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Photograph of hardback tents at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "175. Our camp after hard backing our tents. We are now out of the sand."

Photograph of servicemen laying runway matting at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "174. Laying matting at night under high intensity lights."

Photograph of the Camp Shields sign at Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam, circa 1965. The emblem for Mobile Construction Battalion 10 (MCB-10) is displayed on the sign.Caption on accompanying document: "173. We changed the name to Camp Shields in memory and…

Aerial photograph of Chu Lai Air base under construction, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "172. Our camp from the air showing the airfield starting to be built."

Photograph of U.S. Navy officers on the deck of an LST, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "171. To [two] officers of the LST waiting to offload MCB-10."

Photograph of the Vietnamese coast as seen from an arriving U.S. Navy ship, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "170. The morning of our landing. The speck was a small boat that was full of explosives and was destroyed by gun fire."

Photograph of Fred Quarnstrom relaxing on a landing ship, circa 1965. The accompanying caption notes that the chair Quarnstrom is sitting in was reserved for the captain.Caption on accompanying document: "169. Lt Quarnstrom sitting in Captian's…

Photograph of servicemen loading equipment on the USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166), Okinawa, Japan, circa 1965. A Navy truck is parked in the foreground.Caption on accompanying document: "168. Loading our LST 1166 in Okinawa 'Washtinaw [sic] County.'"

Photograph of a U.S. Navy task force en route to Chu Lai, Vietnam, circa 1965. Caption on accompanying document: "167. Our task force on the way to Chu Lai."

Photograph of Fred Quarnstrom in a landing craft, Vietnam, circa 1965. Other boats are visible in the background.Caption on accompanying document: "166. Lt Quarnstrom on LCM 'mike boat' Landing craft men."