In the course of their duties the Seabee construction forces were involved in just about every kind of job imaginable. (7) Programming requirements by the line item (a barracks or aircraft parking apron, for example) through channels to Congress for authorization and funding has been standard procedure in developing the peacetime annual construction program. The French overpowered the Vietnamese stationed in Nng, swiftly occupying the city and Tin Sa Peninsula (now called Sn Tr Peninsula). The cycle of eight months in country followed by six months back in the U. S. for leave, training, and regrouping cut to a minimum the number of individuals leaving the battalion during its deployment in Vietnam. After about 8 months the freight terminal division moved to this building in the left hand foreground of this warehouse. The challenge of building the first master jet air station in the Navy, at Miramar, California, was his task during the years 1954-56. Navy Lt. and I both went out to the LST, which was now tying up. Van Phong port construction project has been restarted since late 2009 and is scheduled to be completed by 2020 in two phases. They did, however, in the next month, install a number of fuel systems, provide causeways for off-loading LSTs, and establish camp support ashore in Da Nang. In the late summer when the new Brigade Commander, Rear Admiral J. V. Bartlett, CEC, United States Navy, arrived in Da Nang the 30th Naval Construction Regiment was split into two regiments, each under a Captain (C. W. Turner and J. M. Hill). During World War II the 1,080-man Seabee battalion had come into being, but its successor, which was developed in the following years of peace, was a more mobile highly compact unit with about half the number of men. During the dry season the sand and laterite dust caused problems, and there was more of the same from the soupy laterite during the wet season. Each of the services in Vietnam had its own engineering their planning groups who concentrated on defining their own requirements such as siting, number of units, and the like. Southeast Asia became Navy responsibility. One of the dead was Marvin G. Shields (CMA-3), who was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in carrying a critically wounded man to safety and in destroying a Viet Cong machine gun emplacement at the cost of his life. Parenthetically, it should be noted that while everyone attached to one of these battalions was a Seabee, not all were Group VIIIs. the radio to inform me that an LST which had been at anchor, was attempting to Da Nang only four deep draft berths from June 9, 1971 until the facility was turned over Please contact us today to receive the best support. Da Nang was the keystone, the major, deep water port and the major air base. Especially, Lec owns a warehouse system right next to the ports in the. The other two Pacific battalions were at their home port of Port Hueneme, taking leave and retraining, having recently returned from overseas assignments. The Navys answer to this problem was to import CBMU-302, a slightly smaller (200 and later 300 men) version of the CBMU which went to I Corps about the same time. Many items they built did fall in this category, however: items such as bunkers, revetments, and sentry towers. Thanks VetFriends, It was a wonderful moment that we will both remember for the rest of our lives, and we owe it to VetFriends. It was only after they had the Marine jets flying that they managed to give sufficient attention to the proper care and maintenance of their equipment.
