber and wood crates in upper right was the start of our lumber yard. Ray Norton. ( very much reminds me of cutting up chickens at butchering time). Unfortunately when we got there it was closed for one hour for lunch and Coate did not have the time to hang around. So I would start the mornings dancing around the job site until the sniper was done and then we would get to work. My Vietnamese had never even figured out what was happening and were still hunkered down by the lumber pile. After he was medivaced one young labor worker(Baby son) would ask me every morning If I had heard how Barbee was and if I got a letter from him. So back around to the front of the hut and to work on the awning . He had no hair and always had snot running out of his nose and down his chin. It was time to go look for some food! There was one thing that bothered me about Tien Sha. I jumped into the fighting hole beside the post and yelled at the Marines there "holy shit some one is shooting at me!" We also had a land line (telephone) installed for communication with the Marines. Some part of it was always listening to what was going on . Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. The events highlighted in yellow directly affected me. 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. I'm at camp Tien Sha at Da Nang now . In the future I We took several trucks and picked up Pham Ba and Babyson outside the gate and headed down the road. Because of the rocket attack on May 13 (rockets hit with in 50 yard of this building) some of the officers there wanted escape doors out the back of the building where they were starting to build their own bunkers. My day was done!! My body was always waiting to react. Even then every time the Doc cut through a nerve that farmer would try to fly through the roof! Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the I dont know a damn thing so After the farmer passed out and the legs were cut off the nurse was able to stop holding the farmer down and assist the Doc by handing him the clamps and other tools as he needed them. 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. 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 . Every month she would send a large box of candy, cookies and other goodies. The Docs loved coming to Hoa Kahn Clinic. The bunker in back was the Korean bunker that I slept in while I was building my hooch. 40 reviews. On the left 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 . Beddoe. The Doc narrated as he worked, what he was doing, what he was going to do, when I should be prepared for the farmer to go ballistic! I didn't understand at that time the danger of rocket attacks. 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. Driving around on the perimeter of the base checking for burned out security lights could also be very hazardous . 89 helpful votes. It was meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large Nang officers billeting ! Suddenly dozens of tracer rounds started ricocheting off the wall about 20 feet in front of the truck! I didn't know it then but that was my last good meal for a long time! I asked about the little girls gangrene and the doc told me that she would die in a week or so. 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. Some time before the end of the month we got three more guys in . Nice history lesson for me. It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. 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). Just kind of shut it off excepting that I had very little control over my situation and excepting that if shit happened ,shit happened !! very first day of war. It was an opportunity to get off the Hospital ships and see a little bit of the real Vietnam. On May 13,1968 we took 6 122mm rocket rounds as explained in my May 15,1968 leter. Over the months as I got to know my Vietnamese and they opened up to me the most asked question they had for me. I even passed an enlisted sailor with a can of white paint and he was He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. I just haven't had time for any more. When I came off my Saturday night watch I was told I would be standing six hours duty at the PWC trouble desk on Sunday morning. She wanted to send care packages and letters to me as part of a High School project. Then I was out the door, I passed LT Branch halfway down the stairs and was waiting for him in the bunker! Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. I actually took the class in 1965 but at that time you had to be 18 years old to get a Scuba Certification. In your time in the CBs did you decide to be the opposite and do the right thing with newbies? MOS. The doc had no idea but it was a sure thing she was going to die. Welcome! What has escaped my memory was the "21 club". 6 years ago. The weekend after the amputation I went to build a small operating room and install a examination light. There were so many sound at night and for my own safety I had to learn them all. Next thing I realize he has a hold on my sleeve. The nurse was carrying a little girl about 4 years old. We were here, It sure seemed longer then a month, to me it was more like a few months! One night I was called out for some lights on the west perimeter. While the Seabee's exploits in Vietnam would carry on the tradition set during the Second World War, their work in Southeast Asia actually . On May 22 at 0200 hr. Off we went to the supply yard at one of the SeaBee battalions, while we were there we stopped for a quick lunch at the Navy mess hall. 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 wounded man was the Mess Sargent who was the only one at the mess hall at the time. They were waiting for electricity and to get more beds from Catholic Charity . Here is a poem that I wrote about the helicopter. There hours were 0800 to1700 so it was impossible for me to go. Nights in Vietnam were uncomfortable at best. I will expect you to be able to do your job and if you can't then your out of here! loading the LSTs and loading onto trucks. 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. He got in line and they loaded his truck with beds, lots of beds. "Ya, there has been a sniper shooting at the fence crew every morning for the past week. Our office was up stairs. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. A sad day because we were no longer a Seabee Team ! Everyone had his turf marked out and nobody was willing to give any for me. That sure screwed with our sleep! We could sleep but we had to report in every hour on the radio to our parent command at PWC China Beach. It was kind of like the work orders I got. The hooch in back is the doctors office and residents. The ESSO fuel plant from the north east side where we were snorkeling. 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