The United States Seabees "Built and Fought" in WWII. Narrated by CBS Sports' Jim Nantz. ... Saipan, and Tinian, the Navy Seabees went right to work building huge air bases, ...

Bob Stout enlisted in the Navy Seabees from his hometown of Bronxville, New York, in 1943, and was later attached to the 4th Marine Division, 3rd Battalion, 20th Regiment during World War II. In ...

CHILLICOTHE – When Chillicothe resident Otto Tuttle returned to Saipan in 1989, 43 years after his service as a World War II Seabee on the island ended, he could still see some evidence of the ...

Around 20,000 Japanese, Okinawans and Koreans, plus 4,000 Chamorros, were on Saipan when the 71,000 U.S. troops landed, most from the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions and the 27th Infantry Division.

“Seabees and Superforts” commences with a descriptive review of Tinian during Japanese times with fields of sugarcane, ... Saipan was invaded on June 15 and Guam on July 21.

The crushing blow to the Japanese aerial forces came almost simultaneously with the American land strikes across southern Saipan, where Seabee construction crews already were working on Aslito ...

“The Seabees first came ashore to Guam in the island's liberation from the Japanese in WWII, and the 30th NCR was established in Saipan, hopping from island to island during and after the war ...

Saipan College’s library shelves and much of its furniture were built by de voted students in the Seabees. They are now planning to trade its red mud tract for a handsome campus with grass, palm ...

The regiment that oversees Navy construction forces in the western Pacific relocated to Guam from California last week. The 30th Naval Construction Regiment is responsible for construction ...

During World War II, the Seabees built over 400 advance bases, 111 major airfields, 441 piers, 2,558 ordnance magazines, hospitals to serve 70,000 patients and housing for 1.5 million service members.

Family of Marines who fought in the Battle of Saipan, along with service members, during a wreath-laying ceremony in Susupe, Saipan, on June 15, 2024. (Lance Cpl. Ryan Little/Marine Corps) Nine ...