Construction: Giant Venture in Viet Nam

While the fighting in Viet Nam makes most of the news, one of the world's largest and swiftest construction programs is changing the face of the country. The U.S. Government is directing a massive master plan aimed at providing the immediate necessities of war (bridges, roads, barracks), long-range civilian needs (power plants, water systems) and the huge strategic complexes (harbors, airfields, roads) necessary for supplying U.S. troops in a distant land with food, arms and equipment. Working at a vigorous pace, military engineers are planning and building dozens of the projects; so...

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