American MCB-10 Seabee soldier replaces bulb in deck runway light after examining it at Camp Shields in Chu Lai. Man puts in new bulb and then replaces cover plate. Blast fence for jet turn-up built by MCB-10 group. View of an old blast fence that was used for jet turn-up earlier. (Vietnam War period).
View of Camp Shields. Supply office tent and disbursing tent. Lone Seabee walks by. View of Barber shop. Sign over door reads 'The Butcher Shop' and the sign below it reads 'Wait Outside'. Disbursing Office tent and protective wiring on side of tent. MCB-10 Delta Company Office. Front entrance to Dental office. View of medical department in compound. MCB-10 embarkation office and photo lab. U.S. soldier leaving tent. View of MCB-10 operations office. Seabee leaving the operations office. (Vietnam War period).
Seabee soldiers around around a cage like structure. Malaysian Honey Bear cub, mascot of MCB-10, frolics with Seabees. The bear cub is fed by the Seabees. The bear cub comes out of opening and stands on hind legs as a seabee feed it. The small black bear cub sits and is fed by a seabee. Bear frolics on sand. Bear turns and somersaults. Bear stands on hind feet. Bear runs up a sandy hill to a machine gun emplacement. Bear climbs down emplacement over sand, turns around and climbs back up. Seabee plays with bear on the hill. (Vietnam War period).
Trooper in sandbag bunker. Military ambulance moves up roadway. An ambulance moves down past gatehouse and circles to left. Buildings in the background, part of Tan Son Entrance Base complex. Men stand near jeep and other men stand near stone wall in the background with rifles. Small ambulance moves along roadway, truck bars most of road. Troopers talk on road. Trooper with armored vest, jeep passes directing traffic. Circle of smoke in sky from bombing in the distant background. Men off-load ammunition from UH-1D helicopter. They stack it in truck in the background. Vietnamese handle ammunition and carry it off, some ammunition lowered into UH-1D. UH-1D takes off from revetment. Two parachute flares in night sky, rows of white lights. An explosion occurs in the far background. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) underway near Yankee Station in Vietnam. A man wears flight gear and helmet and leaves a hatch way. He moves up on a ladder. Man arrives on the flight deck. Chaplain arrives in flight gear. Two Chaplains walk over the flight deck. Aircraft parked on flight deck. U.S. Navy helicopter UH-2C Seasprite parked in the background. Chaplains donning Mae Wests. Both Chaplains have a gold cross on their helmets. Chaplains board the UH-2C helicopter. Pilot seated in the helicopter. Chaplains are lowered on the deck of USS Cone (DD-866) to conduct Easter Services. A Chaplain puts sling around the waist. Gear lowered on the deck. Junior Grade Lieutenant and Chief Petty officer setting up the altar for services. Small congregation seated in the hangar for the services. Chaplain conducts the services. Men look through their song books. Protestant Chaplain shakes hand with several officers. Small altar set for the service.
USS Cone (DD-866) underway near Yankee Station in Vietnam. Altar being prepared for Catholic service aboard the ship. Helicopter parked in the background. Congregation seated for the service in the hangar. Chaplain stands near the altar. Catholic Chaplain conducts the services. Chaplain breaks the host as he stands before the altar. Congregation standing in the background. Chaplains get ready to be lifted by helicopter. The Chaplain dons the flight gear. The Chaplains shake hands with the officers as they prepare to depart from the ship. UH-2C Seasprite helicopter arrives over the stern. Chaplain being hooked up to the sling and being lifted from the deck. Sling being lowered for second Chaplain. Chaplain lifted up from the deck.
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