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"Hey, Sparks, Was the Tien Sha Comm. Station a new facility? I was sent in July '67 to man a new Comm Sta. that hadn't been built yet. Started in the White Elephant and then went down to Chu Lai."
"Lucky you weren't billeted with the SeaBees in the bowling alley. You may not have ever recovered. The Airedales were crazy but the "Bees were over the top!"
"Crossed the Line '73 onboard USS America CVA 66 returning from WESTPAC"
"Joined the Navy 6-6-58 from Faribault two days after HS graduation. Ended up doing twenty. Would have stayed longer but they wanted to put me on a third carrier. Two were too many!"
"Attended ET"A" School Feb '59 - Jan '60. Arrived from New York wearing a Flat Hat. Sorry marine gate guard wouldn't let me on board until I dug to the bottom of my seabag for a "dixie cup." 2330 and colder than the mammary gland on a broomstick…"
"Richard, I followed you into Vietnam. Arrived Da Nang 7-28-67 to man a Comm Sta. that hadn't even been built yet. Spent a month at the White Elephant and the rest of the year at Chju Lai."
"Spent my last two years in USN as ET in maintenance OS"A" school, '77 - '78."
"Crossed the Circle on the USS Macon CA132 during a NATO op in '60. "
"You probably got to McMurdo about the time I left on 20 October. Flew out on VX-6's super connie."
"Looking for ET3 Doug Storkan. Served with him at NSAD Chu Lai, RVN '67 -'68. Was from around White Bear Lake, as I remember."
"Attended ET"A" School Feb '59 - Jan '60."
"Onboard America from Jan '73 - Jul '76, Somehow remember running aground on the north side of the channel coming into Pier Echo at NORVA. Several tugs couldn't push us free, had to wait for high tide, Captain still made Admiral though."
"Assigned to NATTC Glyncoafter returning from NSAD Chu Lai, RVN. Went to Pax River for training to be an instructor on the SPN-42 ACLS Radar. Was first located in the old blimp hangar and moved to the new building. There from '68 to '73."
"Boots from June '58 - August '58. CC was QM1 Lee, Co. 234 "
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Location
Mc Gaheysville, VA
Birthday:
October 14
Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Where were you or your family stationed?
FAWTCLANT Dam Neck, VA, USS America CVA-66, NATTC Glynco, GA, NSAD Chu Lai, RVN, USS Yorktown CVS-10, NMC Pt. Mugu, CA, NAF China Lake, CA, NSA Antarctica, USS Springfield CLG-7, USS Boston CAG 1, USS Macon CA 132, NTC Glakes, USS Compass Island EAG-153, RTC GLAKES
Veteran of Foreign War
The Cold War, Vietnam
Current Status with the US Navy
Retired
Start date of your service
June 6, 1958
End date of your service
July 28, 1978
Comments
Hello Chief, I am not sure of the exact timing of all this, but my tour started in the fall of 1968 when I was the RMSN on the LCU-1622. That lasted until about Thanksgiving 1968, when I was transferred to the White Elephant Comm Center (on the waterfront on the west side of the Han River in Danang, near the national bank building.) I was there until about August of 1969 when it was moved to the Relay-Technical Control Facility (aka "the Triangle"). As for other sites, the transmitter site was south of Marble Moutain (near the marine base) and the receiver site was up on Monkey Mountain. I believe that the Triangle site was there before August 1968, but not the Comm Center. I just looked at the US NSA, Danang 1969 yearbook, which gives some of the info above.
the only commstation i remember was the air force up on monkey mountan
i know i remember seeing people being thrown out of the club on our way to the chow hall also behind every three there was a naked girl
that tour on the ice i will never forget we spent a week at the base cause our office machine were not working me the dl and the disbursing officer stay with vx-6 them guys are crazy
must of just miss you we got there and started breaking ice in sept 63
chief its listed as naval support force antarctica
hi chief when were you in antarctica i was there for operation deep freeze 63-64 on the USS BURTON ISLAND AGB-3