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[Serviceman laying concertina wire near Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of a serviceman laying concertina wire near Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "93. Laying concertena [sic]wire for defense."

[Beach defenses near Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of beach defenses near Chu Lai Air Base (Vietnam), photographed at night, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "92. Beach defenses at night."

[Servicemen laying runway matting]
Photograph of servicemen laying runway matting, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "91. Laying runway matting at night under lights they did take fire once in a while."

[Beach defenses near Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of beach defenses near Chu Lai Air Base (Vietnam), photographed at night, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "90. Beach defenses at night."

[Flares being dropped at Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of flares being dropped at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "89. Flares being dropped the night we thought we were under attack."

[Servicemen with stacks of matting]
Photograph of servicemen with stacks of matting, Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "88. Matting stacked prior to building helo [sic] landing pad."

[Servicemen using construction equipment to level site]
Photograph of servicemen using construction equipment to level the site selected for Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "87. Heavy equipment used to level and smooth the sand and laterite for air field."

[Site selected for Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of the site selected for Chu Lai Air Base, prior to construction, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "86. Site of future airport on day one."

[Camouflaged tank installation near Chu Lai Air Base]
Photograph of a camouflaged tank installation near Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. "Persuader" is painted on the gun barrel.Caption on accompanying document: "85. Camafloged [sic] tank instillation [sic] across the road from us they fired all…

[ARVN bunker]
Photograph of an ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) bunker, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "84. Vietnamese ARVN bunker in their camp on highway 1 N of the river."
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