Browse Items (337 total)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen of Mobile Construction Battalion 10 (MCB-10) mustering prior to their deployment to Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "234. MC8-10 troop muster in preparation to going to Vietnam."

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."

Photograph of tents lit up at night, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "236. Tents at night electric lights but no floors."

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 children playing with a water hose, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that the hose is pumping mud out of a new village well.Caption on accompanying document: "238. Kids playing with the water hose pumping mud out of…

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 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 people sitting under a small tree, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "241. Villagers (VC) sitting in the shade. They were carring [carrying] wood."

Photograph of a fishing village along a river, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "242. Fishing village in river north of Chu Lai."

Photograph of a woman and a child, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that she was a dental patient of Fred Quarnstrom and that her teeth are blackened from chewing betel nut. Caption on accompanying document: "243. Woman dental…