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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…

Aerial photograph of Chu Lai Air base under construction, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "172. Our camp from the air showing the airfield starting to be built."

Photograph of U.S. Navy officers on the deck of an LST, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "171. To [two] officers of the LST waiting to offload MCB-10."

Photograph of the Vietnamese coast as seen from an arriving U.S. Navy ship, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "170. The morning of our landing. The speck was a small boat that was full of explosives and was destroyed by gun fire."

Photograph of Fred Quarnstrom relaxing on a landing ship, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that the chair Quarnstrom is sitting in was reserved for the captain.Caption on accompanying document: "169. Lt Quarnstrom sitting in Captian's…

Photograph of servicemen loading equipment on the USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166), Okinawa, Japan, circa 1965. A Navy truck is parked in the foreground.Caption on accompanying document: "168. Loading our LST 1166 in Okinawa 'Washtinaw [sic] County.'"

Photograph of a U.S. Navy task force en route to Chu Lai, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "167. Our task force on the way to Chu Lai."

Photograph of Fred Quarnstrom in a landing craft, Vietnam, circa 1965. Other boats are visible in the background.Caption on accompanying document: "166. Lt Quarnstrom on LCM 'mike boat' Landing craft men."

Photograph of a U.S. Marine Corps M50 Ontos anti-tank vehicle, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "165. M50 Ontos, 'the pig' with 6 106 mm recoilless rifles / lt was designed as a tank killer there were no VC tanks in our area."

Photograph of a village marketplace under construction, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "164. Construction of market area north of Chu Lai."