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Photograph of Seabees leveling sandy terrain to extend the runway at Chai Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "285. Seabees leveling sand to extend the runway while flight operations continue."

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen blasting rocks in preparation for road construction, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "284. Blasting to make a road to the potential pier north of Chu Lai."

Aerial photograph of the Truong Giang River and surrounding terrain, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "283. Looking South to Truong Giang River toward Chu Lai beach."

Photograph of the Truong Giang River and surrounding terrain, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "282. Truong Giang River to the North of Chu Lai."

Aerial photograph of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft on the runway at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "281. C-130 on Chu Lai runway."

Photograph of a flower, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "280. Nice flower with bug."

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 a wood carving in a museum, Saigon, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "264. Wood carving in museum in Saigon."

Photograph of a U.S. Navy tugboat in a harbor, Okinawa, Japan, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that this tugboat was escorting an LST en route to Vietnam out of the harbor.Caption on accompanying document: "277. Navy tug escorting the LST…

Photograph of BooBoo, the sun bear mascot for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 10, at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "276. Boo Boo the bear having dinner as a small cub."