Photograph of servicemen with stacks of matting, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "88. Matting stacked prior to building helo [sic] landing pad."
Photograph of servicemen using construction equipment to level the site selected for Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "87. Heavy equipment used to level and smooth the sand and laterite for air field."
Photograph of an ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) bunker, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "84. Vietnamese ARVN bunker in their camp on highway 1 N of the river."
Photograph of serviceman Skip Coglan working at a desk, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Coglan is wearing a combat helmet.Caption on accompanying document: "78. Skip Coglan doing paper work but ready for combat."
Photograph of a serviceman looking at a submerged road, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "76. Main road after the rains came that mud puddle is 3 feet deep."
Photograph of a serviceman on a partially finished road, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "70. Partially finished road to dock that was not built."
Photograph of a serviceman stringing concertina wire, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "69. Stringing concertina wire for our defensive position."
Photograph of servicemen drilling in preparation for dock construction, Vietnam, circa 1965.
Caption on accompanying document: "68. Drilling for blasting to get down to the proposed dock."
Photograph of Lieutenant Zander repainting the taxiway, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The sign next to Zander reads: "Caution / Artist at work."Caption on accompanying document: "67. LtJg Zander repainting the taxiway after writing 'Seabees…
Photograph of servicemen preparing explosives to clear rocks, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "66. Blasting rocks to get to proposed dock that was abandoned."