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Download or read book Can Do! written by William B. Huie and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Do!, first published in 1944, is a fascinating account of the formation and Second World War activities of the U.S. Navy 'Seabees' (from 'C.B.' - construction battalion). The book covers projects of the Seabees throughout the South Pacific, the Aleutian Islands, and in Italy, as well as numerous personal stories of the men as they faced enemy attacks, for example, while attempting to construct vital island runways. Their skill and competence in critical trades such as construction, engineering, pipe-laying, electricity, and plumbing, and their positive 'Can Do!' attitude in the face of danger and difficult conditions were critical in the Allied effort to win the war and remain an inspiration to younger generations. This unabridged reprint edition includes 70 pages of drawings and photographs of Seabee activities throughout the world.
Book Synopsis Seabee Book, Can Do by : William Bradford Huie
Download or read book Seabee Book, Can Do written by William Bradford Huie and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Seabees by the famous author William Bradford Huie. This was Huie's first book about the Seabees. He wrote it while in the Navy Seabees. He was an assistant to Vice Admiral Ben Moreell, the "Father" of the Seabees.The Seabees were born of dire need at a time of national peril. The country was stunned by the blow at Pearl Harbor. Most of the men who joined theSeabees could have avoided military service [because of their age] had they chosen to do so, but it is a characteristic of the Seabees that they have a highly developed sense of individual responsibility to “get this thing over with.” Lieutenant Huie is to be complimented on the work which he has performed in setting forth the accomplishments and ideals of the Seabees and the spirit by which they are animated. This spirit can be summarized by quoting from an answer to a questionnaire distributed to a battalion of Seabees by their Chaplain. Among other questions was this one: “What can we do to make you more content?” and the answer was: “Nothing, I got in this outfit to give, not to get.” ––Ben Moreell Vice Admiral, Civil Engineer Corps, U.S. Navy
Book Synopsis The Seabees at Port Hueneme by : Gina Nichols
Download or read book The Seabees at Port Hueneme written by Gina Nichols and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1942, the navy sought a location for an advance base on the West Coast to ship construction materiel, equipment, and men into World War II's Pacific theater. Port Hueneme's deepwater harbor, rail system, and rural setting made it the ideal site from which to send 20 million measurement tons of war materiel and a quarter of a million men onto island specks that later became headlines: Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Philippines. Seabees later deployed from Port Hueneme to serve in the Korean, Vietnam, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and Iraqi conflicts, as well as in peacetime, for more than 60 years. Charged with building air bases, ports, combat camps, hospitals, and other support facilities as part of military and humanitarian efforts around the world, the Seabees remain at home in Port Hueneme.
Book Synopsis Can Do! The Story of the Seabees by : William Bradford Huie
Download or read book Can Do! The Story of the Seabees written by William Bradford Huie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Ôthe hellish aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Õ the Seabees began as barely armed civilians with no military training. They had an average age of 35. GIÕs would joke, ÒNever hit a Seabee, for his son might be a Marine.Ó AmericaÕs bulldozing, jungle-hacking, ÔJap-crackingÕ Construction Battalion or the Seabees (ÔC.B.Õs) soon proved themselves miracle-construction-workers in seemingly impassable combat zones. Before World War 2, Marines were the ones to Ôget their first, Õ but the need for roads in the muddy battlefields of the Pacific meant that claim would pass to the Construction Battalion. Their early motto was ÔCan Do!Õ
Book Synopsis The Seabees of World War II by : Edmund L. Castillo
Download or read book The Seabees of World War II written by Edmund L. Castillo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the U.S. Navy's Construction Battalions during World War II.
Book Synopsis Hardest Job in the U.S. Navy Seabees by : John R. O'Brien
Download or read book Hardest Job in the U.S. Navy Seabees written by John R. O'Brien and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about John R. O'Brien's two tours of duty in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969 as a Navy Seabee. He never spoke in length about his service in Vietnam for 40 years. As a first time author, now retired, he would like to share his many Vietnam construction projects and experiences, along with many personal photographs. This is a boots on the ground enlisted man's story. He has been married for 40 years, is a proud father of three children and active grandfather to six grandchildren, who he refers to as "The Sunshine Kids." His character and work ethic as a team player he received while serving in the U.S. Navy Seabees was a stepping stone toward all of his life's accomplishments. John is a member of the John J. Morris American Legion Post 62 in Peoria, Arizona and a life-time member of the Navy Seabee Veterans of America, Island X-5 in West Valley, Arizona.
Book Synopsis Naval Construction Forces Manual by : United States Navy
Download or read book Naval Construction Forces Manual written by United States Navy and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reprint of the official U. S. Navy "SEABEES" manual, covering history, organization, doctrine, concept of operations, command and staff, battalion training, battalion operations, battalion logistics, company commanders, the battalion camp and security, The Stinger Concept, glossary of SEABEE abbreviations, SEABEE music, and more.
Book Synopsis Southeast Asia, Building the Bases by : Richard Tregaskis
Download or read book Southeast Asia, Building the Bases written by Richard Tregaskis and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on 1975 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Can Do written by William Bradford Huie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 'the hellish aftermath of Pearl Harbor, ' the Seabees began as barely armed civilians with no military training. They had an average age of 35. GI's would joke, "Never hit a Seabee, for his son might be a Marine." But America's bulldozing, jungle-hacking, 'Jap-cracking' Construction Battalion or the Seabees ('C.B.'s) soon proved themselves miracle-construction-workers in seemingly impassable combat zones. Before World War 2, Marines were the ones to 'get their first, ' but the need for roads in the muddy battlefields of the Pacific meant that claim would pass to the Construction Battalion. Their early motto was 'Can Do!'
Book Synopsis Navy Seabee Veterans of America, Inc. by :
Download or read book Navy Seabee Veterans of America, Inc. written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001-11-29 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAVY SEABEE VETERANS of AMERICA is a non-profit organization of veterans that have served in Naval Construction Force commands, who dedicate and pledge to preserve the fundamental ideals on which our Nation was founded believing in Justice, Freedom and Equality for all.
Book Synopsis Seabee Cruise Book 133 by : 133rd Ncb
Download or read book Seabee Cruise Book 133 written by 133rd Ncb and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seabee Cruise Book-133 Naval Construction Battalion 1943-1945. The 133rd NCB landed with the first waves of Marines on Iwo Jima Feb 19, 1945. The 133rd NCB suffered the highest casualty rate of any Seabee Battalion to date, 43% casualties. Cruise Books are Informal and nonofficial in nature (they sometimes are compared to college yearbooks) These publications offer insights into the daily activities and attitudes from the perspective of a unit's crew. Cruise books dating from the World War II years are rare today, but they are of special note because of the intense interest by veterans, writers, and scholars in a conflict that involved the entire American nation and engulfed most of the rest of the world. Care has been taken to render the best copy possible. However, quality of this book is based on the condition of the original, and current technology available. All proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to non-profit organizations.
Book Synopsis Davisville and the Seabees by : Walter K. Schroder
Download or read book Davisville and the Seabees written by Walter K. Schroder and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Center at Davisville, Rhode Island, is first remembered as the original "Home of the Atlantic Seabees." During World War II, 100 battalions as well as dozens of other U.S. Navy "Builder-Fighter" units were formed, outfitted, trained, and prepared for overseas deployment. Here, in the first photographic history of the base, is the story of the men and women who came to Davisville and their legacy of superb accomplishments in the service of their country. Established on February 27, 1942, the base was designated to manufacture and ship overseas materials and equipment and to outfit and embark construction battalions and other naval units. Between 1942 and 1994, when the base was closed, the Seabees participated in every war involving the United States. The Quonset Hut and the Davisville Pontoons were both developed at the Davisville Seabee Center. The base has schooled and trained thousands of officers and tens of thousands of Seabees.
Book Synopsis U.S. Navy Seabees-The Vietnam Years-1968 by :
Download or read book U.S. Navy Seabees-The Vietnam Years-1968 written by and published by Terry Lukanic. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical chronology of the U.S. Navy Seabees in Vietnam during 1968. Data was researched from Battalion Cruisebooks and Deployment Completion Reports, Stars & Stripes Newspaper, All Hands magazine as well as personal stories and memories from the men who served 'boots on the ground'
Book Synopsis The Battalion Artist by : Janice Blake
Download or read book The Battalion Artist written by Janice Blake and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battalion Artist explores the three years, three months, and three days of Nat Bellantoni's life on the Pacific front in World War II. He had known since childhood that he wanted to be--that he in fact was--an artist. When he packed his seabag and took leave of his family and his sweetheart to go to war, he knew that the best way to manage the narrative of his life and to cope with the ups and downs of his feelings was to create images--visual records that spoke of what he felt, as well as what he saw. In this stunning book filled with authentic World War II images--many in full color--we see and feel the intensity of wartime life through the eyes of a talented young artist who was also a US Navy Seabee. Natale Bellantoni, a young art student from Boston, sailed across the Pacific in 1943-45 and returned home with a sea chest of art and photographs documenting his experiences in New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and Okinawa. His subject matter was his daily life: endless weeks at sea, harbors and ships, men at work, airstrips, the local countryside, and the view of enemy planes overhead at night from his fox hole. Now collected in a lavishly illustrated volume, his watercolors, sketches, and photographs offer a window onto one of the most significant moments in American history. The Battalion Artist explores the World War II experiences of Nat Bellantoni, but it reflects the story of an entire generation.
Book Synopsis Asphalt and Blood by : Warren M. Bell
Download or read book Asphalt and Blood written by Warren M. Bell and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As communist forces close in on the isolated Marine outpost at Khe Sanh, the 1968 Tet Offensive explodes across Vietnam. Shot down in Hue City while scouting for bases to move the 1st Air Cavalry to break the siege, U.S. Navy Seabee Officer Kevin Corcoran takes shelter with South Vietnamese holdouts. Intense enemy fire drives off rescue helicopters, leaving Kevin and a wounded friend isolated in Vietcong territory. As battle rages around him, Kevin ponders the fate of his Vietnamese lover, Linh, whom he knows is on a Vietcong hit list. To ease his anguish, he reflects on his battalion's efforts to build the bases, roads and air facilities the combat forces need to operate in an undeveloped country.U.S. Marines rush in to retake Hue. Trained for counterinsurgency warfare, the young “grunts” quickly adapt to urban combat and begin to wrest the old imperial capital from the North Vietnamese Army. Will they get to Kevin in time? And what fate awaits Linh at the hands of the vicious enemy? Asphalt and Blood is replete with scenes of fierce combat, Seabee ingenuity and “can do” spirit, and whirlwind wartime romance.
Book Synopsis Seabee 71 in Chu Lai by : David H. Lyman
Download or read book Seabee 71 in Chu Lai written by David H. Lyman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoping to stay out of Vietnam, David Lyman joined the U.S. Naval Reserve to avoid the draft. By summer 1967 he was with a SeaBee unit on a beach in Chu Lai. A reporter in civilian life, Lyman was assigned to Military Construction Battalion 71 as a photojournalist. He documented the lives of the hard-working and hard-drinking SeaBees as they engineered roads, runways, heliports and base camps for the troops. The author was shot at, almost blown up by a road mine, and spent nights in a mortar pit as rockets bombarded a nearby Marine runway. He rode on convoys through Viet Cong territory to photograph villages outside "The Wire." The stories and photographs Lyman published as editor of the battalion's newspaper, The Transit, form the basis of this memoir.
Book Synopsis Seabee Diver by : Michael Patrick Tryon
Download or read book Seabee Diver written by Michael Patrick Tryon and published by . This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The divers moved around the other side of the boat and entered the main cabin. Jack began searching the inside storage compartments. He found what he wanted in a box, a Mark 79 pencil flare. He looked out and saw the creature hovering over the stern. He ignited one of the flares and flashed it at the creature. The eel lunged at the flare and Kimo ducked down into the bottom of the boat. Jack let go of the flare when the creature charged forward. The eel engulfed the spattering red light and Jack grabbed at his hand. It was still intact. Both men were clinging to the deck of the cabin and didn't have the courage to check on the status of the intruder. They looked at each other and breathed deeply. "O'shaughnessy, are you missing any fingers or arms or a leg or anything else?" Kimo said and thought a little humor might alleviate the stress. Jack held up his hands. "Huh?" He spat. The eel disappeared and left the two Seabee's shaken and weak kneed. Kimo spun around and gave Jack a dirty look. Jack s hrugged his shoulders and said, "It likes sparkles, hell, I didn't know." He said. "Get us out of here Beaudette, over." Kimo knew his command would be followed and quickly.
