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[Cloud plume from blast during well construction]
Photograph of a cloud plume from a blast during well construction, Vietnam, circa 1965Caption on accompanying document: "182. Blasting to break up hard pan soil to get better water well for the village."

[Servicemen constructing runway at Chu Lai Air Base]
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."

[Servicemen and vehicles at laterite quarry]
Photograph of servicemen and vehicles at a laterite quarry, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "177. The laterite quary [quarry]. It turned out to be more clay than laterite."

[Servicemen working on air base construction at night]
Photograph of servicemen working on air base construction at night, Chu Lai Air Base, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "176. Working on the airfield at night."

[Hardback tents at Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of hardback tents at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "175. Our camp after hard backing our tents. We are now out of the sand."

[Servicemen laying runway matting]
Photograph of servicemen laying runway matting at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "174. Laying matting at night under high intensity lights."

[Camp Shields sign at Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of the Camp Shields sign at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The emblem for Mobile Construction Battalion 10 (MCB-10) is displayed on the sign.Caption on accompanying document: "173. We changed the name to Camp Shields in memory and…

[Aerial view of Chu Lai Air base under construction]
Aerial photograph of Chu Lai Air base under construction, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "172. Our camp from the air showing the airfield starting to be built."

[Officers on deck of LST]
Photograph of U.S. Navy officers on the deck of an LST, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "171. To [two] officers of the LST waiting to offload MCB-10."

[Vietnamese coast as seen from arriving U.S. Navy ship]
Photograph of the Vietnamese coast as seen from an arriving U.S. Navy ship, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "170. The morning of our landing. The speck was a small boat that was full of explosives and was destroyed by gun fire."
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