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Seabees ETO

25th USN Construction Regiment "NORMANDY" CASUALTY REPORT 28th USN Construction Battalion Evacuated - Battle Casualties 5 E. Men ...

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Seabees ETO

Seabee role at Normandy Although the Seabees did not pay a high price in comparative terms -- battalions of the 25th NCR sustained 10 dead, 2...

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Seabees ETO

I agree "so much" about the Engineers getting a sentence or two! The Bailey's seeme to be used more frequently in the ETO. Great Site Keep up the Work...

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Can-Do at Guadalcanal!

Bucky Meyer - Silver Star Citation Guadalcanal, 6th Naval Construction Battalion For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity during action aga...

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Actors who served in WWI & WWII

Actor Charles Durning - Served with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II. He landed at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944 during the Normandy invasion. ...

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Actors who served in WWI & WWII

Lee Marvin did not receive the "Navy Cross" He received the Purple Heart for being wounded on Saipan. Eddie Albert served in the Navy as a Salvage Boa...

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Bougainville Seabees

Marion - I didn't get to see it, But probably have seen it before Which one was it? "The Color of War" had a great one on the Engineers and Seabees.

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Bougainville Seabees

UNLOADING LST’s AND THE BATTLE FOR BOUGAINVILLE - 6TH SPECIAL-NCB On November 22, 1943, echelon one of the 6th special NCB follo...

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Iwo-Jima Seabees Stay Unsung!

Here is the link to the Petition for the 133rd.

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Iwo-Jima Seabees Stay Unsung!

Frank Riefle, 36, Seaman First Class, never expected to be on the front lines the first night on Iwo-Jima. Riefle armed with a "BAR" was a member of a...

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Iwo-Jima Seabees Stay Unsung!

The March 12th Seabee episode of "Warstories" with Oliver North featured the "Iwo-Jima" "Bees" The Navy Awards Department is now looking into this, t...

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Iwo-Jima Seabees Stay Unsung!

The Fourth Marine Division was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for the Iwo-Jima Battle and the 133rd NCB was not although: 1. The 133...

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18th NCB - Seabees Pacific!

I got this directly from an 18th Seabee Veteran. You wanted to know about the 18th landing on Tarawa. The landing assignments for the 18th were divers...

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Vella Lavella

Vella Lavella - 58th Naval Construction Battalion On August 11, 1943, the 58th prepared to embark from Guadalcanal for the landing on Vella Lave...

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Bougainville Seabees

Off icial account of the 53rd Seabee Battalion's work while in support of the 3rd Marine Division on Bougainville, covering the period November 1-24, ...

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