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 (from left to right) Fred Quarnstrom, Ensign McBride, and Ensign Nemier with a jeep, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.
Caption on accompanying document: "136. Lt. Fred Quarnstrom on Left, Ens. McBride center, Ens. Nemier on Right."
Photograph of Fred Quarnstrom removing abscessed teeth from BooBoo, the sun bear mascot of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 10, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "135. Me taking absessed [abscessed] teeth from our mascot Booboo the…
Photograph of servicemen on the USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) en route to Chu Lai (Vietnam) from Okinawa (Japan), circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "121. On the Washtenaw County LST 1166 going from Okinawa to Chu Lai / It took 7 days."
Photograph of serviceman showering in the rain, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "99. When the rain came in October it was still very hot to show [shower] just step out of the tent with a bar of soap."
Photograph of serviceman with a sand sculpture of a woman, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "98. Once the big jobs were done we had some fun. A hue [Huey] came over our sand sculpture ane [and] almost crashed."
Photograph of Fred Quarnstrom (left) and another serviceman with a tractor, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "96. It was hot me in my cut off pants before we had to stay in long pangs [pants] note sholder…
Photograph of the officers' club tent (left) and the BOQ tent (right) at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) is visible in the background.
Caption on accompanying document: "95. Officers club with open sides and no floor…
Photograph of the motor pool at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The medical dental tent is on the left, next to the ambulance. Ships are visible in the distance.
Caption on accompanying document: "94. Motor pool red cross is ambulance at…
Photograph of a serviceman laying concertina wire near Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "93. Laying concertena [sic]wire for defense."