What we finally did was a one man 12 hour watch. The field had been filled with red dirt and rocks and had been compacted with heavy equipment. OK, Im new here, the rooky, I think he may have had scrambled brains to go with his stitched up head . I thought they were trying to lighten their load. [ Base This is the first Poem that I wrote in Vietnam and is about the two marines killed in the skivvy house. Between 1969 and 1971 hundreds, if not thousands, of incidents of racial violence occurred in and around American military bases Well guess what ? Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam. care of the base. Vietnam Veterans Home Page The guys loaded up my tool box and gave me an M-16 so I would be able to walk back to the base later. I started building my hooch on Wednesday May 8th at just before noon. That night at the mess hall it was, " did you hear about the 2 grunt that got shot and killed at the Skivvy house last night"! To add your photos, please email them to webmaster@ccvva.org. seating along the sides of the rear area. 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. It was what those Her husband was an ARVN soldier who had been killed. Vietnam Vet? I have no significant memories when I was there. We aren't sure where he is yet and haven't got permission to go after him! Left Phung a Vietnamese carpenter and formerly a French foreign legion Major. They were all in alignment with our generators. I heard the truth the next day at the mess hall. "My wartime experiences have changed me. I don't laugh as much or the She was wearing light blue pajamas with little lambs printed on it. two parts, right and left, I have to A refugee family was living in a lean too in Dog Patch south . of the DaNang Military Complex, One of I suppose we had a good conversation but don't have a clue of what. It was losing altitude and we were wondering if they would make it. That's how we got our beds, enough for everyone. standing duty after working hours you were pretty much alone. Some Naval Communication Facility. 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.

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