Seabees receive giant key

Item

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Digital Object Identifier

363-03917

Title

Seabees receive giant key

Description

Original title: "'Key' to the Army 'Palmer House.'" Original caption: "Rear Admiral Spencer R. Smith, CEC, USN, center, gives Army Lieutenant General Bruce C. Palmer, left, a huge, symbolic key to his new $5 million headquarters complex being built by the Navy at Long Binh, South Vietnam. Rear Admiral Smith as Deputy Commander Pacific Division, Southeast Asia and Officer in Charge of Construction, Republic of Vietnam, for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) directs the civilian contractor, RMK-BRJ, (represented by General Manager Jim Lilly, at right.) This year NAVFAC is observing its 125th anniversary." Giant key is presented to Seabees. Seabees news release 18-67 (48).

Date

1967

Subject

United States. Navy. Seabees; United States. Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Press releases; Gifts; Locks and keys; Military bases; Soldiers; Sailors

Location

Long Bình, South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.9391; 106.8845

Container

B65, F12

Format

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

United States. Navy. Seabees

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Copyright Information

These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.

Publisher

Archives & Special Collections

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