While originally designed to be two volumes, it was decided that unity and cohesion required one book. Because I was just getting situated it was just mass confusion for me . By July 1968 NSA Danang handled 350,000 tons of cargo each month for the 200,000 allied . There were Seabees, Korean Philco Ford, Vietnamese all working like mad . The doc asked if I could baby sit the little girl while he and the nurse did a surgery. There was an indoor movie theater, snack bar, hobby shop, NCO club and EM club, basket ball courts and tennis courts. A sad day because we were no longer a Seabee Team ! 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. It was just after 1700 so I was good. Luxury. Here is the letter I wrote my parents on May 15, 1968. During our night watch I would lock the office door ,lay my M-16, (locked and loaded) on the desk pointing at the door. Drinking black coffee trying to stay alert. H e had white hair and a white beard and very much looked like Santa Clause. Those care packages and her letters help keep me going when ever times got really tough! I think that maybe it was a way to help get my thoughts together, write the event down and then move on. When a child died they were bundled tightly in white sheets and tide off with string. She promised not to eat Puppy. Here is a poem that I wrote about the helicopter. From 1800 hours until 0600 we had to have some one stand watch. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. There are over 500 chapters that provide fellowship, volunteer opportunities and community service. 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. Sleeping in that bunker was not good.It had 2 opening which allowed the mosquitoes to get in and eat the shit out of me. 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. They were all in alignment with our generators. Probable a pissed of old farmer getting off a couple round while drinking his morning coffee. So off to Camp Tien Sha to get my gear and check out. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. APL-30 and dock at Da Nang harbor. In the future I Well it scared the crap out of me and probably took a few months off my life ! This comment has been removed by the author. Over time that changed, I didn't want to know any newbies! Get those Fucking Gooks away from that Damn trailer". march in columns of two over to that building. The authorized stockage list for Vietnam was reduced from a high of 297,000 different items in July 1967 to 74,900 items in March 1971, without any loss of the high quality of support provided to the combat forces. On Friday I left the shop at 1800hr and went to the Children's Clinic. This is the poem I wrote about the little girl who died from gangrene. Guest 31-Aug-2016 02:35: . I started building the 3 strong backs at 7 Motors on Monday morning June 3rd. Tracers were bouncing all over in front of the truck. Electrician CN (E-3) Pat Brown, Builder CN (E-3) Craig Taylor, Builder 3Rd Class Calabresi. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. We had fox holes around the generators and fuel tank and I would sit there looking up at that big ass fuel tank thinking that if the VC hit that with a RPG (rocket propelled grenade) I was going to be turned into a crispy critter. Was I scared ? African Americans perceived racial issues. Faites votre choix parmi des millions de photos, vidos et illustrations de haute qualit. It's claim to fame was that it had a black prostitute. Mostly I was just kind of mentally numb. meal in Vietnam was roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, 2 large This book is the capstone volume of the entire series in that 1968, as the title indicates, was the defining year of the war. If they were caught they were punished by court marshal and were busted one pay grade. I could see through the gauze and there was some kind of wound underneath that looked like velvet. Bet coming down the trail by the ESSO Plant east wall. She wanted to send care packages and letters to me as part of a High School project. Recent photo of Cheryl and me. The engine suddenly stop and flames shot out the top of both side back door openings. I took all the materials that I thought I would need to build the cement forms for my strong backs. Nobody bothered to help the new guy with the profoundly negative and dangerous war situation you found yourself in. Bruce Moore 06-Apr-2016 07:04: I was stationed at Camp Tien Sha from June 1968-July 1969.,I was a BU3 attached to the US Naval Support Activities Danang.I lived in barracks #35 which was on the backside of Camp Tien Sha.I was in barracks #35 when the Rocket and mortar attack began.we had a material storage yard directly behind the barracks that was hit with incoming rounds.I also, as a . You have destroyed my country and my family! Then walk the length of pier re-installing any buffer pads that might have come out. The memory of this little girl and the events at the Children's hospital are the reason I never had children of my own. Some times a lot of shit happened . Her husband was an ARVN soldier who had been killed. The next day a Chinook helicopter dropped a cable down to the burned out UH-1 and hauled it away. It took until 2000 hours to finish that first slab. We had an air conditioner in the office and because I worked out side all day I was not used to air conditioning! Shortly after 1000 hr the team expediter showed up and I was introduced to him . May 1. The Post office was about 75 yards from my hootch. Then I started paying more attention. The wounded are only those who were medivaced to a hospital. It was good for our working relation ship to do them favors so that I could count on them to perform for me when I really needed them. 30 on it. Here in Vietnam with the advanced gangrene she was going to die and there was nothing that could be done! I didn't know it then but that was my last good meal for a long time! The MPs had used their white belts as tourniquets just above the knees. Donations for May. When we arrived at Red Beach the Seabee team shop was a mad house. The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. What that means is we stood a four hour night watch every other night. Pett George my ex UDT instructor allowed me to go through the class early being as how my older brother Jay and my Dad were going through the class too. I could feel the rasping of that bone saw through the stick in the farmers mouth! The doc had no idea but it was a sure thing she was going to die. Both of his legs had been pretty much blown off. We started pouring concrete Wednesday June 5, 1968. and the LT moved to the Da. Mostly I would just build and they would watch and fallow what I did. went by (so slowly! The helicopter crew sat down a couple hundred feet from their UH-1 and waited. It was the UH-1 trailing smoke. Nice history lesson for me. said hours 1700 to 2100. Da Nang East. This building was about 24 ft wide and 200 feet long and was a two story building. Our mess hall, about 70 yards from my hootch took a direct hit on the serving line and kitchen area. world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental We weren't expecting any new men and we don't have the time to train you. Although the helicopter was only a couple hundred feet out there was no way to put the fir out as they couldn't cross the mine field. I wanted to know everything about what happened to those Marines. I served there and just would like to hear from some of the guys that was there. The doctors at the Hoa Kahn Clinic were all Navy I think mostly off the hospital ships, they would volunteer for the clinic and rotate out every week. Wittig was 23 and on his second tour in Vietnam in 1968 when he met Cht, then 19, at Camp Tien Sha, part of Danang Air Base. Great Discounts & More! When we got there the doc wanted to show us around. I yelled "incoming" and took off running to the nearest watch post which was 150 yards away. In August 1967, the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha.:33. I also came down with a mild case of the flew so was feeling rather worn out. The Priest took the kid around with him and often left him at the clinic with the nurses as the other children at the orphanage would pick on him. He was transported in critical condition to the NSA Hospital in Da Nang with a massive head injury. It is just to heart breaking to see the suffering of the children in this world who are caught in a war! 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) . Well I had 11 months to go and it was going to be a very long 11 months ! There was a Marine listening ambush set up outside the perimeter in that area. He was wearing his best short timers uniform. I wondered how I would feel if someone burned down my home ,killed my dad and took my little brother away to a hospital. Coate gave me two sets of shorts and short sleeve shirts. The Marines broke out in laughter. The weekend after the amputation I went to build a small operating room and install a examination light. This is the Hoa Kahn clinic at the time I started working there. Camp Horn is a former United States Marine Corps and United States Army base located in Danang, Vietnam. The Marine on the left was blond and looked like a California surfer.He to had been shot in the back of the head. I didn't realize at the time that the intended target was me and the generators. 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. After the bones were cut the Doc tied off all the bleeders and removed the hemostats . 2023 iStockphoto LP. Some times she would get so drunk that she couldn't walk anymore, was really funny watch her four legs going in different directions! I was to hear FNG I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . Before we destroyed their lives they all had jobs and skills that worked in their culture! The main supply base for the Marines in I Corp was at Tien Sha near the coast in Da Nang. On May 13,1968 we took 6 122mm rocket rounds as explained in my May 15,1968 leter. we took twelve 122mm rocket rounds, there was damage again at the motor pool. Every tree trunk was painted white, every rock was neatly lined up along the 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. For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. 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. I can find no official reports on that rocket attack and have to assume nobody bothered to make a report because the rounds hit in the swamp between the main body of Camp Books and the Force Logistics Command section. 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. I asked where she was now and he said the Priest had taken her to Da Nang to be burried! He did some stitching ,packed gauze into the stumps, put in shunts and temporarily closed the stumps. Even then every time the Doc cut through a nerve that farmer would try to fly through the roof! Pilot, youre the one flying the plane. This is the day I started my real job. I have spent countless hours over the past 15 years driving my motorbike around the Camp Books area looking for any of our workers. So over time it was easier to just not know anyone. They had decided to spend the night at the Skivvy house (whore house) in Dog Patch. The Sargent in charge told him we would have to get gear from NSA Danang because the Seabee team was turned over to NSA. This article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History and Heritage Command. LCU-63 * MI When I got on the bus to Camp Tien Sha (the one with chicken wiure on the windows) I knew I wasn't in Kansas. 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