Construction work at the 3rd Field Military Hospital in Saigon, Vietnam. A hospital building under construction. Three ambulances parked in the premises. Construction in progress. Traffic moving along busy street on the right. Several vehicles in the foreground. Vietnamese workers wearing typical conical hats (“Non la”) and several in hard hats, work within the foundation of the hospital under construction. A worker uses a hand saw to rip a 2 X 4 piece of wood. A Vietnamese worker smooths cement on a masonry wall. '3rd field hospital' written on a building. A U.S. Army sentry with a rifle guards the entrance. (Note: Expansion of the hospital, which included a modern emergency facility and surgery suite, among other things, was managed by U.S. contractor, Pacific Architects and Engineers. Most of the construction workers on the project were Vietnamese.) (Vietnam War period).
The U.S. Embassy under construction in Saigon, Vietnam. The Embassy being built by OICC Contractors. A forklift backing out with supplies. A worker gives hand signals. American construction personnel. The Embassy hallway under construction. Vietnamese workers seen throughout the work area.
Construction of a runway at theNha Trang Airfield in Vietnam. A crane high up on hillside with scoop, loading a dump truck with rocks at a quarry. The load of rock is dumped into dump truck, crane swings around. A truck dumps asphalt into a spreader at the runway site. The spreader spreads the asphalt. A Vietnamese worker moves along with the truck. The spreader spreads a layer of asphalt. A compactor and steam roller compact the freshly laid asphalt. Vietnamese workers use long rake-like tools to smooth out rough areas on the leveled asphalt. A spreader spreading asphalt. The dump truck pulls away to pick up another load of asphalt, spreader comes to a stop. Asphalt runway being compacted by compactors. Other equipment on the right. A mountain range in the background.
Construction of a runway at the Nha Trang Airfield in Vietnam. A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules makes a landing approach with wheels down. The aircraft in flight overhead. The C-130B makes a landing on the runway. A water truck sprays water on the runway under construction. A U.S. Army O-1E Bird Dog in flight overhead. The aircraft flies low over the runway. A spreader spreads asphalt. The freshly spread asphalt is compacted. A USMC Sikorsky UH-34 SeaHorse helicopter approaches. The compactor in the foreground. Compactors at work in the foreground. The chopper flies away to the right. A mountain range in the background. (Vietnam War period).
The 8th Field hospital in Nha Trang, Vietnam. A soldier rides a bicycle along the hospital boundary fence. A sign reads '8th Field Hospital'. Hospital buildings and a parked military jeep. A gateway leading into the hospital grounds. A sign board gives directions to the major buildings in the compound. A large completed cement foundation for a building. Buildings in the background. (Vietnam War period).
Fuel tanks and fueling stations in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Leveled area in the foreground. White fuel tanks. Mountains in the background. A large white fuel tank, stairway leading from the ground up to top of the tank. Buildings in the background. Yellow jet fuel pipes. Service aircraft and vehicles in the area. Fueling stations.