Vella Lavella - Seabee built bridge across the Juno River to allow for crossing of four 90mm AA guns placed at Naravai. September 25, 1943.

Another old Newspaper clipping. William Smith enlisted in the Seabees and was assigned to the 11th Special USN Construction Battalion. Basic...

Seabees leaving Guadalcanal for the Bougainville campaign.

Jungle Clearing

Seabee Bulldozer opening up a trail from the beach on Bougainville.

Top Photos - Seabees haul landing craft to the Rhine for Patton's armored crossing (left) and (right) make a treadway across the Rhine near the remage...

Seabees blasting caves on Iwo-Jima.

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The Admiralty Islands Last Stages Capture of Outlying Islands Overwater assaults on the lesser islands of the Admiralties, ...

Marion, I checked with a WW2,Korea,Vietnam Seabee veteran buddy of mine. He never heard of any Seabee receiving the "CIB" The Seabees now ha...

I got this report from a 121st Veteran. It wasn't easy to come by, and is rare, The Seabees didn't keep good records during WW2, won't find something ...

Try to find out what Battalion he was in? I have a book that lists every Battalion and where they served. I might even have the cruisebook for the bat...

GUADALCANAL: "If they had been visitors from Mars, the men of the 63rd NCB could scarcely have been more out of their element. That was the case when ...

Often when we read of Seabees building a distant base naval base, the story begins thus: A Seabee battalion lands in the waves immediately proceeding ...