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Photograph of aircraft at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, December 1965. Included in the scene are two Douglas A-4 Skyhawks, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules (in foreground on left) and a Grumman S-2 Tracker (in flight).Caption on accompanying document: "154.…

Photograph of an ambulance of Mobile Construction Battalion 10 (MCB-10), Chu Lai, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "4. MCB-10 mbulance [sic]."

Photograph of beach defenses near Chu Lai Air Base (Vietnam), photographed at night, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "90. Beach defenses at night."

Photograph of beach defenses near Chu Lai Air Base (Vietnam), photographed at night, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "92. Beach defenses at night."

Photograph of a beach near Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. A barrel and other debris litter the beach, noted in the accompanying caption as wreckage from the causeway.Caption on accompanying document: "64. Our beach with wreckage of causway…

Photograph of a beach south of Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that a causeway was on this site until it was destroyed in a storm.Caption on accompanying document: "247. Looking South from our camp at the…

Photograph of boats on a beach, Chu Lai, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that this site was selected for Chu Lai Air Base and the nearby village relocated.Caption on accompanying document: "275. A variety of boats at the fishing…

Photograph of BooBoo, the sun bear mascot for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 10, at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "276. Boo Boo the bear having dinner as a small cub."

Photograph of a camouflaged tank installation near Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. "Persuader" is painted on the gun barrel.Caption on accompanying document: "85. Camafloged [sic] tank instillation [sic] across the road from us they fired all…

Photograph of the Camp Shields sign at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The emblem for Mobile Construction Battalion 10 (MCB-10) is displayed on the sign.Caption on accompanying document: "173. We changed the name to Camp Shields in memory and…