This faded color slide, part of a 1968 Tet Offensive-era collection, shows the fenced perimeter of a US military installation in South Vietnam. Concertina wire, earthen berms, and a distant guard structure define the base's defensive boundary. Photographs like this one, taken by American servicemen during their tours, document the everyday landscape of wartime bases as much as the combat itself - the long stretches of fence line, sand, and scrub that surrounded soldiers during one of the war's most consequential periods. Project: 218415