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Aerial photograph of Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "324. Finished runway and Marine camp."

Photograph of a smoke plume from a crashed Lockheed F-104 Starfighter aircraft, Chu Lai Air Base, circa 1965. A sign in the foreground reads: "Delta Construction Company."Caption on accompanying document: "316. Explosion from the crash of a 104 that…

Aerial photograph of Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft are parked along the runway.Caption on accompanying document: "314. Completed Che [Chu] Lai runway with 40 A-4s."

Photograph of tents in a monsoon, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "312. The rains went on from September to November."

Photograph of the runway at Chu Lai Air Base (Vietnam), as seen from a nearby hill, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "311. The runway from a hill to the north of Chu Li [Lai]."

Aerial photograph of the runway at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "303. The completed runway."

Photograph of a wrecked Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that this aircraft, along with about 30 others, was destroyed in an attack on the air base. Caption on accompanying…

Photograph of flares illuminating Chu Lai Air Base during a nighttime attack, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "291. Flairs [flares] over the airfield the night of the attack."

Photograph of a wrecked Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that this aircraft, along with about 30 others, was destroyed in an attack on the air base. Caption on accompanying…

Photograph of Seabees leveling sandy terrain to extend the runway at Chai Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "285. Seabees leveling sand to extend the runway while flight operations continue."