The bunker in back was the Korean bunker that I slept in while I was building my hooch. I heard the truth the next day at the mess hall. Da Nang marks the halfway point between Hanoi in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the south. I was in Danang less than a month when the Vietcong used rockets to attack the Danang Air Base for the first time in the war, on the morning of February 27. Lance Corporal James D Feucht (cause of death,misadventure). 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. That was the LTs first rocket attack and he didn't react fast enough. to my new cubicle and dressed in my slightly used green utility working Before we destroyed their lives they all had jobs and skills that worked in their culture! Jan 30, 2008. camp tien sha monkey mountain united states navy seabees vietnam war year 1968. What has escaped my memory was the "21 club". We also had a couple of American Philco Ford teachers. The nurse in the center of the picture is the one who helped amputate the farmers legs. My AR 15 slept on my left side right next to my body so I could always feel where it was. The second floor office was just being framed up . The truck dropped us at the work sight. One night I stood a four hour office watch and another night I was on a four hour barracks fire watch. First I had to do a couple hour job at the 1st MP Quonset hut. Drive out the back gate and about 2 miles to the Navy Seabee base. Port side of APL-30 (Auxiliary Personnel Lighter) or barracks craft. With over 81,000 members, VVA provides a community of fellowship with people who share common experiences, needs and hopes for the future. We went through the gate, down Main Street, took a left and stopped in front of a small building that looked like a hamburger stand. 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. [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. A sad day because we were no longer a Seabee Team ! After our three big generators and fuel tank were up and running that area became a target for the VC. The next weekend I asked about the farmer ? Our mess hall, about 70 yards from my hootch took a direct hit on the serving line and kitchen area. It was just after 1700 so I was good. It is very likely this was were the Marines were killed . Pham Ba went around back to take a pee. [1][3]:2, In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. Then a voice came from inside the Quonset hut." is shown across the Han River from Da Nang itself. We took 2 122mm rockets about where the crates are. loading the LSTs and loading onto trucks. Battalion was deployed to Danang, Vietnam from January, 1968 through September, 1968 and again from March, 1969 through November, 1969. 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! Just keep on working in the rain. . The sign on the mess hall door When a child died they were bundled tightly in white sheets and tide off with string. That's danger close to the shop! 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. 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. Iowa. The rest of my tour I did what every good Seabee team would do, I stole them ! My head carpenter ,Pham Ba told me about her during the week. They were simply ghettos with poor sanitation , communal water supply, no roads or electricity. My very first The field had been filled with red dirt and rocks and had been compacted with heavy equipment. I pretty much walked the whole base then back to the EM club for a cold beer Detachment Phu Bai - 1965 -1970. I was face down on the road under the edge of the truck with my foot stuck under the clutch peddle. He was transported in critical condition to the NSA Hospital in Da Nang with a massive head injury. Supported COMSEC 705 (Camp Tien Sha), Operation Big Look (Da Nang) and USMC ground missions (1st Radio BN). Administration Armed assigned Assistant August Back base boats Camp Tien Sha CAPT Captain cargo Center CHARLES Chief of Staff combat . Well guess what ? But that only happened once as from then on I was ready. It is also one of the top international surfing destinations. 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 think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . I asked about the little girl and the doc said she had died Thursday night. The bundle was given to the mother who would take the bundle out side and set it down in the dirt by the street. 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). A smell I have never smelled again in my life time. and to listen to music. It even included a week in Coronado, a week at Pendleton (weapons training), ands a week at Whidby Island (E&E, and SERE. Yes, everyone called him soccer ball head ! We started pouring concrete Wednesday June 5, 1968. the fresh meat so what do I know about it. On May 15 I had finished 6 or 8 escape doors. 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. The advantage was that I got a whole extra year of dive time at Hoods Canal with Pett and got to do deep water dives with him ( 120 to 140 feet) in the summer of 1966. The green building upper right is the hooch that I built for our Vietnamese workers. I was probably in as much in shock as the farmer. There was no time off just the same 12 hr work shift. and drop their bow ramps. Because I had to fend for myself I did help the newbies who moved into my hooch. One rocket struck this barracks, but the man in this room survived by . It was a strange way for a job to start. This is our new Chief Builder. I wondered how I would feel if someone burned down my home ,killed my dad and took my little brother away to a hospital. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Danang was officially established on 15 October 1965. Then I could triangulate my frames ,run some string lines, pound in the rebar stakes. 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. Barrels of asphalt damaged by rocket attack, April 1969 . The Marine on the left was blond and looked like a California surfer.He to had been shot in the back of the head. For the time being they were stashed in my hooch and on May 24, Karl Voiles spent his first day assembling beds. A love affair. I donated money several times while at Camp Books. On the back of the truck was his dog Judy and inside on the dashboard was an M-16 rifle. 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 . Re: Vietnam Nam vet wants to see war sites. I would have to find some time to build a foot locker. They were trying to fly that chopper to the safety of Camp Books. Donald is buried at Holy Trinity Church Cemetery, Hopelawn, NJ. I have never found any but I still have hope. Well we line. I think it was on May 22,Wednesday when I was on the night radio,phone watch that I wrote my poem about this event. The nurse was carrying a little girl about 4 years old. Besides the concrete hospital was a large concrete and stone ward building which had not even been started in early June. What ever it was we were done by shortly after 1600 hr. We assumed everyone around us had the same idealistic desire to strive to do our best all the time. march in columns of two over to that building. 11/03/70 - John D. Shewmake Sr., SFC, Adona, AR. 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. This would also give Beerworth time to get his guys out on their job. Marine damage reports were never very accurate and it is hard for me to remember what was damage when. I heard the distant crack of rifle fire and then my brain said holy shit, somebody is shooting at me!! My body was always waiting to react. Recent photo of Cheryl and me. The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. It was nstar48; Media item; Jan 30, 2008; korean engineers maintenance control division vietnam war year 1968; . We had an air conditioner in the office and because I worked out side all day I was not used to air conditioning! This is the Hoa Kahn clinic at the time I started working there. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. Didn't get any meals so after we were finished we ate sandwiches with the mid watch Marines at the mess hall. 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! LCU-63 * MI 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. 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. Yes that's puppy and our new steel worker (Calhoun). We weren't expecting any new men and we don't have the time to train you. Detachment Dong Ha - 1967 - 1970. iwas in the 1097th med boat co. dongtam,vietnam 1968 towed 3rd 34th artery barges up down the canels moble riverine force 9th inf divion, caption wild was incharge Driving around on the perimeter of the base checking for burned out security lights could also be very hazardous . Then to Travis, Hawaii, Subic Bay (and shore patrol in Olongapo), then to Danang. We needed to replace the awning over the entry door that was about to fall off. This was the closest skivvy house to Camp Books , a very short walk. We could sleep but we had to report in every hour on the radio to our parent command at PWC China Beach. What we finally did was a one man 12 hour watch. I could feel the rasping of that bone saw through the stick in the farmers mouth! [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. We stopped work and watched. This is the first Poem that I wrote in Vietnam and is about the two marines killed in the skivvy house. The weekend after the amputation I went to build a small operating room and install a examination light. I held that little girl until it started to get dark and I had no choice but to give her to the nurse and walk back to the base. This 800-page book provides a meticulous catalogue of American facilities during the Vietnam War -- bases large and small, BOQs, BEQs and memorials -- which were named for individuals who had fallen in battle in this war of our youth. There were 6 area work centers in the Da Nang AO . Danang, VN _ _ DS CS: 1964: Feb 1973: Detachment Bravo, FLTSUPDET, Navcomsta, PI. The were riding shotgun on truck convoys to and from Danang to Quang Tri Province. The new wood frame building that I did was behind the camera. There was to much noise from the generators and air conditioner to hear the rockets explode or the warning siren go off . Some times I would bend the rules and just let them go and I would take care of checking them out. Naval Support Activity DaNang (1965-1970 . Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. The poor farmer had stepped on a mine. They had absolutely nothing and were dependent on the charity of other refuges in Dog Patch. 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. I thought they were trying to lighten their load. He lets fly with 8 or 10 rounds then he is done for the day. 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