Management and planning of the logistic flow needed refinement, as ships arrived en masse with cargo improperly stowed and packaged. The nurses were all Vietnamese and were employed there so I would often see the same nurses. Most of the time if you were 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. You FNGs on the National Geographic Magazine When I started working on this clinic project I was full of good feelings as to how we were helping these poor Vietnamese people. I held the door open for them. Some of the materials for rebuilding came from my civic action salvage yard. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. aspects of it are certainly more memorable than the bad parts. The two crew members jumped out just under the flames .They carried their M-60 machine guns. the two boat docks at DaNang. Was I scared ? There are 186 crew members registered for the Naval Support Activity Danang. I am a 20 year old US soldier and my country says I have to be here! The pilots jumped out . 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! would be thinking about that meal a lot! I had plenty of time to take it all in and it was very UN-nerving. The plane started to drop, going in steep and fast. The flares were often still burning when they hit the ground. 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. History U.S. the place. places that you or others would be referring to. configured jeep. [2] those Nastie's were fun boats! May 5,1968 was my first rocket attack in Vietnam and you can see the hit 7 different places in my AO including my new home at FLC Camp Books. Anyone who tried to open that door without giving our pass word would have been shot. History [ edit ] Following the initial landing of Marines in South Vietnam on 8 March 1965, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (9th MEB) established their headquarters in an old French Army compound on the western edge of Da Nang Air Base . In DaNang we had what was called the "duty jeep". this pic is. Link to video tour of . After a couple rocket and mortar attacks my brain never went completely to sleep. During my research I found an entry in the Diary of Marine Lieutenant Don Griffis who was CO of the Provisional Rifle Company who operated patrols out of Camp Books. There weren't even any stairs going up there yet. It didn't take long to get out of bed when the first rocket struck nearby. k. He was driving a 1 1/2 ton flat bed stake truck and was making the rounds to pick up supplies.