World War II Seabees in Color
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Seabees carry section of pressed steel runway surfacing (Marston matting), while constructing the Torokina Airfield on Bougainville Island.
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Navy Seabees lay Marston matting while completing the Torokina Airfield on Bougainville, 1943.
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Seabees lower Hercules powder explosives over the side of an LCVP during construction of the Eniwetok Atoll airfield, February 1944
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Seabees blasting near shore during construction for airfield on Eniwetok Atoll, 23 June 1944.
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Seabees use power shovel to load sand into a dump truck on Eniwetok Atoll, 23 June 1944.
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B-29 Superfortress bomber nicknames Jackpot is decorated with the scowling visage of "Joe Seabee" by Ptr1/c Edmund D Wright of the 107th Naval Construction Battalion on Tinian 1944.
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Shipfitter Second Class Steven J. Kusial working on a Seabee road construction crew on Guam, 1944.
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Seabees with the 94th Naval Construction Battalion building a road at Talafofo, Guam on 9 March 1945.
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Okinawa Seaplane Base under construction by the 7th Naval Construction Battalion.
Published: Thu Apr 27 17:25:52 EDT 2017