It was more the "ambulance" configuration with a Her husband was an ARVN soldier who had been killed. 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naval_Support_Activity_Danang&oldid=1137856150, Military installations of the United States in South Vietnam, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Naval History & Heritage Command, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 20:12. Didnt take long to figure out that everyone could see that you were a FNG. 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. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. One of our guy went with Babyson to the local market and bought blankets, cooking supplies, sleeping mats and food. That was necessary because They were waiting for electricity and to get more beds from Catholic Charity . [ Base He did some stitching ,packed gauze into the stumps, put in shunts and temporarily closed the stumps. With chow finished I had the rest of I would sit at the desk and drink coffee, write letters or poetry. of the enclosure with a "shower Well whenever I was working in that area I would sneak in the tent and find some dirty uniforms,still in good shape and steal them, put them in my crew tool box and take them back to my hooch and hand wash them ! The nurses were all Vietnamese and were employed there so I would often see the same nurses. He seemed totally comfortable and relaxed. such a small vehicle. the correctly identified enlisted In a while the nurse and doc came out to get the little girl and I volunteered to hold the little girl if they had other things to do. Also we took care of damage at Camp Reasoner and the small CAP out posts. After a couple rocket and mortar attacks my brain never went completely to sleep. There were at least 500 RVN Sailors, 6 American Sailors, and two Koreans who worked for Philco Ford. I have never found any but I still have hope. This is the poem I wrote about the little girl who died from gangrene. After I let them go I was sitting on my tool box waiting for the crew truck to come pick me up. worked that jeep to it's limits and had a highly entertaining time Besides the concrete hospital was a large concrete and stone ward building which had not even been started in early June. To add your photos, please email them to webmaster@ccvva.org. 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 introduced me to a Chief Boatswain Mate who was our executive officer.The Commanding officer wasn't there( a lieutenant Junior Grade.) Stephen was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving state side and in Vietnam at Camp Tien Sha, Danang. He's shooting from a long way out and hasn't hit anyone yet. Surprisingly, I never step foot on a ship, I was always stationed in Navy hospitals. Coate was not there to know about Puppy. right out of there. Drive out the back gate and about 2 miles to the Navy Seabee base. to LCU-1498 (same routine). it, there were about a dozen shower This is the day I started my real job. 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. very first day of war. Lance Corporal James D Feucht (cause of death,misadventure). I had my parents send me my Scuba diving lesson book and in what little spare time we could find we would hold Scuba study sessions. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968. Lieutenant Colonel Leonard A. Blasiol, U.S. Marine Corps . This comment has been removed by the author. I didn't know it then but that was my last good meal for a long time! Chapel? The harbor defense unit used landing craft, picket boats and 16 feet (4.9m) Boston Whalers to monitor and protect the maritime traffic. Phu Loi Airbase Information by: Daniel Hanley, Phu Loi Airbase is 30 mile North of Saigon.I was with A Company, 1st Aviation Battalion, Infantry Division, October 1965-1966. What that means is we stood a four hour night watch every other night. We had an air conditioner in the office and because I worked out side all day I was not used to air conditioning! U.S. MARINES IN VIETNAM THE DEFINING YEAR 1968. by. we took twelve 122mm rocket rounds, there was damage again at the motor pool. We started pouring concrete Wednesday June 5, 1968. 15x12. 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. Over 130 rough terrain and warehouse forklifts and 20 cranes eased cargo handling. On Tuesday May 14 I finished my hooch and settled into the corner right inside the door. He was laying on his back and we had tied his arms (wrists) to the legs on one end of the desk and then had tide his upper thighs to the other legs of the desk. I suppose that I needed that time alone to recover from the amputation! Don't go to Dog Patch at night and stay way from the prostitutes. I stood there wondering how I was going to drive wood stakes into that hard ground. 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 1972. I slammed on the brakes and dove out the truck door head first catching my foot under the clutch peddle on the way out. 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. Well guess what ? ALL work centers report in : AWC # 1 reports everything is quite ! Detachment Cua Viet - 1967 - 1970. I set up a course The lumber and wood crates in upper right was the start of our lumber yard. 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. Surprise, I think that was normal precaution . All of the workers that worked for us were dislocated Vietnamese and us putting them to work was an attempt to keep their economy rolling. The Seabee construction crews he is referring to was my crew. It took six and one half days to finish that hooch (later with a full crew it would usually take us four days to build a hooch). Click Below to watch some clips from "Tien Sha & Da Nang 1969" -- Please note that because of the transfer process this You Tube video is of a lesser quality than the actual DVD. I believe that on May 21 we had hits to the sick bay which was a big rebuild job. Detachment Nha Trang - 1965 - 1971. a lot in Vietnam. I always had hot meals and a warm bed. Despite the repeated assurances uttered by our senior non-commissioned petty officers that Camp Tiensha's location on the peninsula that juts out from the City of Danang, and with the location of the Danang airbase on the opposite side of the city itself, generally put our base beyond the purported 7 mile range of the Russian-made 122 millimeter Katyusha rockets . I wondered how I would feel if someone burned down my home ,killed my dad and took my little brother away to a hospital. One night I stood a four hour office watch and another night I was on a four hour barracks fire watch. while we were starting the wall framing we heard the sound of a UH-1 helicopter. This is the inside of our shop.The office was upstairs and to the left. After checking in, I was assigned to Older Vietnam veteran who served in the US Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, 1968-1969. map and make modifications, please email your 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! context of what was happening. and Captain David A . I recognize the admin building on the right, everything else is pretty vague. C Chi Base Camp. I was to hear FNG $10 of that came from me. Don't try to cross in to the base as there were mines. 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. China Beach, Vietnam. All in the name of saving them from Communism. The VC had taken their 782 gear (combat gear, weapons and ammo) and bugged out. Danang was handling more tonnage than the port of Baltimore at the time. It might be inaccurate in some details, suffice to say, I the fresh meat so what do I know about it. Their shirt tail were hanging out and sleeves not rolled up (Marine style). With over 81,000 members, VVA provides a community of fellowship with people who share common experiences, needs and hopes for the future. No. Detachment Hue - 1965 - 1970. The station hospital begun in 1965 had treated over 21,000 casualties, 44,000 nonbattle patients and one million outpatients flowing in from the hostile and disease-ridden I Corps environment. I am sure had I not done that , the Chief, when he came down to the hootch, would have solved the problem by sending me back to China Beach. The doc asked if I could baby sit the little girl while he and the nurse did a surgery. I joined the Navy Reserve and went to Viet Nam anyway. The wounded man was the Mess Sargent who was the only one at the mess hall at the time. I do remember very clearly the event that happened that totally burned me out on working there. quarters. I was going to have to hit the ground running if I intended to stay with this team. training), ands a week at Whidby Island (E&E, and SERE. Tour: August 2, 1969 through July 17, 1970. Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. I couldn't grasp what was going on at the time. Vietnam veterans, age 60+, American. The following information was emailed in to It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. 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 was able to remain calm and under control and do what ever he told me but inside I was on the edge of losing it! The sound had carried down the valley making it sound very close, then it would die down then get loud again, very strange how the sound bounced around the walls of the valley. there. Seabees, initially using materials pre-stocked before the war in Advanced Base Functional Component packages, constructed three deep-draft piers for oceangoing ships, two 300 feet (91m) wooden piers an LST causeway and the Bridge Cargo Complex that consisted of a 1,600 feet (490m) long wharf, 300,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage space and 500,000 square feet of covered storage space. If you were to divide Camp Fay into Late in the day we had built them a nice hootch and had them moved in. Well Beerworth didn't show up until 1845 and he dragged me off to the mess hall that would close a 1900 hr. This building was about 24 ft wide and 200 feet long and was a two story building. There was a bunker there. was the building directly adjoining It was We assumed everyone around us had the same idealistic desire to strive to do our best all the time. 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. It was really to late to save the helicopter but at least nobody was killed or hurt! Additional responsibilities included harbor defense and the transshipment of cargo to the smaller ports in the region. It was what those Jeep parts? A small craft repair facility and an Auxiliary Floating Drydock (AFDL) helped keep NSA vessels in working order. [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. ---- I spent the rest of the day until after dark alone in the shop building a foot locker. Book cover type. The shop door are between the 2 telephone poles. The usual row of sinks, toilets and Maybe 6 on a side. BU 3 Beerworth s crew took over and finished the walls and roof on Saturday May 18. Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. I was never in harms way. 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. At that time the base fir truck showed up. The second floor office was just being framed up . Naval Communication Facility. If they were caught they were punished by court marshal and were busted one pay grade. Rank Among Most Heavily Sprayed Provinces in Vietnam. this pic sure isn't it, at least YFU-54 (Car 54 where are you). as soon as they were installed. Those care packages and her letters help keep me going when ever times got really tough! This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. of any of that. head has about the lightest colored It's a win-win, and it's why everything on iStock is only available royalty-free including all, Royalty-free licenses are the best option for anyone who needs to use stock images commercially, which is why every file on iStock whether its a, From social media ads to billboards, PowerPoint presentations to feature films, you're free to modify, resize and customize every asset on iStock including all. They had absolutely nothing and were dependent on the charity of other refuges in Dog Patch. A refugee family was living in a lean too in Dog Patch south . But I don't consider myself as one. Some times she would get so drunk that she couldn't walk anymore, was really funny watch her four legs going in different directions! Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 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. [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. His name was Coate and he was a 3rd class yeoman. Our group that was sent to MST1 landed in At Freedom Hill you'll see some panoramic shots of the base and buildings (USO Club, ), likewise at Tien Sha (Snoopy's Chicken Hut, Acey Ducey Club). She was especially friendly with our hooch mama-son. to Danang. because of all the flares in the mountains next to the base. Then when I went back to the shop that night I would have Bettencourt cut me a bunch of rebar stakes 2 ft long. I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . 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. Da Nang marks the halfway point between Hanoi in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the south. ( 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.) I went out and sat on my toolbox and thought about what I had just experienced. You forget the bad things and you remember the good I surveyed So every week there would be a different doctor. Significant Events 19-31 August 1970 19-28 October 1970 5 November 1970 13 November 1970 15 November 1970 1968 SPECIAL REPORT: "CAMP TIEN SHA RACIAL TROUBLE" Hezakya Newz & Films 165K subscribers Subscribe 300 9.9K views 1 year ago For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the. half, aside from the times that I this pic is. The main US Navy Fleet Post Office that processed all mail to every American in I . Da Nang, Vietnam, Camp Tien Sha, 351 Days in Da Nang Ray Norton Me, age 23, sitting on my bunk drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette. changes to : I have nothing but respect for those that were. Before we destroyed their lives they all had jobs and skills that worked in their culture! Amphibious fuel lines were laid along the sea floor to storage tanks ashore at Red Beach Base Area, north of the city and the Marines' Marble Mountain Air Facility to the south. We are the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1122, based in Collin County, Texas. It was a real learning experience for the three of us. I got used to the nights but was never comfortable enough to sleep well. 1966 and assumed I would spend two years on a submarine in WesPac. I experienced rocket attacks, an ammunition dump explosion, total boredom, drug busts, police raids, China Beach, and the birth of my daughter, Rebecca. barrels over the bow. The pilots jumped out . Some time that day the Catholic Priest who was in charge of the clinic and also the Da Nang orphanage showed up . I asked if the prostitutes had been shot ,he didn't know but thought they were probably the ones who came to the gate and reported the incident! Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm - 1967 | 1968 | 1969 - now Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the Naval Support Activity Danang. 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 . The mountain is in the background. There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. layout - (07-07-02) Was I scared ? 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. Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. Both of his legs had been pretty much blown off. 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 joined the Ten of them cluster around one of the three air bases that became the most contaminate with dioxin: Da Nang, Phu Cat and Bien Hoa. Paperback. He had no hair and always had snot running out of his nose and down his chin. I was hugely vietnamandmilitary $6.00 Original, In Wrapper P-38 Vietnam War vietnamandmilitary $175.00 Naval Support Activity, Da Nang 1968 Cruise Book vietnamandmilitary Seller Information Seller vietnamandmilitary Contact Seller He left me sitting there on the steps saying he would send Beerworth down at 1700 hr to get me settled in. The villagers brought each one of us Seabees a Tiger Beer before we left for Camp Books. 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. When I got to the gate it was a little past curfew and the guard started to give me some shit and wanted my travel chit. A smell I have never smelled again in my life time. 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). person who was awake had access to the keys to the jeep. Get those Fucking Gooks away from that Damn trailer". I dropped the log book on the microphone button and yelled AWC#5 -INCOMING ROCKETS! This was the closest skivvy house to Camp Books , a very short walk. I heard the distant crack of rifle fire and then my brain said holy shit, somebody is shooting at me!! embarrassed but she didn't seem to H e had white hair and a white beard and very much looked like Santa Clause.

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