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This is the poem I wrote about the little girl who died from gangrene. May 27 was my birthday. He left me sitting there on the steps saying he would send Beerworth down at 1700 hr to get me settled in. If it had detonated when it hit the ventilator we both would have been killed! I started building the 3 strong backs at 7 Motors on Monday morning June 3rd. Some morning I would be more tired when I woke up than when I went to bed. Les nouveaux clients peuvent tlcharger cette image en profitant de notre offre dessai gratuit sans engagement. All terrain forklifts would scurry back and forth off The Sargent in charge told him we would have to get gear from NSA Danang because the Seabee team was turned over to NSA. Clayton Beerworth and I were working on major repairs there by 0600 and the Mess hall was in operation more or less by that evening although it took a couple more days to get it up to 100% . I am not sure what possessed me to write poems there. After the bones were cut the Doc tied off all the bleeders and removed the hemostats . (Actually, I rode in a truck.) He spent the night at the shop bunker by himself , totally confused as to what was going on. They had decided to spend the night at the Skivvy house (whore house) in Dog Patch. What ever it was we were done by shortly after 1600 hr. I suppose I am a genuine hero of the Vietnam conflict. You are a builder so Beerworth or Yost will be who you report too." said hours 1700 to 2100. There was outgoing mortar rounds and incoming. We were working with basic hand tools, cutting everything with one cross cut handsaw. So what did I do for work uniforms ? I joined the Navy Reserve and went to . But when shit happens to you and you are the victim, everything changed! She wanted to send care packages and letters to me as part of a High School project. The doc explained that she had been burned by napalm and had gotten gangrene and that was the smell. Korean Engineer's I served with in Vietnam 1968 NSA Danang,Maintenace Control Division. 6 years ago. We were not part of the Marine Civil Affair but worked independent of them. So off to Camp Tien Sha to get my gear and check out. Da Nang Vietnam 1968 stock footage and images. camp tien sha danang, vietnam 1968. So back around to the front of the hut and to work on the awning . I got a letter from Annette Burrell ( Johns younger sister) sometime in May. When we got there the doc wanted to show us around. 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. 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. there was a war going on. A refugee family was living in a lean too in Dog Patch south . . Retro. Lance Corporal James D Feucht (cause of death,misadventure). Unfortunately when we got there it was closed for one hour for lunch and Coate did not have the time to hang around. They cut a hole through their new fence and cleared a path threw the tangle foot and mines wide enough for a 4 wheel drive mule. In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha (Tin Sa) . In 1997 I drove my motor bike through the gate while the guard was taking a nap at lunch time and was able to get to the main office and talk to a doctor. I dont know a damn thing so 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. Then after thinking about it I realized how wrong I was. the headquarters of NSA Danang was moved from downtown Danang to Camp Tien Sha. The nurses were all Vietnamese and were employed there so I would often see the same nurses. : . [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. MCB . I even passed an enlisted sailor with a can of white paint and he was I am hoping that my response willl stay intact and not disapear completely from here. Book cover type. 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) . I was finished with my concrete forms before noon on Wednesday . (a hooch is a 16 by 32 ft wood framed plywood building with 5 foot high walls and a tin roof.) The feet just kind of hanging by muscle and skin. I arrived in Da Nang in June 1968. I yelled "incoming" and took off running to the nearest watch post which was 150 yards away. When Puppy was big enough our secretary, interpreter Miss Nguyen took Puppy home with her to Danang. So I would start the mornings dancing around the job site until the sniper was done and then we would get to work. 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. His name was Coate and he was a 3rd class yeoman. 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. It took until 2000 hours to finish that first slab. would be thinking about that meal a lot! We had devastated their economy and destroyed their infrastructure. 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. 6320 Selago Drive. 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 . Nobody even knowing where from or if they had families. I guess that is why there were a lot of E-2 in the Marines. I would sit at the desk and drink coffee, write letters or poetry. If there were any trouble calls from the Marines (usually lights out on the perimeter or something not working at the mess hall) then it was jump in the truck drive out and check and drive over to our hooch and get who ever was needed to go fix the problem. This was the closest skivvy house to Camp Books , a very short walk. didnt get shot at and we safely landed and taxied off the run way. line. 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. On Friday May 17 I was sent out on another job. That was the LTs first rocket attack and he didn't react fast enough. 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 . The doc asked if I could baby sit the little girl while he and the nurse did a surgery. For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. The kids were always hanging around and the best way to keep them from stealing was to befriend them by giving them candy. 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 . Target audience. 15 rounds hit us with 3 KIA and 15 wounded. So on the hour we would get a call. 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 ! Another source for jungle fatigues was up at Camp Reasoner. Uss garrett county ( lst-786 ) uss garrett county ( lst-786 ) uss garrett (. Another thing that screwed up the night for us was our night radio, phone watch, it was a real bitch ! In November 1965 500 men moved into the old French Army camp, Camp Tien Sha at the foot of Monkey Mountain. The only answer I could give them that they would except was. En savoir plus sur les images libres de droits ou consulter la FAQ sur les photos. Everyone was busy as hell and I didn't have any idea as to what was going on. We had to give Puppy away as we were not even supposed to have a dog. They had been covered with poncho liners but they had blown off. 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. Here is a poem that I wrote about the helicopter. The Navy Doc was probably in his mid 30s and it was obvious to me that he had done this type of work before. 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. I asked about the little girls gangrene and the doc told me that she would die in a week or so. 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 believe we also tied him around the waist. The doctor and nurse came out of the clinic. middle , Mr Kim a Korean Philco Ford electrician . There were 6 area work centers in the Da Nang AO . Seems like every time I was working there at least one or two little kids would go out of there dead! Don't go to Dog Patch at night and stay way from the prostitutes. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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. world in a land that nobody cared about , I was sitting in a Continental Left Phung a Vietnamese carpenter and formerly a French foreign legion Major. Some time that day the Catholic Priest who was in charge of the clinic and also the Da Nang orphanage showed up . Historian, US Navy Seabee Museum. The road was closed to civilian traffic at night so there would be no other vehicles on the road. the evening to wonder about and check out what Camp Tien Sha had to offer. Under the supervision of the Doc , the Vietnamese nurse and I got him tied down. Well damn right I was scared. It was a Saturday, perhaps we were finishing up the cook shed. While originally designed to be two volumes, it was decided that unity and cohesion required one book. Keep exploring. I'm sorry my last letter to you was so abruptly ended, but I figured I'd best get it sent, otherwise you'd still be waiting. Download this Camp Tien Sha photo now. Some where along the line the nurse had done an IV drip. You will use the chain of command ,don't come to me. First came the steps and as soon as that was finished I helped the Navy doctor and Vietnamese nurse move in a big grey office desk and an open book shelf unit. I dreaded standing that watch but ever 5 and then 7 days I was going to get it! 2023 iStockphoto LP. Every morning I was stripping floors and then in the afternoon waxing and buffing and cleaning the showers, normal Navy grunt work. Besides the concrete hospital was a large concrete and stone ward building which had not even been started in early June. 1968 - Harold Goldman's Cobra Gunship Hue 1970, submitted by Roger Carver Hue 1970, submitted by Roger Carver . TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Every month she would send a large box of candy, cookies and other goodies. Luxury. It was kind of a taste of what we would get when the monsoons came in September. . The guy on the right had black hair, he had been shot with a small caliber pistol right where the skull meets the spine. [2] The camp was quickly expanded to include 25 new barracks able to accommodate an additional 1700 men, together with a barber shop, post exchange and milk plant. Then I started paying more attention. Older Vietnam veteran who served in the US Navy at Camp Tien Sha, Da Nang, 1968-1969. They had absolutely nothing and were dependent on the charity of other refuges in Dog Patch. There were other things to screw up the nights. There were Seabees, Korean Philco Ford, Vietnamese all working like mad . Let me tell you that wasn't fun at all. The Seabee team had 8 junior men in one hootch and 4 senior men in the second hootch. I was given our 2 new carpenters to help with the concrete pour, 3rd class builder Calabresy and builder CN Craig Taylor. Danang East/Main: Served in Da Nang East then Main. 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. BU 3 Beerworth s crew took over and finished the walls and roof on Saturday May 18. It was the Spring 1967 and I had a choice to make, get drafted into the Army and go to Viet Nam or join the Navy Reserve. For the time being they were stashed in my hooch and on May 24, Karl Voiles spent his first day assembling beds. Port bow of the barracks craft shows no. One night I was called out for some lights on the west perimeter. It had been a very busy month with a lot of things happening. 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. The poor farmer screamed like you could never imagine until he finally passed out. Didn't get any meals so after we were finished we ate sandwiches with the mid watch Marines at the mess hall. The kids head had been stitched up and looked just like a soccer ball. 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). 3. Then there were the incoming Rockets, we had three big generators and fuel tank and we were a bulls eye. 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