Photograph of South Vietnamese servicemen and villagers at a dedication ceremony for a new village, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that the original village was displaced by the construction of Chu Lai Air Base.Caption on…
Photograph of an advancement ceremony at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes the security detail with their rifles.Caption on accompanying document: "274. Advancement ceremony at Chu Lai. Captan [Captain] Bannister…
Photograph of Seabees blasting rocks in preparation for road construction, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "272. Seabees blasting rock to put a road down to the potential Pier. It was abandoned in lue [lieu] of placing the dock…
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen of Mobile Construction Battalion 10 (MCB-10) and South Vietnamese servicemen dining together, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "271. MCB-10 personal [personnel] and Vietnamese troops."
Photograph of a serviceman feeding BooBoo, the sun bear mascot for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 10, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "269. Booboo the bear as a baby with security keeper at Chu Lai."
Photograph of servicemen helping a USO entertainer out of jeep, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "253. Woman USO entertainer getting out of a jeep at MCB-10) at Chu Lai."
Photograph of a serviceman feeding BooBoo, the sun bear mascot for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 10, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "240. Booboo being fed."
Photograph of servicemen and villagers at the grand opening of a new marketplace, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "239. Village ceremony for opening of covered market and homes in displaced village."
Photograph of servicemen and villagers at the grand opening of a new marketplace, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "237. Villaage [sic] ceremony for opening of covered market in displaced village."
Photograph of servicemen and villagers at the grand opening of a new marketplace, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "235. Villaage [sic] ceremony for opening of covered market in displaced village."