This is a Picture of the Navy side of Dong Tam. Several buildings have been identified in the table below. If you were in Dong Tam and can help identify any buildings or locations on this map, please email me.
As mentioned on a previous Dong Tam page on this site I spoke of harassing mortar attacks while I was there from Nov. - Feb. 1969. On one occasion, I was headed out of the my hooch (Building 19) to chow in the evening. At the point of location M2 on the above pic, the first mortar exploded at location M1. I started running toward the bunker at location 11 and just as I rounded the corner of Building 12, the second mortar exploded at the exact spot (M2) where I was standing when the first mortar exploded. Had the order been reversed, this web site wouldn't be here for you to see. After going back and looking at that hole in the road, I wanted out of Vietnam as quickly as possible. I certainly didn't want to be one of those killed in the last month of his tour. My mental attitude changed significantly at that time. My rationalization and fatalistic attitude which had served me well during the first 3/4's of my tour suddenly changed to one of "look out for your butt and survive."
| No. |
Description of Building |
| 1 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 2 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 3 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 4 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 5 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 6 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 7 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 8 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 9 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 10 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 11 | Bunker, Also B |
| 12 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 13 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) Showers between 13 and 14 |
| 14 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 15 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 16 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 17 | Four or Six Hole Crapper |
| 18 | Housing (Filipino Steward's Hooch) |
| 19 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 20 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 21 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 22 | Bunker |
| 23 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 24 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 25 | Vehicle Repair Facility |
| 26 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 27 | Shore Patrol Hooch |
| 28 | Enlisted Housing (Snipe's and Shipfitter's Hooch) |
| 29 | Chow Hall |
| 30 | Generator Shed (Three 175 KVA units in parallel) Water tower north of 30 |
| 31 | Officer's Club (started out as an 8-holer with one whole side constructed as a shower room that could accommodate 20 guys) |
| 32 | Bunker |
| 33 | Four or Six Hole Crapper |
| 34 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 35 | Soda Fountain/Ice Cream Shop |
| 36 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) |
| 37 | Enlisted Housing (Snipe's and Shipfitter's Hooch) |
| 38 | Mess Hall Storage |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Enlisted Men's Club |
| 41 | Chief Petty Officer's Club |
| 42 | Acey Duecy Club |
| 43 | |
| 44 | (originally used to store all of the sea bags and personnel gear for the enlisted personnel of all squadrons and divisions) |
| 45 | Personnel Office or Sick Bay (Formerly River Assault Flotilla/RivRon9/Rivron11 personnel office, also Flotilla ESO office) |
| 46 | Chapel (originally NSA Saigon Detachment office) |
| 47 | AB8AZ "The Voice of The Delta" MARS Radio Station / Navy Communications Center (originally home of the HAL 3 (Seawolves) detachment (3 aircraft) and housed both pilots, enlisted crew, and support personnel) |
| 48 | Chief Petty Officer Quarters (originally Flotilla One staff quarters) |
| 49 | Cook's Hooch |
| 50 | Gunner's Mates Hooch |
| 51 | Enlisted Housing (Snipe's and Shipfitter's Hooch) |
| 52 | LCDR Stone's Command Office |
| 53 | |
| 54 | |
| 55 | |
| 56 | |
| 57 | Seawolf Officer's Hooch |
| 58 | Navy Post Office |
| 59 | SEAL Team Hootch (most SEALS were at nearby MyTho) |
| 60 | |
| 61 | Showers |
| 62 | Officers Quarters with adjacent bunker |
| 63 | Officers Quarters with adjacent bunker |
| 64 | C/O Quarters and Communications Bunker or Seawolf Officer's Hooch?? |
| 65 | HQ/Administration |
| 66 | CBMU-302 Enlisted Hooches |
| 67 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) - Mostly Enginemen and Electrician's Mates |
| 68 | Officers Quarters with adjacent bunker |
| 69 | Officers Quarters with adjacent bunker |
| 70 | Seawolf Enlisted Hooch |
| 71 | CBMU-302 Enlisted Hooches |
| 72 | Enlisted Housing (Hooch) - Mostly Shipfitters and a couple of Enginemen |
| 73 | Officers Quarters with adjacent bunker |
| 74 | Officers Quarters with adjacent bunker |
| 75 | Seawolf Enlisted Hooch |
| 76 | 9th Infantry MARS Station - 2nd Report says that this was the "Old Armory", another person says Armory |
| 77 | Old 2 1/2 ton truck van body with Div Arty Metro equipment and Plotting/Recording Central - Later removed for USO stage |
| 78 | Div Arty Octagon tent used by Metro NCOIC/Warrant Officer - Later removed for USO stage |
| 79 | Metro Div Arty - 10KW Generator |
| 80 | Div Arty Metro Rawin set - AN/GMD-1 (Automatic tracking radio receiver for balloons) - Brought over from Ft. Riley, KS by troopship to Vung Tau. Then to Camp Bear Cat before deployment to Dong Tam. Orders read: "Detached Service to "A" Btry, 3/34th Arty Bn for Administration". Information in #'s 77-82 submitted by CWO4 George Carlstrom, Jr., Commander of 9th Div Arty Metro Station circa 1968 (USA Ret.) |
| 81 | Store room for Calcium Chloride Canisters to make Hydrogen for Div Arty Weather Balloons - Paint Shack |
| 82 | Inflation tent for Div Arty Weather Balloons. - Paint Shack (originally 105 artillery battery located where bldgs. 81, 82, 84 were located) |
| 83 | Two large tents. Nearest was Supply
Tent. Further side of this one was one of two Main Personnel Tents
(6 men). - Beverage cooler - Maybe Seabee Quarters later on. Information received from John Lambe, U.S. Army Div Arty Weather Balloon Section used for Ballistic Firing Corrections on the 105-8" guns - Feb 68 to July 68 Near side of nearest large tent is: 1. Thatched hut built to accommodate an old ice cooler we used for beer & pop called it the "Commo Bar". 2. Single stall Crapper (reduced to rubble by a mortar hit & rebuilt in record time). 3. Between these two structures was the piss-tube. |
| 84 | Second Personnel tent. Nearest side of this tent was another smaller tent. The smaller one was occupied by (2) EOD personnel - Maybe Seabee Quarters later on. |
| 85 | Four or Six Hole Crapper |
| 86 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 87 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 88 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 89 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 90 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 91 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 92 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 93 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 94 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 95 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 96 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 97 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 98 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 99 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 100 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 101 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 102 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 103 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 104 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 105 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 106 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 107 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 108 | Construction Battalion Tents (later Recreation Fields) Seabees that built Dong Tam's buildings |
| 109 | Ammo Bunker |
| 110 | Ammo Bunker |
| 111 | Ammo Bunker |
| 112 | Ammo Bunker |
| 113 | Ammo Bunker |
| 114 | Ammo Bunker |
| 115 | Ammo Bunker |