Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen of Mobile Construction Battalion 10 (MCB-10) mustering prior to their deployment to Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "234. MC8-10 troop muster in preparation to going to Vietnam."
Photograph of servicemen and villagers at the grand opening of a new marketplace, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "206. Cerimoney [ceremony] of dedication of the market place for the village we displaced."
Photograph of servicemen and villagers at the grand opening of a new marketplace, Vietnam, circa 1965. A Marine Corps band is in the foreground.Caption on accompanying document: "205. Ceremoney [ceremony] dedicating the market NW of our field women…
Photograph of an arm wrestling match between an American and South Vietnamese servicemen, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "196. Some friendly arm wresteling [wrestling] in the Vietnamese village."
Photograph of servicemen on a path, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that the servicemen are traveling to a local village to provide dental care.Caption on accompanying document: "195. Trail to the village where we were to do dentistry. We…
Photograph of two Vietnamese women watching Fred Quarnstrom perform dental work on a patient, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "194. Vietnamese women watching me do dentistry. They are probably 40 years ols [old]."
Photograph of servicemen building a sand sculpture of a naked woman, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "193. Sand sculpture on our beach. Ens. Donnelly and Zander were the artists. A low flying helicopter nearly crashed circiling…
Photograph of a serviceman holding a spike trap found near Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "184. Booby trap found in a grassy area."
Photograph of servicemen constructing a runway at Chu Lai Air Base, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "181. Movment [movement] while building the runway under the lights."