Seabees of World War II
2017 ж. 23 Қаң.
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Rear Adm. Ben Moreell gives a brief prologue and epilogue. Pacific operations include base construction at Dutch Harbor and Attu in the Aleutians, landing operations, base and airfield construction, ship salvage, and malaria control at Guadalcanal, Rendova, and Munda in the Solomon Islands. Also shows base and dock construction in Scotland and Oran, Algeria, and pre-invasion plans for Italy. Scenes of Sicily invasion and landing at Salerno. Includes many battle scenes.
Obtained from the National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (Local Identifier: 226-C-6527)
I was a Seabee EO, equipment operator, in Vietnam, I went to Vietnam when I was 17, in 1965, and did two tours before I turned 20. I was and still proud to be a Seabee
I joined in 79 and there was still a bunch of Vietnam Bees still around in Gulfport battalions. By the nineties they were thinning out. (Retiring). Now some of them I knew have passed on.
USN SEABEES MCB1 68-69 PHU BAI QUANG TRI DANANG. EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.
My Dad was in the SeaBees in the South Pacific during WW2. Company "D" 11th Special N.C.B. I don't know much about his adventures because he never talked about them. If he was still alive, he'd be 100 this month. Happy birthday, Dad.
He may never have talked but somehow they got a reputation in the UK as builders, despite being so close to active service. The men who laboured must have had a great logistic tail. Otherwise they would sit on their hands awaiting materials. A good job done well.
My grandfather was a cb during ww2 also stationed in the s.Pacific , Marshall islands . while my other grandfather was a Marine. Seabee's didn't get the recognition they deserved until john Wayne made the movie , but I guess for the time and being such a niche group of navy men , also they aren't the type to demand anything from anyone , they did there job , and that was that.
My dad just had a birthday on Monday. April 11, 1917. He was with Patton and the third army. We miss them don’t we. Unlike nowadays real men back then.
RIP DAD...MY DAD WAS ON BOARD W/US NAVY...HE SAW A SHIP BLOW UP NEAR BY...BUT HE WAS THE MAN OF HONOR IN MY LIFE...HE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH...RIP DAD YOU ARE MY HERO!!!
@@myparceltape1169 IN MY BOOK...ALL ARE HERO'S, FROM THOSE THAT WATCHED THE COASTS TO THOSE FUELING UP THE AIRCRAFT TO THOSE FLYING ALL SUCH CRAFT...THE SHIPS & SUPPLYS THAT KEPT THEM IN A RUNNING FIGHT TO EVERY STEP ONE TOOK IN ADVANCE AND (Had to retreat sometimes) SHOT AT AND WERE SHOT AT...ALL ARE HEROS...THANK GOD FOR YOUR SERVICES...!!!
My grandpa was a Seabee in the Pacific during WWII. After the war, he was personally selected to head the building of the permanent military base on Guam, which my grandma was thrilled about. He was an architectural engineer who had graduated from Georgia Tech (two of his three sons and his only daughter, plus one of his grandchildren have since graduated from this same school). I was less than six months old when he passed, sadly, but I love hearing stories of him.
My dad was a SeaBee at Guadalcanal. I have always considered it an honor to have been raised by the greatest generation. Although he has been gone a long time, he is still my hero!.
Me, too. They were the greatest parents!
During my boot camp tour of 1972, one of our men painted a giant Bee with a Dixie cup, wrench and a machine gun on the floor of our barracks, with motto "SeaBees Can Do" to honor our Company Commander, EO1 B.W. Smith. He was a very flamboyant character who had gotten in some trouble before our Naval careers had begun. And he was removed as our CC with less than a couple weeks to go for reasons we were never told. I saw him later at the Navy exchange at NASIB with his rank intact, but I didn't ask him what happened But as I remember, he did love to fight, and promised all of us, if anyone in our company decided, he would conduct "after hours" for any aggrieved among us. I was never aggrieved....as I knew the meaning of N.A.V.Y. (Never Again Volunteer Yourself) Blessings. Your father sounds as if he was a great man.
@@qitrodz HAHAHAHAHAHA...GREAT STORY...ONE DAY ALL STORIES WILL BE HEARD...& EXPLAINED!!!
My former father in law was also at Guadalcanal were he recieved an injury making him one of the first seabees to get a purpleheart
I want to thank your dad for providing me the Freedom that allowed me to also Serve. I want to thank you and your family for making the sacrifices that I know you had to endure. The Sea Bee's were America's Not So Secret Weapon. Our enemies had no answer for our Sea Bee's. Those guys busted their asses and at times, they had to kick some asses. All of us in the US Navy had a great deal of respect and appreciation for the Sea Bee's. Thank you for sharing about your dad.
I work in a civilian program in Canada, we run an outdoor program for Wounded Vets. A few years ago we had an older Vet who was a Seabee that served in Vietnam. For all these Soldiers went through, there was nothing for them when they got back. I watched him deal with his Demons on the water. I watched him start smiling and laughing and at one point he tried to tell me that he owed me for what I have him back. My words were, "No Syd, we all owe you guys, with interest." He shook his head, smiled and went back to his activity. I found a tree to cry behind, because to get him here took us six hours, two days and less than $300 Canadian. To serve is one thing, to be served is another. I serve those who served! I will always be there for them. Love all you Vets!
Kerry, a servant's heart is a great blessing to others, and you're in good company: Matthew 20:28 "... the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."
A good friend was a seebee in Vietnam . He died years ago from agent orange .
My Grandfather was a Sea Bee in the Pacific...thank you Grandpa and all who served and sacrificed!
The Marines went into Tokyo, With their Helmets at a tilt, The Marines went into Tokyo, On Roads that the SeaBees Built!
3rd Marine, 2nd Raider Regiment. Go Navy!
My uncle was a CB bulldozer operator across the Pacific islands. Primary mission clearing beaches of explosives. He developed the remote control so when a dozer hit a buried bomb he stayed alive. His invention? Long ropes attached to the controls, he walked behind and when his dozer hit a mine or bomb, he went and got another dozer and went back to work. Never got injured, did get a commendation and a promotion...
Proud to say my Father was a Sea-Bee from 1943-46 was all over the South Pacific China and Japan before he came home on the USS Casa Grande an LSD Lansing Ship Dock. I’m Proud of my Father Uncles and All the Brave Men and Women who served and keeper us free. Thank You’s are never Enough. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Too many people, believe putting a sticker on their trucks is thanks enough. I do not. I serve those who serve, I wish we all did.
I am grateful for your family's service and sacrifice. We remember those who went off to war but we often forget those who were left behind, separated from their loved ones. They sacrificed too.
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My uncle, Thomas Cooke, was a SeeBee in WWII, & worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with his father, my grandfather, John Cooke, a 35 year employee & Spanish American War, Naval veteran! Although, he didn't speak much about his service, he did mention that he helped construct an airstrip on Saipan & spent years in the Pacific Theater! My four uncles & father were all WWII vets, one at Pearl Harbor!
My grandpa was with the Seabees14th BN at Guadalcanal. So proud of his service!
My dad was in 129th battalion D company in Samor.
My dad was with the1st Marine Division. He spent a lot of time moving coral around, Guadalcanal. And ducking shrapnel.
Dad was with the 24th BN.
Thank him for me please..we owe alot to are vets of ww2
My Uncle was in the Sea Bees in WW-2 and told me that several times he had to run machines with one hand and hold a rifle with the other. He was my hero. I ended up in RVN with the Engineers and got the mairia he dodged. I sure do miss him too.
Living here in Brisbane and Australia there are still many "temporary" buildings which were built by the Seabees in a massive campaign to house the hundreds of thousands of US troops gearing up for the pacific war, Such as those at 12:19 And that included the house i lived in for 15 years and my present neighbours workshop/shed. These building's were so well built that they are still standing all these decades later. Another excellent examples are the hangers the local Caterpillar agents use for Workshops .
TY...NEAT TIME LINE...I FIND THESE VERY INTERESTING...& HOW THE STRUCTURES HAVE LASTED THE TEST OF TIME...MASSIVE GROUP EFFORT ALL RIGHT...
That was the kangaroo battalion.mcb one or 133 I think.could be wrong.knew a guy who was there
NMCB 133 is called the Kangaroo’s. I was attached to NMCB 133 Alfa Co. from 84 to 89.
My father-in-law was a Seabee in the Aleutian Islands during WW2. The training he received helped him start his own construction company after the war.
My Grandfather was also in the Aleutian Islands during WW2.
I was a Seabee's during the later 60' early 70 . I was always Thankful for the work that our Seabee forefather's did for they wrote the book. Can Do .
“Damn! I cut that plank twice, and it’s still too short!!” Salute!
HIP HIP HOOORRAAAY!! 💪💪💪💪💪🥳🥳🥳🥳
I served 1981-1986...NMCB 62..Awesome experience
you did good work 💪💪
I was in 133 that time. Knew a couple mechanics in 62.
My great grandfather was a seabee, 302nd naval construction battalion. They participated in 8 invasions. He is my hero. I wish he lived long enough for my to have met him. He survived the war and I still have his purple heart.
When I was stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan; back in the late '70s... the personnel department was still housed in interconnected Quonset Huts built shortly after World War 2. And, some of the lower ranking enlisted married personnel also called individual Quonset Huts their "home" on base. Over thirty years after they were built for "temporary use". When the SeaBees built something... they built it to last.
My dad was in the 73rd Battalion Seabees attached to first Marine division. He built airstrips in the Solomon islands. He was mainly On the island of Monda and Pedelo.
Dad went to Dutch Harbor & then New Calidonia. Thanks for posting!
My Grandfather was in the Seabees in the South Pacific...Guadalcanal, Solomon's, and other islands. Helped build Henderson Field.
My father served with the 52nd NCB in the Aleutian Islands during WWII: Attu, Adak, and Dutch Harbor. Continued in the construction business after the war.
I believe my father, Al Hoffman from New Orleans, served with your father. My dad was a Construction Electrician, having been an Electrical Lineman before the war.
@@bigchiroal1 Looking in the 52nd NCB cruisebook, A. V. Hoffman is pictured. His hometown is listed as Constance St., New Orleans, LA. If that is your dad, they did indeed serve together. In fact, they were in the same company, Company A, and surely knew each other.
My Dad was in Rouanamoor, Guam and the cwajoline islands. ( sorry about the spelling )
Very proud to have a Seebee in my family. THANK YOU Guys .
Retired sailor here, HM. Can't imagine running that o-course with this dixie cups on my head. Props to the Greatest Generation!
My great grandfather was a Swedish immigrant and a Seabee during the war. I believe he fought on Guadalcanal. Sadly I never got to meet him as he died before I was born but one of my family’s prized possessions when I was growing up was a picture of him with my grandfather in his uniform not long after the war ended.
My Dad was a proud veteran of the 63rd Naval Construction Battalion!
My grandpa was in the 63rd and served with your dad! 👍
My dad was in the 92 NCB, and by mere accident I found out he did all the surveying work for the atomic bomb pits on Tinian. I am extremely proud of his contributions to the war, and of all the men in the Seabee battalions.
My great grandpa was a sea bee in the 77th battalion, he was awarded purpple heart for his wounds, Daniel James cummings. His father, my GREAT great granda was also drafted into WW2 at 52 years old. He was a WW1 vet after being drafted into ww1 at 28, James Oliver Cummings. Badass people forsure
My Father was in the Navy in the Pacific during WWII. After the war he Re-upped and went into the SeaBees, He had been and was a Land Surveyor in civilian life and in the SeaBees.
My Grandfather is still alive; he was in the 63rd N.C.B., his name is Antonio Aguilar, they misspelled his last name-showing Aquilar... he was a replacement. Please email me @MYSONISTHEBEST197@gmail.com. Thank you in advance. He has many memories and is very clear minded!
My dad was a SeaBee at Guam in WW2.. Built the base while the enemy was still there. Thank you for this video. I learned so much more about SeaBee history.
21 Feb 2021 America lost a great SeaBee. CMC Gardner. US Navy 1958 - 1962 aboard USS Shangri La (CVA-38). Got out. raised a great family. Joined again in 1983 and rose to Chief. Retired in 1994. He taught me well. He shared skills that are far beyond what i could learn in a regular school. My Father. Chief Gardner, Always had a CAN DO attitude. He will be greatly missed.
Sorry for your loss! My Dad was 4th battalion Navy Seabee WWII, Brother Jack was Seabee, & My Son Tom was Navy Seabee Chief.
Interesting. I too was mechanic from 79 -99. His name don’t ring a bell. Was he out on the West Coast ? I was an East Coast Bee.
Paul here. My uncle Howard was a Seabee in the. Pacific theater. He loved his fishing boats after he came home, he could fix anything.
My Dad Was A Proud "Seabee" in W W.II in North Africa and The European Theatre.
My father was SeaBee. All over the South Pacific. He talked about "movie cameras" being around. He was at the Alabama Theater (Birmingham), watching "a picture show" (Honky-tonk, Clark Gable). The picture show stopped, and the announcement of Pearl Harbor was made. He went home, and the very next day, he joined the new unit. My daughter found pictures on line of his unit, and we found him.
I had two friends (brothers) who were sons of a Seabee, who was killed in action. They didn't remember much of him since they were 2 - 3 yrs. old when he died. They were very close brothers growing up as a result.
My dad was a Seabee 20 years from late 50s mid 70s I was born on Port hueneme and lived in adak Alaska as a kid it was a great place to explore
I was a SeaBee as a Construction Mechanic 2nd class from 2002-2005 with NMCB-18. We Build, We Fight ! Can do !
I was a kid living near the CB base Port Huneme during the Korean war. Our house was just a few hundred yards from the Southern Pacific tracks, and I still remember the miles long trains carrying the Sea Bees battalions and all their equipment to the port for embarkation to Korea. the went by day and night for weeks or months. this was my first introduction to the industrial might of the USA!
I loved port Hueneme and oxnard. Mid 70s.both my daddy mcb 10 and mcb3, and my ex also mcb3. Both EOs. I even tried to join but I told the recruiter seabee or nothing and wanted to also be an EO. Got BU. Didn't make it through. Seabees can do! And I think John wayne was also a determining factor.
My Dad was a W.W.II Seabee in North Africa and the Full "Italian" Campaign.
My grandpa served with the 73rd NCB in the pacific. Very proud of his service!
My father served aboard the USS Texas in the '30s. Left the Marines for regular life. He wanted to join back up when WWII broke out. They told him nope, he was too old - so they gave him a gun and a bulldozer! Hie used to be fond of telling me how tough the Marines were. Then he said after he joined the Seabees - he laughingly told me "We prepped the beaches and constructed the airfields for the Marines to land on!!! On a serious note - we all have that brave generation to thank for their service and grit in standing up against the greatest external threat our nation has ever known - at least to that point! God Bless Their Souls - 33rd US Naval Construction Battalion - Company C - Photograph is damaged - that is the best I can make of it.
My late father-in-law was a CB with the forces at Normandy, 6 June, 1944. What we learned as a boy and in the SeaBees kept him very well for to he rest of his honorable and successful life.
Do you know what battalion he was in? My dad was in the 69th construction battalion
I man from my church was a Seabee in ww2 ,I miss him dearly 😢they truly are the greatest generation
My grandpa was a Seabee and did work in the Philippines!
Mine too.
can i ask which part of the philippines? is it in Guiuan Eastern Samar? i live nearby at a former ww2 American airfield built by the 6 1st Naval Construction Battalion i think i am not quite sure, i would love to hear from you as much from your granpa's historical walks here in my town in Guiuan
dell Cargill: I was a Bee: So was my day. So was my son. Most of us went to war
My Grandfather is still alive; he was in the 63rd N.C.B., his name is Antonio Aguilar, they misspelled his last name-showing Aquilar... he was a replacement. Please email me @MYSONISTHEBEST197@gmail.com. Thank you in advance. He has many memories and is very clear minded!
God Bless Grandpa
My grandpa was a seebea in ww2. I regret not listening to his war stories when I was younger because you know… kids. Now I wish to know more of this chapter.
My grandpa was a SeaBee and built a dock for the Navy.
My Grandfather is still alive; he was in the 63rd N.C.B., his name is Antonio Aguilar, they misspelled his last name-showing Aquilar... he was a replacement. Please email me @MYSONISTHEBEST197@gmail.com. Thank you in advance. He has many memories and is very clear minded!
I was unaware Seabees were involved in the Salerno Landing . I was an electrician in the Seabees 8 years in the 1990s. It is interesting that Seabee Construction Battalions were in the battle there.
I was proud to be in The US Navy Seabees. CBU-405 & NMCB-5 1985-1996. An amazing and proud tradition.
I was an East Coast Seabee. NMCB 133 twice. 79-99. Never was stationed west of the Mississippi. 20th NCR Even my shore duty. Did three years in Naples Italy.
such a different spirit present in the people of the past. how much I admire their courage. the world war two people were driven. good choice to take a bunch of construction workers and turn them into soldiers. use your best. the people who went in to build worked under fire alright. they had to go in first before the army invaded. my grandfather died at 95 a few years ago and was drafted into the seabees. a real tough dude.
My dad was a Seabee Carpenter's Mate in WWll. He was awarded a Bronze Star at the Battle of Normandy and was assigned to a Navy Destroyer. He was definitely a can-do man who achieved more in his short 38 years than anyone I've ever known. He died of liver cancer Jan. 30,1958 and was buried in Beverly National Cemetary, NJ. I will always remember his Honor Guard, 21gun salute.
@@miriambryant6975 RESPECT!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Awesome vid. My grandpa was a seabee in the alutian islands
I grew up in Port Hueneme ! The saying go's like this . Come to Ventura on vacation , leave on probation .
Much respect for the combat engineers of the seas!
You got to love these old films !!! C B CAN DO !!!
Brass - it can't be done that fast. Seabees - wanna bet? The enemies - WTF?
GOD BLESS EVERYONE OF THESEE YOUNG BRAVE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY ! THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ! THESE MEN WERE BAD TO THE BONE .ONE OF THE MOST ASTONISHING THING WAS THEIR EQUIPMENT . IT WAS NO WHERE NEAR THE QUALITY OF TODAY'S SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT . TO THE MEN THAT GOT THE JOB DONE THANK YOU!!!
I’m a retired Seabee Chief. My instructors were all WW2/Korea era veterans. I’m blessed to have been tutored under some legendary men. That (in my opinion)generation was indeed the best generation. I must admit that Seabees today to include myself can’t hold a candle to that generation.
Bravo from Siam; Thank you for your services everyone. All of you were and are ones of the best.
Throw four of those runway mat sections in a four wheeler or even a good two wheel truck and one can get just about anywhere in the country or bush or desert. They come in real handy.Crossing creeks ,getting out of mud ,sand,etc.My great uncle Jay was a Seabea on Guadalcanal in ww2.
My dad was in the Pacific Sea Bees: '51-'55. Much respect to all who served and the Sea Bees.
So was mine. Love you, J.F.L. II.
The SEABEES are, by reputation and by their actions, a very respected combat engineers, we have our own Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (R.E.M.E) here in the United Kingdom, again respected by reputation and actions, and they deserve it. I wonder how many millions of tons the SEABEES used during the Second World War, it must have been an absolute nightmare getting the materials to them, let’s be honest, I doubt the priority for their needs was at the top of the loading lists of the Top Brass. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴 P.S, a bit of a tangent, I wonder why the USA didn’t use armoured deck plating on their newest carriers?, a bomb would still do a lot of damage but it wouldn’t (probably, never say never) penetrate into the hangar deck, ammunition stores, fuel tanks, or other critical compartments, just a thought. Another tangent, I would really love to know why @ 29:58 did the serviceman in the rear row of the honour guard just walk away? It just seems strange, unless he had an URGENT NEED TO GO, if you get my drift, getting a dose of the “trots”, under the conditions they had to live,build, and fight in, it would be a case of “when” not “if”.
Weight. Made them slower, couldn't carry as many aircraft, harder and costlier to repair, hotter in the tropics. The US put the armor on the hanger deck and not on the flight deck.
Obvious answer is for the speed /maneuverability of the crafts. Also, the know withal/confidence that the US fighting troops are top notch elite units that will DESTROY the ENEMIES of FREEDOM. 🙏🏻🇺🇸💪🏻
If the flight deck is armoured, the heavier it will be, the higher the centre of gravity , the more unstable it will be and the carrier will have higher risk of capsizing.
@@envitech02 Yes, I have always thought that the armour on top would make it less stable, but I don't know what the shape of the hull was like. It could have been made to cope with weight up there. Perhaps the Armoured Carriers website will give more useful information. An armoured hanger deck only should, I imagine, give a lighter and more stable ship though if you park too many aircraft up there you loose that advantage in return for faster launch.
I was a Navy SEABEE from 1988-2008.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still -motion photography pictures 📷.Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing.
My Seabee dad helped construct the runways on Tinian, made from dynamited crushed coral which was kept alive and watered with seawater so it knitted itselt back together making excellent long lasting runwayswhich can still be seen on "Google Earth".
I served in the Army And Navy . What that generation faced was far more difficult and dangerous! I had family in it all . I am definitely deeply grateful for their service and more often than not sacrifice for this country. God bless them and thank you all for what you did! As long as I live I will not forget nor surrender what you gave life and limb for! I am a combat veteran ... To future generations, don't even forget the past. Preserve and protect what those before you died for!! Honor 🎖 what we stand forever!
WELL DONE LAD YOU DID GOOD WORK!!!
Thank You preserving such great footage!
My uncle,Charles roscoe stover,was a C.B. on Guadalcanal thru the phillipines.Drove a bulldozer the rest of his life,until the age of 94.He passed 6 months after he stopped operating a dozer.2004.
My uncle adelard LaChance was shot and killed while operating a a bulldozer for the Seabees in Guam. Every time I see a bulldozer in the tropics in World War 2 look to see if it's him
Rick B, Vivian S, and Gitrodz, Thanks to those of you who served ( even if it was just under the direction of your father’s). I had so many family members in both theaters and they were all just boys when they joined but men when they returned, if they returned. I had an uncle on my mom’s side that was a SeaBee and he was a stocky Curley blonde haired half Italian and Scott’s Irish from the Southern Appalachian Mountains who worked in the coal mines until strip mining destroyed the communities and sent families to all corners of the country looking to make a new life. Like most who were in the real actions in the war, he didn’t talk about it often with us kids, but during family poker and Jim Beam get togethers they would swap a story every now and then, and if the game was at my house I would stand next to my dad and listen and sneak a sip every now and then. I heard him tell that he was landed in the first wave on Iwo Jima on his bulldozer and all he had to fight with was his 1911 Colt and a few clips and it was a little thick with led until the beach head was expanded. So when he could he used the blade for a shield and led it up to a machine gun hole for the Marines to clean out and it took pressure off of him and his crews. My dad’s brother was killed in the English Channel a month before D Day. He was on an LST and among several that were torpedoed by German E Boats that got to them when they were talking men in full gear with equipment 10 miles where the channel was only 20+/- miles wide. The Captain of the British destroyer that was supposed to be be giving security put in for repairs and did not tell anyone in the command line to replace him and I have heard that between 300 and 900 soldiers and sailors were killed that day. My wife and I actually purely by chance ended up staying in about your bus driver’s mother and Stepfather’s B&B in a vet nice village named Hexam up in the border country of Scotland where Hadrian’s Wall is, and she was a nurse in the village that had become a military base and she said that she was called into a meeting along with everyone in medical, security and military MP from other bases and people that she had never seen. She said that they were all told that they were going to see things in the next 18 hours that they were not allowed to speak to each other about their specific experiences and they were never to talk to anyone about it under penalty of death for treason. Then they began the job of processing the bodies organizing the personal items, and prepping the bodies for burial in mass graves that I believe were unmarked. My grandparents were lied to and told that he was lost in action for D Day, another uncle found out the truth in a news paper article written with a FOIA Request in the early 1980s and both parents were still alive but in their 80s and we didn’t upset them by changing the story and to make it worse, nothing happened to the British captain for dereliction of duty resulting in mass deaths Eisenhower went ballistic for the loss of nearly 1,000 men, but mostly the LSTs because of their cost and how he had to lobby for them with Congress. I have heard in the last year or so that the village has a very nice memory period over there for the lost soldiers and sailors each summer. My dad was Navel Air and was the gunner and copilot on an SBD DOUGLAS DIVE BOMBER, my brother was on a mine sweep, The Manley I believe and I have another uncle who is an original member of Darby’s Rangers and survived Africa, Sicily,Anzio (the biggest blunder in WWII) and D Day through July 29th when he was wounded and captured on the first day of the break out from Cans . As he was being taken to the prisoner holding area, a Nazi officer saw that he was a master Sargent in Darby’s Rangers and he shot him in the skull and killed him. I don’t know what other awards he might have had, but he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Congress just passed and bill biden signed it last month authorizing the design and fabrication and awarding of a Congressional Gold Medal for every member of the original Darby’s Rangers last living members and then to the relatives of the others posthumously. The old professor Live free or die! Death ☠️ to all tyrant, all tyrants foreign and domestic!!!!!! The truth will stand before God when the world falls. No Shit……
I really love these wartime videos.
I was in Battalion 53 I was in nam I'm 67 to 69
Grandpa homer Smith was a Seabee and said KIA/WIA/MIA by the end of the war his unit lost nearly 50%
My Uncle served with the Seabee's in the Pacific. He seldom talked about the war. He was Hispanic drafted into the Navy. He was light complected and reminded me of Jimmy Stewart. His first job he was assigned to help the cooks on his ship. The other guys did not talk to him which he thought strange. Later he found out they thought he was Italian. Once they knew he spoke Spanish he was accepted in the group. He later was assigned as a carpenter. When he went to one of the islands after the marines had cleared it. He could see the dead Japanese as he walked. They built quarters for the marines. Once they were building a hut and a Black sailor was walking by. He asked for some water, the chief in charge told him to take as much as he wanted but not to use their cup. Next thing my uncle sees is a two by four swinging past him. The sailor was trying to beat up the chief. The shore patrol took him away.
Tinian island air field. Seabees maintained strip Enola Gay used for atomic mission.
They were some tough ol' bastards, still are, too. Watch the guy @12:28 getting his bulldozer gassed up, barrels of gas all around, and he lights up a cigarette. THAT takes balls of good old US Navy steel.
Cats run on diesel, not gasoline. It isnt nearly as flammable. Still, I wouldnt try that in front of my foreman! lol
My grandfather was a Seabee in ww2 in South Pacific.
Thanks for sharing! The SeeBees and the Merchant Marines never got the credit they deserved! Nor has logistics been appreciated as much as it should be.
I was in Nam NMCB 5 & Porto Rico Rosy Road. Best thing I've ever done.
My Uncle Frannie was a Senior chief master builder in the fighting 40s seabee Battilion from WW2, korea, and Vietnam
Beloved Grandfather Harry Coghlan US Navy Seabees WWII 7th Battalion , Okinawa, Aleutian Islands
My Grandfather was a SeaBee working on Okinawa during WWII.
I was was an EO in the late 80s went to Antarctica. I consider the greatest training ever. We build! We fight! Can Do!
My next command is NCHB 1. Deployments to Antarctica every jan!
My Dad was a WW2 Seabee Guam Tinian Siapan Okinawa if you ask him what he did he'd say guarded the beer tent
My uncle Joe was in the 136 NCB at Guam. Then on to Okinawa. May have been to others, but I know specifically Guam and Okinawa. Have all of his old stuff. Inspired me to join.
I was stationed at ACB-1 on Coronado California as a Steelworker from 81-83.
My Dad was CPO 61st Seabee Battalion. 2nd generation Navy. I was 3rd generation, Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd
Thank you for your service.
My brother serves in the Sea bees for over 20 years.
We assisted some Seabees in Iraq in 2008, they were a rowdy bunch.
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wonderful video.. wonderful men.
I would have Loved to pick my Grampa's brain on this stuff as I was in the "Trades" for all my life, he was a Sea Bee start to Finish in the Pacific!
I roll with a seabees sticker on my bumper. A fighting bee with a tommy gun and a wrench! Remember Wake Island
God bless the greatest generation.
Thanks
Question: are the Seabees responsible for building all structures, docks, jettys, bouys, underwater sensors, anchorages, sonar listening nets, physical submarine nets, moored mines, and probably more? Maybe even subsea gates like Russia has? They do a ton, there ought to be a good Seabee audiobook sometime.
MY GREAT UNCLE WAS A WORLD WAR TWO NAVY SEABEE
RIP Ray Hupp he was there ! " Seabed can do" !
I am a retired seabee but will always be a Seabee forever !!! OHH RAHH...I LOVE JOHN WAYNE MY HERO !!!!!!!
My father went into the Sea bees as a conscientious objector. He had no intention of picking up a rifle. He served in the Philippines. When the war was over he never talked about what they did. All I know is that he ended up one of the decorated chaps I had the pleasure of burying. He went to his grave with all his medals, properly arranged. He had earned the nick-name "Buster".
Love this
Never hit a Ceebee... Might be your Grandpa!!
Grandfar. Hits bacck
@ 17:28 "In so short of time that even the slant eyes of the enemy opened wide..." 🤣
Seabees built me a place to sleep in Iraq. Very thankful to this day.
They have done so much with so little for so long,they can do anything with nothing. Seabee sign at DaNang ,South Vietnam.
I love the Seabees! Uoo Rah!
I love the cigarettes and matches while fueling. IDGAF!
lol we sometimes threw out cigs into pans containing "mogas", a lower octane fuel, which never once caught fire. USMC, 2nd LAAM Bn, Motor transport here. 80-84 active.....we did just because we wanted to see what happens. VERY disappointing...hmmmm