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An Hoa

A group of Seabees is working in the heat to build an airstrip. A helicopter is flying over them.
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Description: Painting, Oil on Canvas; By Walter J Giordano; 1969 Framed Dimensions 26H X 33W
Accession #: 88-160-BE
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Men of the US Naval Mobile Construction Battilion finish an airstrip that ended up 3500 feet long by 72 feet wide, in ten days while under enemy fire. They worked 24 hours a day to accomplish this feat at An Hoa, South Vietnam.

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