In World War II nearly 400,000 men served with the Seabees on several continents, building major airstrips, bridges, roads, warehouses, hospitals, gasoline storage tanks and housing, sometimes ...

There are two things you need to know about the pictures on a recent Montana National Guard recruiting poster: The first is that the soldier in the center is Command Sgt. Maj. Lawrence DeBoo, the ...

Mimi Connell-Lay, from the auction house, said: “These WW2 recruiting posters are being sold by the family of Ernest Bendell-Bayly, owner of a London design studio that made the posters. ...

"The Marines have landed" was a World War II recruiting poster that capitalized on the expeditionary nature of the Marine Corps. It was first completed in 1941 but was aimed at 1942 recruiting goals.

The Seabees suffered severe casualties during bitter fighting. “They lost 370 of their battalion out of 875 men, so more than 40 of them were lost,” said Johnson. The men of the 133rd were ...

Patriotic posters appealing to American women for assistance during World War II led to thousands volunteering for the military or opting to work in positions traditionally held by men.

More than 40 years ago, the 28th Special Seabees Naval Construction Battalion worked the docks of Pearl Harbor and Samar, the Philippines, outfitting cargo ships for the war effort in the Pacific. … ...