Author:
Publisher: U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
The Story of the 113th Seabees, 1943 - 1945
Author:
Publisher: U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Publisher: U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Mexican World
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
From Omaha to Okinawa
Author: William Bradford Huie
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 161251281X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In this rousing sequel to his classic Can Do! The Story of the Seabees, William Bradford Huie continues the saga of the combat trained civilian plumbers, carpenters, heavy equipment operators, wharf builders, and civil engineers who served in the U.S. Navy construction battalions. The story begins in 1944 with the battle for Iwo Jima when the Seabees braved concentrated enemy fire and Iwo's daunting terrain to rig floating causeways, blow up wrecked landing craft, and drive their bulldozers up three terraces that rose from the ocean to secure the beachhead. This book fully chronicles their heroism, including the unforgettable efforts of the men of the 31st Battalion who crawled the length of a landing strip to pick up shrapnel as Japanese snipers fired away. Huie does equal justice to the historic actions of the Seabees on D-Day at Omaha Beach, where they manned fifteen hundred vehicles during the first wave of landings at Normandy. He provides fascinating accounts of the creation and testing of various pierheads, floating steel bridges, and ""Rhino"" ferries. His narrative of Seabee accomplishments is heavily laced with colorful stories of moonshining, brawling, and carousing juxtaposed with compassionate stories of the children in the prisoner of war camps. His enthusiasm for the Seabees gained instant acceptance when this book was first published in 1945 and is often cited as inspiring succeeding generations to rise to the same spirit of devotion and loyalty to their task.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 161251281X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In this rousing sequel to his classic Can Do! The Story of the Seabees, William Bradford Huie continues the saga of the combat trained civilian plumbers, carpenters, heavy equipment operators, wharf builders, and civil engineers who served in the U.S. Navy construction battalions. The story begins in 1944 with the battle for Iwo Jima when the Seabees braved concentrated enemy fire and Iwo's daunting terrain to rig floating causeways, blow up wrecked landing craft, and drive their bulldozers up three terraces that rose from the ocean to secure the beachhead. This book fully chronicles their heroism, including the unforgettable efforts of the men of the 31st Battalion who crawled the length of a landing strip to pick up shrapnel as Japanese snipers fired away. Huie does equal justice to the historic actions of the Seabees on D-Day at Omaha Beach, where they manned fifteen hundred vehicles during the first wave of landings at Normandy. He provides fascinating accounts of the creation and testing of various pierheads, floating steel bridges, and ""Rhino"" ferries. His narrative of Seabee accomplishments is heavily laced with colorful stories of moonshining, brawling, and carousing juxtaposed with compassionate stories of the children in the prisoner of war camps. His enthusiasm for the Seabees gained instant acceptance when this book was first published in 1945 and is often cited as inspiring succeeding generations to rise to the same spirit of devotion and loyalty to their task.
Pacific Northwest Underwriter
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps Bulletin
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Beachheads Secured
Author: Harold L. Barbin
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450003648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Beachheads Secured Volumes 1 and 2 each tell the detailed history of the 873 PT Boats, after USA construction transferred to the navies of UK, USSR, and the USA; their one hundred thirty bases, nineteen Tenderships, and fiftysix PT Boat Squadrons. This comprehensive work takes the reader to actions and thrilling operations in the North Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Caribbean Sea, South Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Western Pacific, Panama Canal Zone, Australia, Mediterranean Sea, and the English Channel.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450003648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Beachheads Secured Volumes 1 and 2 each tell the detailed history of the 873 PT Boats, after USA construction transferred to the navies of UK, USSR, and the USA; their one hundred thirty bases, nineteen Tenderships, and fiftysix PT Boat Squadrons. This comprehensive work takes the reader to actions and thrilling operations in the North Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Caribbean Sea, South Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Western Pacific, Panama Canal Zone, Australia, Mediterranean Sea, and the English Channel.
Nominations of the 113th Congress, First Session
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
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Category : Ambassadors
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Ambassadors
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
The Story of the 113th Seabees
Author: Construction Battalion
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258505530
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Portrayal In Words And Pictures Of A Naval Construction Battalion At Work And Play, From August 5, 1943 To September 2, 1945.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258505530
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Portrayal In Words And Pictures Of A Naval Construction Battalion At Work And Play, From August 5, 1943 To September 2, 1945.