An aerial view of a major American coastal airbase in Vietnam, its runway, tent cities, and Quonset huts stretching between a lagoon and the South China Sea. Bases like this one served as launch points for MACV-SOG reconnaissance and raid missions, including the September 1970 cross-border Operation Tailwind, supported by Marine helicopter gunship squadrons such as HML-367 'Scarface.' Project: 219485