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. The Seabees ...

This slogan crystallizes the role that engineering and construction played in World War II, ... Editor Nathan A. Bowers hopscotched across the Pacific, reporting on Seabee activity in 29 bases.

U.S. Air Force engineers, U.S. Navy Seabees, and U.S. Marine engineer teams have reclaimed a historic World War II airfield from jungle growth in the Western Pacific for use for operations for ...

A group of special operations vets retrace the Battle of Okinawa, following in the footsteps of the forefathers of today’s Navy SEALs.

A photograph shows Navy Seabee Anthony Amaral holding a copy of The Providence Journal-Bulletin with two other Rhode Island Seabees and an island native some 9,200 miles away from the Ocean State ...

The U.S. Naval Construction Battalions of World War II -- the "Seabees" -- were best known for building runways out of jungles on the coral islands in the Pacific. Play. The Seabees on Iwo Jima. 55m.

A photograph shows Navy Seabee Anthony Amaral holding a copy of The Providence Journal-Bulletin with two other Rhode Island Seabees and an island native some 9,200 miles away from the Ocean State.

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.