The Seabees on Iwo Jima focuses on the United States Naval Construction Battalions in World War II, which built all the infrastructure for the Allies in Europe and the Pacific in WWII.

Over 700,000 American soldiers and sailors served in engineering units during World War II; 325,000 were Seabees and the remainder with the Army. KEYWORDS: archives Corps of Engineers ENR 150th ...

During World War II, the 17th Special Seabees, attached to the 7th Marine Regiment, rest amid the rubble on the island of Peleliu, Sept. 1944. (National Archives) 7.

The U.S. Navy Seabees are a unique combat-ready construction force, trained to build and fight in some of the world's most challenging environments. Originating in World War II, they now serve ...

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.

Maurice Dore, was a Seabee who served in the US Navy and took part in D-Day in Normandy, France. Find out his story: ...

A Veteran WWII Navy Seabee from Flint recently celebrated his 100th birthday. In 1942, Maurice “Bud” Prottengeier, an 18-year-old college student, decided to enlist in the Navy along with his ...

A group of Seabee veterans united in Gulfport on Saturday to ... “What we’re doing here today is getting all our brothers that have paved the way for Seabees since World War II,” explained ...

The Seabee diving community can trace its roots back to World War II, when specially trained Seabees qualified as Navy divers and participated in underwater demolition of reef obstructions, beach ...