Photo #: NH 103691
USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166)
Offloading vehicles onto a pontoon causeway, off Chu Lai, South
Vietnam, circa May-June 1965.
The original print, dated 24 June 1965, featured the following
Master Caption: "Marine Corps F4 Phantoms and A4 Skyhawks
began flying air strikes against North Vietnam June 1 from an
8000 foot long aluminum air strip at Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
Construction on the new air base, located on Dangquat Bay, about
60 miles south east of Da Nang, began May 8 after some 6000 Marines
and Seabees made an amphibious landing from U.S. Navy ships.
The air field, scheduled to be fully completed the last of June,
is being built from inter locking aluminum and steel mats.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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