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Tag Archives: SeaBees
Building Seabees – YouTube NAVFAC
I saw this recently – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE1g9Lypa70 Direct link: Building Seabees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE1g9Lypa70 (around 3:27 minutes long)
Honor.Purpose.Challenge: Women of the Seabees and Civil Engineers Corps – YouTube NAVFAC
I saw this recently – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_2Fry-QbgI Direct link: Honor.Purpose.Challenge: Women of the Seabees and Civil Engineers Corps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_2Fry-QbgI (around 5:47 minutes long)
We Build, We Fight — theleansubmariner
I love a good John Wayne Movie. One of my favorites has always been the Fighting Seabees. March 5 is recognized as the official birthday of the Seabees and I salute all of the men and women who have served … Continue reading
SeaBees 79th Birthday March 5, 2021
I knew today was the official SeaBees birthday. I grew up in a city with one of the few remaining SeaBee bases still around in the U. S. I saw this posted on Museum of Military History website https://www.museumofmilitaryhistory.com/event/seabee-birthday/2021-03-05/. There … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military History, Social Media
Tagged Facebook, Mississippi, Naval History, Newspapers, SeaBees, YouTube
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Remembering Hurricane Camille 51 Years Later – August 17, 2020
I am re-blogging a post from last year – Remembering Hurricane Camille 50 Years Later – August 17, 2019 (the part in quotes below). The biggest things I remember about Hurricane Camille were Some of us came close to dying … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers, Social Media, States
Tagged Mississippi, Naval History, Newspapers, SeaBees, YouTube
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SEABEE Combat Handbook Chapter 16: Evasion, Survival and Escape — theleansubmariner
Chapter 16: Evasion, Survival and Escape I have always loved the SEABEEs. From the first time I saw Fighting SEABEEs with John Wayne until I got much older and saw some of their handiwork, I was always impressed with the … Continue reading
SeaBees Happy Belated 78th Birthday March 5, 2020
I have a list of service birthdays and I knew the SeaBees birthday was coming up in early March. I meant to schedule a post for March 5th, but hadn’t scheduled it. When I checked my list a few minutes … Continue reading
Posted in Military History, Social Media
Tagged Facebook, Mississippi, Naval History, Newspapers, SeaBees, Wikipedia, World War II, YouTube
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Joseph Anthony “Joe” Heller, Jr. Humorous Obituary September 12, 2019
In my spare time, I look at recent additions on Find-A-Grave and Legacy.com for obits that fall in the humorous category. Here’s one I found on Legacy.com https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-heller&pid=193873625&fhid=24219 and the obit has been added to his Find-A-Grave memorial – Joseph … Continue reading
Remembering Hurricane Camille 50 Years Later – August 17, 2019
This is a post remembering the 50th Anniversary of Hurricane Camille on August 17, 1969. Here are various videos on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Hurricane+Camille, not all are Hurricane Camille related. There were 143 deaths in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama with another … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, States
Tagged Mississippi, Naval History, Newspapers, SeaBees, YouTube
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See How The Seabees Handle The Difficult, And The Impossible
In honor of SeaBees 77th Birthday March 5, 2019, I decided to share this blog post: See How The Seabees Handle The Difficult, And The Impossible: https://blog.theveteranssite.greatergood.com/seebees-difficult/