Navy Seabees building a base in World War II in color

[TootsandGing]

@altlat You also have to think about ORM it was acceptable to have losses, due to the amount of work that needed to be done and what the work was done for, plus me being a bee right now, honestly those bee's in ww2 were the real deal they were more so 30+ yr old men who'd been doing construction for more than half of they're lives. They were the first and the finest bee's there ever was and will be. It also depends i mean we got to de-blouse role up our sleeves de-blouse our boots in Andros,



[MrCmiller00]

anybody else catch that chief operating that lift with no shirt but his cover on??? sweet

[AndrasOtto]

My grandfather was stationed on Enewetak for part of WWII. He was in the Navy and a member of the CASU 35, servicing PB4Y aircraft as an Aviation Machinist Mate.

[austin0985]

Great video...My grandpa was a WW2 seabee. He was so proud of his time with them...

[Author109]

You're welcome!



[MrCitizensoldier]

Thanks for posting this. I grew up looking at black and white photos of ww2 that my grandpa took while serving as a navy seabee. It's too cool seeing them in action and in color!

[Redbirddog77]

Back then, everyone smoked....my dad was a sea bee in the South Pacific too, Thanks for posting!

[TheFearlessBee]

It's nice to see videos of things Seabees have done. A lot of times, the things they do go unnoticed when discussing major battles, but I'm sure the Marines and Soldiers on the ground remember us.

[Nato61]

Were the Seabees on GuadalCanal before the marines or did they show up after the island was secure? My father is gone now and he served as a Seabee in WWII in the pacific. I heard him once when I was a kid talking to my great uncle who was in the army in Europe. I remember him talking about being under attack and going into bomb shelters and of the terrible conditions they were under. He said he was at Guadalcanal and other islands with the 9th special. He was a carpenter. Anybody know about th

[baroose67]

@Nato61 I think they landed right on the heels of the Marines and started making stuff as soon as there was enough room on the beach for them to do so. Sometimes they even had to join in on the fighting especially if they got counter attacked. They were tough men and could anything out of almost nothing. You have a lot to be proud of for your father!

[ChannelingusIV]

My father was also there but in 1958 during Hardtack.

[yukozuna1130]

im a seabee

[cglodzik]

My late father was a Seabee at the age of 21 with the 104th NCB from 1943-1946. Anyone have any information about this battalion? would appreciate any info.

[jfc565]

my father was in the 104th same time also Franny casella .. email me jfc565@aol ..

often talked about being in New Guinea, Los negros, Admiraties

[LaceeBee]

@cglodzik my father was also with the 104th Seabees - Albert Ondo - I am looking for the Unit History Book for my Dad - - - He talks all the time about the Admiralty Islands andthe natives - he even had a pet monkey - - - .

[gishman444]

wats with the beaner music

[yukozuna1130]

seriously

[rugersix]

Great Vid!

Although I think I would have chosen music more approiate for the era! =]

[Viktoryproductions66]

I liked the color video and support the Sea Bees, but almost always there is no mention of the army combat engineers. My grandfather was with the 104th combat engineer battilion ( the 104th supported the 7th infantry division.) The 104th landed at Eniwetok on the nineteenth of February of 43'. The 104th came under heavy Japanese fire during the landing including heavy sniper fire and machine gun fire. Six 104th engineers were killed during the invasion. The 104th fought bravely at Eniwetok.

[stepennwolf]

My grandfather was part of ACB1 and he was the first at Chu lai and Da nang, BTW on the pacific islands in WW2 the japanese target the Seabees b/c they knew how important they were

[drott5]

If I'm not mistaken, the Seabees literally built the island of Diego Garcia. There wasn't one there, they needed one, so they built one.

[oldeafcoot]

This was a war winning unit! The Japanese acknowledged after the war that their greatest failing was the inability to build airfields quickly on those islands they captured. They were still in the pick and shovel era of construction, cranes and bulldozers were unknown. Once Americans captured an island an airfield was in operation within a week. From that point on the island could not be re-captured by the Japanese, even if they tried,

[Savrola94]

They had bulldozers, just not many. In fact, on many occasions, our Seabees would start work with captured Jap bulldozers while their own bulldozers were still on the supply ships.

[sulldog32]

my grandfather was a seabee in the pacific then too... really awesome what they did for their country

[CucFan]

Thank you so much for this. My grandfather was a Seabee during WWII and my dad in the era between Korea & Vietnam (based in Port Hueneme, to Guam twice & Adak once).

[laffrat57]

Hey do you have any more videos on ww 2

my dad was a Navy Seebee then

[altlat]

We'd be lucky to be able to take off our blouse let alone our shirts. And shorts? Too bad we can't get away with this in Today's Navy.

Hard Hats no matter what you're doing, hearing protection, eye protection, blouse, pants. An hour to enforce the safety rules for the operation of that crane. Fall protection when on the roof. And smoking while you're working? Forget about it.

[Author109]

That was the oldie but good Navy!

[Amiduffer]

Thats right! They can build and they can fight.