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Author | : nancy vorkink machin |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2017-09-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781977566911 |
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World War II Navy Seabee: A Profile Celebrates the 90th birthday of this World War II Pacific Seabee. "I pulled my own weight," says thus underage WWII Navy Seabee of the 32nd Sp NCB. He served with troops much older, average age 37, in the Philippine Campaign and the China Defensive. A Can Do Seabee helped the road to Victory in the Pacific War. "I didn't know beans of my destination." After the war, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served with the Japanese on Iwo Jima on different terms, there becoming the Knight of the Black Pearl. Still spry, witty, today, meet Chas. J Doubrava from a sharecropper's Czech family of Texas who enlisted in the Navy Seabees in 1943; he joined the 32nd Special NCB and 32nd Special NCB A operating in the Philippines and China. Much has been classified until now. Underage @ 16, he had never seen the ocean, RI, CA, not to mention war troopships, troop trains, yet as the family provider he brought in $19/mo for his mother back home in Texas. A must-read for history buffs, veterans stories, storylovers and future generations. A very human story beyond the war. Doubrava resides in Colorado today. We keep the story alive!
Author | : Allen N Olsen |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 2011-11-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1612511082 |
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Ben Moreell was the first non-Naval Academy graduate to be awarded the four stars of an Admiral. He is still the only staff corps officer to be promoted to Admiral. The history of the U.S. Navy Seabees and the biography of Admiral Ben Moreell are inseparable. Immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he began forming the construction units that ultimately became known as the Seabees. The first battalion of Seabees deployed from the U.S. on 27 Jan. '42. This instantaneous effort to recruit, train, organize, equip and deploy a military unit is still recognized as an amazing achievement. Ultimately over 300,000 Seabees were involved during WW II. The Seabees built and operated the equipment needed to get troops, equipment and supplies ashore in every amphibious landing of WW II. Beginning in North Africa and continuing to Sicily, Italy and Normandy, they were an essential element of the invasions of Europe. But their island-hopping campaign throughout the Pacific with the Marines really made their reputation. They participated in every Pacific invasion together with the Marines with the exception of Guadalcanal, where they arrived about three weeks after the First Marines went ashore. Following the invasions, the Seabees built every sort of facility required by the Marines and the Navy; piers, runways, fuel storage, hospitals, ammo storage, dry docks, and more. The accomplishments of the Seabees continued through Korea, Viet Nam and the middle east. The unique aspect of the fighter-builder Seabees generated a need for a command structure that could respond to both elements at any time. Recognizing this critical feature Moreell achieved a major change to Navy Regulations and obtained the authorization for Civil Engineer Corps officers to be given command of the Seabees. They are still the only staff corps officers who enjoy the privilege of commanding fleet units. Moreell also directed the massive mobilization and construction effort for the Navy and Marine Corps throughout the war as well as dealing with unions, congress, manufacturers, and an ever-growing federal bureaucracy. His open and honest dealings were recognized by all and contributed to the successful accomplishments of the Bureau of Yards and Docks during that time. But it Seabees remain his crowning military achievement. Their success in WW II was recognized by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz in a Seabee birthday anniversary letter to Moreell in which he stated, "....without them we could not have beaten the (Japanese)." An advisor to four Presidents, Ben Moreell's actions forever placed the Civil Engineer Corps and the Seabees solidly in Navy history and tradition
Author | : Edmund L. Castillo |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-02 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9781456476038 |
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The story of the U.S. Navy's Construction Battalions during World War II.
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Publisher | : U.S. Navy Seabee Museum |
Total Pages | : 8 |
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Download Seabees in Action: World War II to Vietnam Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : nancy machin |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2016-12-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781540724038 |
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"That centipede," recalls Charles J. Doubrava, at 89, "nearly cost me my life." Just 16, this under age sharecropper's son enlisted for advanced training in the Navy's Seabees. In WWII, the average age of the combat construction battalions, 37. "To Build; To Fight." Doubrava entered the war near its end, in 1943. He saw the rolling ocean of the Pacific for the first time, experienced seasickness, trudged on jungle coral and muck, yet pulled his own weight. On the crowded troopships of over 1000 men ("destination unknown,") this young Seabee helped liberate the Philippines. Later that year, in 1945, his 32nd (Sp) C.B. NCB Battalion liberated China serving the CAN DO mission. After the war, Doubrava enlisted in the Army Air Corps (AF), was assigned to the Pentagon and(color blindness prevented flying), then to isolation duty on Iwo Jima Island. Here he met the Japanese again, imbiding libations on the volcanic, black sandy beaches. Vorkink Machin, the author, in her tenth book under Mosaic@Seventy Productions, excels in her profile of this feisty Czech veteran stating Doubrava is one of the best, and one of the last.
Author | : Alexander Jefferson |
Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2017-06-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0823274403 |
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Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW, and Lewis Carlson’s authoritative background on the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well. This revised edition covers the story of Jefferson’s continuing outreach and education work, as he brings the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to communities and schools across the country, and the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Airmen in 2007. Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is perhaps the only account of the African American experience in a German prison camp.
Author | : Wendell S. Anderson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2013-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781614931805 |
Download Seabee, Life as It Was in the 40's WWII 1943 -46 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Wendell S. Anderson is a combat veteran of WWII 1943 - 1945...with Mommy's permission, he joined the United States Navy at the age of 17. Wendell (Andy) Anderson was born in Northern Illinois the city of Rockford, Illinois 1925. He went to WAR in 1943 in the U. S. NAVY. Under Physical examination Naval medics found the sailor candidate to be too 'color blind' to serve on a Naval vessel, "You are now a Naval Seabee!" The Seabees were the construction battalions for the Navy. We built docks for our ships, airfields for our Naval Flyers, hospitals, roads and camp sites through-out the South Pacific. Andy, graduated from Drake University under the GI Bill in 1950 claiming a number of degrees of 'learning' Humanities, Construction engineering. He earned many fields of endeavor. His classroom was the arena of 'live experience.' His teachers were the 'old men' of the Seabees in their 30s and 40s. He claims his educators served him 'rewardingly' for his future life experiences. He claims his book SEABEE brings you a synopsis of an education that no youth could buy! Ponder and enjoy SEABEE, a collection of photos and recordings of Seabee of WWII
Author | : U. S. Navy |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2012-12-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781466451810 |
Download Seabee Book, World War Two, Build and Fight with the Seabees, and Follow Your Trade in the Navy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The First Seabee Recruiting Book. During World War Two. This recruiting book was handed out to experienced tradesmen by Navy Recruiters. The book, with pictures, describes the Seabees mission and the ratings for each trade along with payscales. This rare WW II book explains the enlistment criteria and what to expect. The bottom half of the book gives a history as told by the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Author | : William Bradford Huie |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2018-07-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1387933000 |
Download Can Do! The Story of the Seabees Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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
Author | : William Bradford Huie |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2020-02-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1678156175 |
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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!'