Navy Seabees building a base in World War II in color

Navy Seabees (Construction) building a base in World War II in color on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. My dad flew out of this base just after they built it.

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[Author109]

You're welcome!

[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!

[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...

[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.

[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!

[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