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Photograph of a U.S. Marine Corps M50 Ontos anti-tank vehicle, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "165. M50 Ontos, 'the pig' with 6 106 mm recoilless rifles / lt was designed as a tank killer there were no VC tanks in our area."

Photograph of a village marketplace under construction, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "164. Construction of market area north of Chu Lai."

Photograph of the site selected for Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "163. Laterite soil base for airfield."

Photograph of fishing nets on a beach, Chu Lai, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "162. Fishing nets being dried and repaired on Chu Lai beach."

Photograph of mountains and a valley, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "161. Not a Vietnam slide."

Photograph of flares illuminating Chu Lair Air Base during an attack, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "160. Flares helping to illuminate the airfield the night it was attacked."

Photograph of lights for nightwork taking place on the runway, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "159. Night work on runway."

Photograph of construction equipment at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that the equipment is about to be loaded onto a ship.Caption on accompanying document: "158. Our heavy equipment lining up to get on LSTs."

Photograph of Fred Quarnstrom removing abscessed teeth from BooBoo, the sun bear mascot of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 10, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: 157. Lt Quarnstrom taking abscessed teeth out of the Bear BooBoo with open…

Photograph of night landing lights at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "156. Night landing going missed after A-4 missed the arresting wire."