The shop doors were always open and a light on in the shop. Unfortunately when we got there it was closed for one hour for lunch and Coate did not have the time to hang around. 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 . Why are you here in Vietnam ? He got in line and they loaded his truck with beds, lots of beds. Only 364 more days to go! Friday was an interesting day. 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. The rocket attacks after that the would be on target! He was transported in critical condition to the NSA Hospital in Da Nang with a massive head injury. 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. 03/11/66 - Harvey L. Engel, QM1, Lincoln, NE. Right at daybreak back in '69, I was sent on a dangerous mission in Danang. (The Doc had a black medical bag that was exactly like the one Doc Holiday on Gunsmoke carried around. May 1. I don't remember when I stopped doing work at the Children's clinic, Maybe the end of June or early July. Both of his legs had been pretty much blown off. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. As soon as they caught on they would take on that task and I would move on to the next. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! In Feb 1973, evacuated Danang to San Miguel . What ever it was we were done by shortly after 1600 hr. Cest pourquoi tous les fichiers proposs sur iStock, quil sagisse dune, Des publicits sur les rseaux sociaux aux panneaux daffichage, en passant par les prsentations PowerPoint et longs mtrages, vous aurez la libert de modifier, redimensionner et personnaliser tous les fichiers sur iStock, y compris toutes les images et vidos, dessins Humoristiques et Bandes dessines, Notices lgales et protection de la vie prive. 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. All terrain forklifts would scurry back and forth off I had just been recruited to help the Doc and nurse amputate this poor farmers legs. Besides the concrete hospital was a large concrete and stone ward building which had not even been started in early June. Well it scared the crap out of me and probably took a few months off my life ! It was where the French first landed in the 19th Century in their quest to control the area and where . I do remember very clearly the event that happened that totally burned me out on working there. We took good care of Judy and she ate very well, We would get stake and chicken from the mess hall and She also loved to drink beer. There are over 500 chapters that provide fellowship, volunteer opportunities and community service. [1] In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. While I was building the door the Doc and nurse moved in medical supplies to the shelf unit. There was one thing that bothered me about Tien Sha. I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha (Tin Sa) . By 1969 I was and RM3 in the White Elephant (an old French Fort in downtown Da Nang) where the commanding Admiral was located. I had my broken leg cot and was living out of my sea bag. 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). An example of what we did. 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 helicopter crew sat down a couple hundred feet from their UH-1 and waited. Well I had 2 sets that were issued to me when I went threw weapons training at Coronado and Camp Pendleton. 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. Guard shacks along the pipe line to the ESSO fuel plant, Oil Tanker off loading at the ESSO fuel plant. I was in Vietnam from November 3, 1968, through November 7, 1969. and the LT moved to the Da. Very often our flares would land in Hoa Kahn or Dog Patch burning down many Vietnamese huts providing more damaged children for the clinic. Here is the battalion report for May 1968. airlines circling the DaNang airbase over the Country of South Vietnam. Well, the Camp Tein Sha barracks got me for Friday, and Saturday. . The Doc told me to help tie the farmer down to the desk. The MPs had used their white belts as tourniquets just above the knees. 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 . The village it refers to was just north of Camp Books. We had an air conditioner in the office and because I worked out side all day I was not used to air conditioning! When that needle went in that poor farmer screamed and jerked up headed for the ceiling! I held the door open for them. Anyone who tried to open that door without giving our pass word would have been shot. The huge fuel tank was just being build on the left out of the picture. A couple of our guys , Craig Taylor and Pat Brown were interested in learning to Scuba dive so I took it upon my self to teach them. On the left painting rocks. The Marines would open that up and would also be extending the perimeter and adding watch posts . meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the There were two supply tents up there and when the Field Marines (grunts) would come in from the bush they would strip off all their dirty clothes and throw them in piles in one tent then go into the other tent and pick up clean uniforms. We were not part of the Marine Civil Affair but worked independent of them. 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! He left me sitting there on the steps saying he would send Beerworth down at 1700 hr to get me settled in. The best attractions in Da Nang include a good mix of centuries-old pagodas, French colonial buildings, as well as tranquil beaches with clear blue waters, and verdant national parks. The carpenter flat bed truck. I have 'issues' from that crap hole as well.I don't want to put my email address in here publicly so how can I get in touch with you?Ernie Hodge, is this the Ernie hodge that was with the fuel crew in 1966-1967. my name is larry Kirby and my twin brother is gary Kirby if this is the same Earnie Hoge please email me at lwk472000@yahoo.vom. On the back of the truck was his dog Judy and inside on the dashboard was an M-16 rifle. would be thinking about that meal a lot! Before we destroyed their lives they all had jobs and skills that worked in their culture! 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 tracer rounds stopped ,I gave it a couple minutes and got in the truck and sped on my way back to the shop! middle , Mr Kim a Korean Philco Ford electrician . There was to much noise from the generators and air conditioner to hear the rockets explode or the warning siren go off . By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the . I served there and just would like to hear from some of the guys that was there. The base appears to remain in use by the PAVN. I am a 20 year old US soldier and my country says I have to be here! Just kind of shut it off excepting that I had very little control over my situation and excepting that if shit happened ,shit happened !! On May 22 at 0200 hr. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. He seemed totally comfortable and relaxed. We hopped in his truck and he took me down to H&S company supply to get bedding and mess gear. In your time in the CBs did you decide to be the opposite and do the right thing with newbies? 2023 iStockphoto LP. I went to my CO and asked to help. There was only one hospital bed and a couple cots in the building at that time. She would throw dirt into the air and scratch at her face until it was bleeding , rubbing dirt into the cuts. Did he live or die? The Doc started by cutting the legs off. Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. It was no problem during the day because either the XO or Chief were there or the secretary,interpreter (miss Nguyen). I didn't think about the danger but was aware of it. She was especially friendly with our hooch mama-son. Nights in Vietnam were uncomfortable at best. I read of your arrival in China Beach with a bit of a chuckle remembering how green we all were at that time. I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . During Vietnam war - Evac. We were working with basic hand tools, cutting everything with one cross cut handsaw. I am searching for anyone who may recall serving with me in the Seabees at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang between 1969-1971. We stopped work and watched. Level the frames and tie them to the stakes and I would have my concrete forms complete. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain. 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 women were in their early twenties, so there is still hope. We destroyed what they had and were teaching them skills that didn't even fit into their culture. So now I know why the sniping stopped. [3]:8, In April 1972 all US Navy facilities in Danang were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy.[4]. we took twelve 122mm rocket rounds, there was damage again at the motor pool. May 27 was my birthday. . History is not a fixed set of facts. That distance above us was only 4 feet. 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. just out of the picture on the right. Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. He spent the night at the shop bunker by himself , totally confused as to what was going on. Dock area at Da Nang harbor. View from bow of LCM. Camp Tien Sha Vietnam 1968 from Monkey Mountain. Camp Haskins, Da Nang, Vietnam, served as headquarters of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, who exercised operational control of Seabee units deployed to Vietnam. I even passed an enlisted sailor with a can of white paint and he was Naval Support Activity DaNang (1965-1970 . We also had a couple of American Philco Ford teachers. Craig Taylor was pulled from the job to go work another project.He had also gotten cement poisoning in a cut on his foot so would not be able to help on any more concrete work. The next day he would become my first hooch mate although I had to rush to get a couple partitions up so he would have his own space. We are the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122, based in Collin County, Texas. They had been covered with poncho liners but they had blown off. Short EM3 Camp Tien Sha Fire Department. These Vietnam War photos taken by U.S. Army photographers reveal a side of the conflict that few people have ever seen. Les nouveaux clients peuvent tlcharger cette image en profitant de notre offre dessai gratuit sans engagement. Beerworth dropped us at 1st MPs. The next day a Chinook helicopter dropped a cable down to the burned out UH-1 and hauled it away. While originally designed to be two volumes, it was decided that unity and cohesion required one book. Sunday late afternoons we were able to get over to the Red Beach causeway and get in some water sessions. After the little girl died I never went back to the clinic. I jumped into the fighting hole beside the post and yelled at the Marines there "holy shit some one is shooting at me!" He got the point and let me through the gate, no more questions asked. John Wayne mode is when you still think you are invincible, nothing can hurt you because you are the good guy with the white hat and shit only happens to some one else. Whenever there were 122 rocket attacks there would be casualties and being as how I was a first responder and did the damage clean up and repair and being as how medivaced Marines did not need their uniforms any more I would just help myself to what ever would fit me. You FNGs get off the plane and fall in over there. Here is the letter I wrote my parents on May 15, 1968. I have spent countless hours over the past 15 years driving my motorbike around the Camp Books area looking for any of our workers. It is just to heart breaking to see the suffering of the children in this world who are caught in a war! I dont know a damn thing so On the evening of May 23 we got a knew man in, Karl Voiles. All in the name of saving them from Communism. We had to give Puppy away as we were not even supposed to have a dog. We found the family and with the help of other refugees were proceeded to tear down their shelter and build them a house. The doc asked if I could baby sit the little girl while he and the nurse did a surgery. I arrived in Da Nang in June 1968. Well we I got my NAUI Scuba diving cerification in July 1966. 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. The two crew members jumped out just under the flames .They carried their M-60 machine guns. Donations for May. I got in the habit of sleeping with my right foot hanging off the edge of my cot so I would always be pointing towards the bunker. One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. Some times a lot of shit happened . 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. 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. But that only happened once as from then on I was ready. Long , long ago, far, far away on the other side of the There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. U.S. Just keep on working in the rain. With chow finished I had the rest of 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. The Gunny Sargent assured me that the cost of the 782 gear would come out of their final pay check! 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. Da Nang Vietnam 1968 stock footage and images. African Americans perceived racial issues. ---- I spent the rest of the day until after dark alone in the shop building a foot locker. My day was done!! That's danger close to the shop! went by (so slowly! One night I was in the office with LT Branch . I was going to start building my own hooch so I would have a place to sleep ! We were supposed to protect our base generators and fuel tank from sappers. Any damage at FLC was my teams responsibility to asses , clean up and repair or replace so I had direct involvement in all rocket and mortar attacks at FLC. The doctor and nurse came out of the clinic. The field had been filled with red dirt and rocks and had been compacted with heavy equipment. Modern. Our office was up stairs. Remember the talk we got about staying away from the prostitutes that I got my first day in Vietnam? The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. Uss garrett county ( lst-786 ) uss garrett county ( lst-786 ) uss garrett (. In November 1965, Marines moved into Camp Tien-Sha, an old French Army camp situated on the Tien-Sha Peninsula and illustrated near the top . Supported COMSEC 705 (Camp Tien Sha), Operation Big Look (Da Nang) and USMC ground missions (1st Radio BN). The crew truck got there about 1745 hr or so and the doc was still busy. nstar48; Media item; Jan 30, 2008; The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. Port bow of the barracks craft shows no. It took until 2000 hours to finish that first slab. Then he could pick my guys up and pick up materials to build my hooch. Coate introduced me to a Chief Boatswain Mate who was our executive officer.The Commanding officer wasn't there( a lieutenant Junior Grade.) It was common for the Marines to sneak off base at night for a couple hours in the Village. 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! The official report was small arms fire on the perimeter. Because I was just getting situated it was just mass confusion for me . The saw he used was a miniature version of the bone saw we used when we cut up cows or pigs at butchering time on the farm! That sure screwed with our sleep! It was time to go look for some food! 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. But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! I could see through the gauze and there was some kind of wound underneath that looked like velvet. Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. I would like to help you with your content on your website. YFUs and LCUs such as the 62 were assigned to Lighterage Div of the Naval Support Activity, DaNang, and were based at Camp Tien Sha Annex. On Friday May 17 I was sent out on another job. $10 of that came from me. Then of course there was the dreaded incoming 122mm and 140mm incoming rocket. Late in the day we had built them a nice hootch and had them moved in. It's the 4th largest city in Vietnam. He had to re arrange his schedule to accommodate me. Here are the Activity reports for May 1968 for the Marines in my AO (area of operation) . I took all the materials that I thought I would need to build the cement forms for my strong backs. cold glasses of chocolate milk, ice cream and an apple to go. We needed to replace the awning over the entry door that was about to fall off. The nurse laid across the farmers upper thighs to hold him in place. I was standing in front of the hut assessing the job. Sometimes we could be called out 2 or 3 times in a night. Target audience. 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