Download or read book Seabees in Action Seabee Teams written by and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seabee Teams in Vietnam 1963 1968 written by Thomas A. Johnston and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Baby Boomers––of the 1960's––are often portrayed in the media as either in the mud of Woodstock or in the mud of Vietnam. The truth is, just a small percentage––3% total––were in either place. Most Baby Boomers were living normal lives doing normal things. But for those who took an active part in the Cold War––which we won––and which included Vietnam––this book is dedicated to you. Book includes the records of the 13-man STAT TEAMS (later known as Seabee Teams) that served in Vietnam. The Navy Seabees were some of the first to show up for Vietnam's struggle against communism. In 1954, President Ngo Dinh Diem wrote a letter to President Eisenhower asking for military and economic aid. In 1954 and 1955 an estimated one million refugees (mostly persecuted Catholics) moved from the Communist State of North Vietnam to the south (8% of the North's population). The Seabees assisted them during their “Passage to Freedom”.In 1956, Seabees were assigned to survey Vietnam's roads. There weren't many. The Seabees travelled by jeep and on foot with pack-mules. The surveyors found that the bombers of World War II, the guerrillas of Viet Minh, and the newly emerging guerrilla groups of the Viet Cong had destroyed most of the bridges and sabotaged what few roads were left.Beginning in 1963, Seabee Teams, with Secret Clearances, arrived in Vietnam to assist the U.S. Army's Special Forces in the CIA funded Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) program, and to help the Vietnamese help themselves.The Seabees constructed Special Forces Camps and outposts, airfields for the SF STOL-class Caribou aircraft, and built connecting roads. These Seabee Teams also helped the Vietnamese to better their living conditions through thousands of projects in rural areas. The Seabee Teams in Vietnam also earned Purple Hearts, Silver Stars, Bronze Stars and many other medals. One Seabee Team member, Marvin Sheilds, earned the Congressional Medal Of Honor while fighting alongside with the Special Forces at Dong Xoi.In 1963, only approximately 10,000 Americans were in Vietnam and very little infrastructure existed. This was before the eventual arrival of 2.1 million––over time––Americans. Given the limited infrastructure––with hardly any ports, roads and airstrips––it would have been near impossible to get the 2.1 million eventual Americans––along with their equipment (Beans, Bullets, And Black Oil)––delivered to South Vietnam and support them. Many Vietnam Vets––including this writer––showed up after 1965. Most of us took it for granted that the air bases we landed in, roads we drove on, helo-pads we mounted out from and the camps we lived in, or passed through, and the water and food and fuel storage were somehow always there––or most likely didn't give it a thought. But long before we arrived, military and civilian engineers were busy preparing the “ground” to make it possible to fight a war; and begin attempts to win the hearts and minds of the South Vietnamese.A recent travel guide to Vietnam mentioned the superior roads and infrastructure in the Southern portion of Vietnam––as opposed to North Vietnam–– due to the American presence there during the Vietnam War.––Kenneth E. Bingham, Seabee volunteer, Feb, 2013
Download or read book Seabees in Action World War II to Vietnam written by and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 388 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'
Download or read book Seabees in Action the Marvin Shields Story written by and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History Of The Seabees From The First Advanced Navy Base During The War of 1812 Formation Of The Seabees During World War II To Present Operations written by and published by Jeffrey Frank Jones. This book was released on with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 500 total pages ... Contains the following publications: 1. HISTORY OF THE SEABEES COMMAND HISTORIAN NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND (1996) 2. Seabees in World War II Through 2012 (2012) 3. Utilization of Advanced Journeyman Training in the U. S. Naval Construction Force (1997) 4. U.S. NAVY SEABEES AS A STABILITY ASSET (2009) 5. Effects of National Strategic Policy on the Military Engineer Force Structure from 1919 through 1991 (2009) 6. SEABEES: NATIONAL INSTRUMENT OF POWER PROJECTION (2013) INTRODUCTION: INTRODUCTION The Seabees of the United States Navy were born in the dark days following Pearl Harbor when the task of building victory from defeat seemed almost insurmountable. The Seabees were created in answer to a crucial demand for builders who could fight. Using sailors to build shore-based facilities; however, was not a new idea. Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans did it. In more recent times, from the earliest days ofthe United States Navy, sailors who were handy with tools occasionally did minor construction chores at land bases. After the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States entry into the war, the use of civilian labor in war zones became impractical. Under international law civilians were not permitted to resist enemy military attack. Resistance meant summary execution as guerrillas. The need for a militarized Naval Construction Force to build advance bases in the war zone was self-evident. Therefore, Rear Admiral Ben Moreell determined to activate, organize, and man Navy construction units. On 28 December 1941, he requested specific authority to carry out this decision, and on 5 January 1942, he gained authority from the Bureau of Navigation to recruit men from the construction trades for assignment to a Naval Construction Regiment composed of three Naval Construction Battalions. This is the actual beginning of the renowned Seabees, who obtained their designation from the initial letters of Construction Battalion. Admiral Moreell personally furnished them with their official motto: Construimus, Batuimus -- "We Build, We Fight."
Download or read book Helping Others Help Themselves Seabee Teams written by and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Navy Seabees The Vietnam Years 1967 written by and published by Terry Lukanic. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical chronology of the U.S. Navy Seabees in Vietnam during 1967. 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'
Download or read book Seabees in Action Heros Hell We re Constructionmen written by and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Seabees at Port Hueneme written by Gina Nichols and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04-05 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.
Download or read book Seabees in Action Seabees Smoking Cigars written by and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Seabees at Gulfport written by Gina L. Nichols and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1942, the U.S. Navy established an advance base depot in Gulfport because of its uncrowded deepwater port, rail access, open land, and a tepid climate that permitted training and open port facilities year-round. The base became the southern home for the Seabees and was ideal for shipping construction materiel and men to the Caribbean or the Pacific via the Panama Canal. Since the base reopened in March 1966, Seabees have deployed from Gulfport to serve during major conflicts as well as in peacetime. Seabees from Gulfport played an integral part in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm and more recently deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to assist in local construction efforts to rebuild both countries. Seabees assist thousands each year in international humanitarian projects while still calling Gulfport home.
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 Seabees in Action Dr Henry Story written by and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book The Log of the 107 Seabees written by and published by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. This book was released on with total page 222 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!'
