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[Servicemen laying runway matting]
Photograph of servicemen laying runway matting at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "174. Laying matting at night under high intensity lights."

[Servicemen loading equipment on USS Washtenaw County]
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.'"

[Servicemen working on air base construction at night]
Photograph of servicemen working on air base construction at night, Chu Lai Air Base, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "176. Working on the airfield at night."

[Sheet of typed captions for slides #132-181]
Sheet of typed captions for slides #132-181, circa 2019.

[Sikorsky H-34A Choctaw helicopter taking off]
Photograph of a Sikorsky H-34A Choctaw helicopter taking off, Vietnam, circa 1965. Other helicopters are parked on the left.Caption on accompanying document: "152. H-34 helicopter taking off."

[Site selected for Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of the site selected for Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "163. Laterite soil base for airfield."

[Surveyors on beach]
Photograph of U.S. Navy surveyors on a beach, circa 1965. A fishing boat is docked near the shore. Caption on accompanying document: "150. Fishing boat and our surveyors."

[Two ambulances at Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of two ambulances at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "134. Our ambulances in the monsoon rains."

[Vietnamese coast as seen from arriving U.S. Navy ship]
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."

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