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Photograph of servicemen and a fire engine tending to a crashed Lockheed F-104 Starfighter aircraft, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that the aircraft crashed while attempting a dead-stick landing.Caption on…

Photograph of a helipad under construction at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) is visible in the background.Caption on accompanying document: "63. Helo pad under construction Iwo Jima aircraft carrier in background."

Photograph of a beach near Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. A barrel and other debris litter the beach, noted in the accompanying caption as wreckage from the causeway.Caption on accompanying document: "64. Our beach with wreckage of causway…

Photograph of servicemen retrieving water from a well, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "65. Our water well sandbaged [sic] the cresote [sic] of sand bags made us all sick."

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."

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 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 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 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 Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft during a jet-assisted take-off (JATO), Chu Lai Air Base, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "71. A-4 taking off with JATO."