Link to video tour of . I always had hot meals and a warm bed. places that you or others would be referring to. I knew I wasn't in Kansas. Browse millions of high-quality stock photos, illustrations, and videos. Chn Thnh Camp. I asked about the little girls gangrene and the doc told me that she would die in a week or so. [1], U.S. NSA Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965 under the operational control of Commander, III MAF. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! corner and pretty balanced oversteer under power out of the corners. and I was just finishing up the door. Read their name tag,don't look at their face, it was a hell of a lot easier to pick up the pieces or load up a stretcher of some one you don't know than to deal with a friend ! The enlisted head We stopped work and watched.
morning. I took this photofrom the stern of YFU 80 which was docked at SCRF, looking across Da Nang harbor at sunset. paths and painted white and there were white picket fences around almost every the "enlisted head" identified in
Naval Support in I Corps - 1968: US Naval Support Activity DaNang Had fun there, especially since I had to wear civilian clothes. If your lost and want I was to hear FNG You FNGs Historian, US Navy Seabee Museum. Detachment Hue - 1965 - 1970. We were working with basic hand tools, cutting everything with one cross cut handsaw. On May 22 at 0200 hr. side was a barge with a sign. Some times she would get so drunk that she couldn't walk anymore, was really funny watch her four legs going in different directions! [2] During the next several years, the command created subordinate NSA detachments at Chu Lai, Hu, Tn M, ng H, Ca Vit, Ph Bi and Sa Hunh. Another thing that screwed up the night for us was our night radio, phone watch, it was a real bitch ! 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. 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. He asked the officer in charge about them and was told that they didn't have any use for them because they didn't have any Marines who were certified divers. As I remember I didn't understand at that time the danger of rocket attacks. of any of that. [1] In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. Well sure I heard about it and even saw them down at 1st MPs. After the little girl died I never went back to the clinic. I have absolutely no recollection of 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 . building. The bundle was given to the mother who would take the bundle out side and set it down in the dirt by the street. with Calif. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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 guys loaded up my tool box and gave me an M-16 so I would be able to walk back to the base later. The huge fuel tank was just being build on the left out of the picture. The wounded man was the Mess Sargent who was the only one at the mess hall at the time. [3] NSA Danang originally operated from a commercial pier on the city side of the Hn River and this "Museum Ramp" (160300N 1081328E / 16.05N 108.2245E / 16.05; 108.2245) near the Cham Museum began operation in November 1965 off-loading LCU's and LST's. Great Discounts & More! Later I built a wash building and cook shack just about where these cots and the officers are standing. Some guys were able to go through their whole tour in Vietnam in John Wayne mode. I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there. 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 article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. 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. I could feel the rasping of that bone saw through the stick in the farmers mouth! around on the gravel surface at the PTF base. Our group that was sent to MST1 landed in The little girl was fusing and didn't want to leave the nurse so it took a little effort to hand her off to me .
The War - The Boy in the Apple Orchard the late 60's and early 70's. That episode followed rioting along China Beach by black . Drive out the back gate and about 2 miles to the Navy Seabee base. This was I lay there waiting for the out posts to return fire, nothing happened! ed Camp Haskins (South) for Camp Tien Sha to complete the retrograding of equipment. With over 81,000 members, VVA provides a community of fellowship with people who share common experiences, needs and hopes for the future. He left me sitting there on the steps saying he would send Beerworth down at 1700 hr to get me settled in.
Moore recalls serving in Vietnam | News | muskogeephoenix.com It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. [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. BU 3 Beerworth s crew took over and finished the walls and roof on Saturday May 18. The helicopter crew sat down a couple hundred feet from their UH-1 and waited. We looked a lot more hard corps than we were. These positive relations were largely a reflection of the fact that black and white soldiers in combat were heavily dependent on one another.
Vietnam, Museum, Photos, Hanoi Hilton - 351days-in-da-nang The ESSO fuel plant from the north east side where we were snorkeling. I spent 33 years The official report was small arms fire on the perimeter. In the fall of 1966 I was transferred There was a permanent concrete hospital being built close to my building and by the beginning of June 1968 had all the walls built up and was waiting for materials for roof trusses and the roof. I was never in harms way. Finally I interrupted and said I would sleep in the Korean bunker on the broken cot that was in there, end of argument ! [ Base The Marines slept 12 to 14 men in a hootch. quarters. Donations for May. Well I never did hear from Barbee.
YFU-62 by ghost549 on DeviantArt Detachment Nha Trang - 1965 - 1971. basis The were riding shotgun on truck convoys to and from Danang to Quang Tri Province. Cat Lo Naval Base. Coate introduced me to a Chief Boatswain Mate who was our executive officer.The Commanding officer wasn't there( a lieutenant Junior Grade.) Charlie 2. What the F is wrong with her? Dearest Rita, I just finished a quick letter to my folks first one since I've been here. Remember the talk we got about staying away from the prostitutes that I got my first day in Vietnam? thought though was he was just putting on a show for us new guys. He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies. person who was awake had access to the keys to the jeep. One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . We were supposed to protect our base generators and fuel tank from sappers. submariines (SS) designated. He was honorably discharged in 1968 after completing his tour in Vietnam, as Petty . That is the only time I had to get clothing issue. On May 15 I had finished 6 or 8 escape doors. 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.
Vietnam War Wannabes | Page 3 | Senior Forums - 300 dpi - RGB, Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that content. One about half way from knee to foot and the other just below the knee! ptfnasty.com and the DaNang section, Before I went into the Navy I had a A refugee family was living in a lean too in Dog Patch south . from Danang, Republic of 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. What the hell is that? On the evening of May 23 we got a knew man in, Karl Voiles.
US Marines in Vietnam: 1968 The Defining Year - Ohio State University Vietnam Vet? Within a hundred feet of the generators. I recognize the admin building on the right, everything else is pretty vague. As usual US style plumbing, the The Magazine was found It was more the "ambulance" configuration with a All in the name of saving them from Communism. I forgotten how much it sucked being there? ( very much reminds me of cutting up chickens at butchering time). I had to make a quick exit when the patients got excited when I walked towards the main ward! There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. So what did I do for work uniforms ? . Just to the right of We aren't sure where he is yet and haven't got permission to go after him! We were here,
How Blue Water Navy Ships were exposed to Agent Orange meand I translated it to this map. Stephen was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving state side and in Vietnam at Camp Tien Sha, Danang. Sandoval. Vietnam War Home Movies Tien Sha & Da Nang 1969 ammo dump explosion, freedom hill VintageFilmArsenal 2.48K subscribers 37K views 8 years ago Go to vintagefilmarsenal.com to purchase a. She giggled a bit (talk It was a real learning experience for the three of us. Both of his legs had been pretty much blown off. and to listen to music. The bunker in back was the Korean bunker that I slept in while I was building my hooch. Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. bgmarshall@aol.com. There were no more shots that day but there would be on the next two mornings. As tired as I was I never got much sleep. $10 of that came from me. The base appears to remain in use by the PAVN. 44 Declassified Vietnam War Photos Taken By U.S. Army Photographers View Gallery History is not a fixed set of facts. She is always with me ! Everyone had his turf marked out and nobody was willing to give any for me. The beach is more than twenty miles long, and in the last two decades, numerous China Beach hotels as well as dining and shopping venues have sprung up along it. Download this Camp Tien Sha photo now. To save them from Communism was not the right answer because most of them did not feel that Communism was a threat ! There was the real possibility of hitting a mine or being ambushed by the VC (it happened more often then I would like to think about) . It is very likely this was were the Marines were killed . Rank Among Most Heavily Sprayed Provinces in Vietnam. I set up a course He had a little Vietnamese kid with him about 8 years old. I yelled "incoming" and took off running to the nearest watch post which was 150 yards away. ALL work centers report in : AWC # 1 reports everything is quite ! Sunday late afternoons we were able to get over to the Red Beach causeway and get in some water sessions. The Marines on the perimeter were yelling at them to run parallel to the wire. He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. there was a war going on. 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. 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. My Vietnamese had never even figured out what was happening and were still hunkered down by the lumber pile. The Doc told me to help tie the farmer down to the desk. Keep exploring. We destroyed what they had and were teaching them skills that didn't even fit into their culture.