Browse Items (52 total)

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."

Aerial photograph of the coastline north of Chu Lai Beach, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "151. Area to the north of Chu Lai beach."

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 airfield, possibly Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "178. An airfield in Vietnam on the way to visit our stat team, I think Pleiku Vietnam."

Photographic group portrait of American and South Vietnamese servicemen in a village, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "147. Vietnamese troops and our officers who ate in local village restaurant with dirt floor and thatched…

Photograph of a building and farmland, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "140. Local field and a very fancy building. The only on [one] in the area."

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…

Photograph of children from a local village, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "142. More kids from the village."

Photograph of construction equipment at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that the equipment is about to be loaded onto a ship.Caption on accompanying document: "158. Our heavy equipment lining up to get on LSTs."

Photograph of three De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou aircraft (visible tail number 39727) at Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "153. Caraboo [Caribou] unmarked aircraft (CIA) at Pleiku, Vietnam."