The Seabees On Iwo Jima

[Sedalia Dave]

 

 

 

[watab kid]

i had an employee that was a seabee a few decades ago , it was never a question of if but only what did he need , he always got the job done , and he was a great friend , 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I knew a few Seabees and one became a good friend after we moved to Arizona ten years ago.  He was a wonderful friend and when he died a couple of years ago I helped his wife get through the final arrangements.

 

She and I still go to lunch once in awhile and Mike is always the center of the meal.

 

Save me a place, Mike.  I'll be along one day.

[Blackwater 53393]

CAN DO!!!

 

 

Nothing more need be said!!!

[Eyesa Horg]

9 hours ago, watab kid said:

i had an employee that was a seabee a few decades ago , it was never a question of if but only what did he need , he always got the job done , and he was a great friend , 

A friend and employee of mine as well. Passed a couple months ago. RIP Paul, it was pleasure being your friend.

[Subdeacon Joe]

2 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

CAN DO!!!

 

 

Nothing more need be said!!!

 

Well, there is the unofficial motto. " First we dig 'em, then we die in 'em."

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

My uncle John retired as a Master Chief Boatswains Mate. But I suppose he specified/requested during his reenlistments, once CB training and another time dive training.

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

do you have another link ?  .... this'n is "unavailable in your country" .........

 

I think I've already seen it, but I'd like to see it again  🙃

[MizPete]

My Dad.

  But I think he was on Okinawa.  I can't find his cruise book to verify.

Edited December 10, 2024 by MizPete

[watab kid]

11 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:

A friend and employee of mine as well. Passed a couple months ago. RIP Paul, it was pleasure being your friend.

yup , ive ;lost a fewrecently - we have come of that age i guess , one day soon it will be a friend reflecting on me if i still have any left 

[Dilli GaHoot Galoot]

My grandpa was a mason and a seabee, he got injured pretty early in the Pacific.  He was riding in a truck that hit a mine and broke his hip when he was thrown out by the explosion.  It was at this point in the story that my grandma would shout at him that he was drunk and fell out of truck and he would turn and wink at the person he was telling the story to and say "Truth is I was drunk, but the truck still hit a mine"   

He got better soon enough to help build "the city that wasn't there"

 

 

[watab kid]

SO , tell me of the city that wasnt there please , thats a new one to me , 

[Subdeacon Joe]

7 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

do you have another link ?  .... this'n is "unavailable in your country" .........

 

I think I've already seen it, but I'd like to see it again  🙃

 

Not the same one but interesting. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dilli GaHoot Galoot]

49 minutes ago, watab kid said:

SO , tell me of the city that wasnt there please , thats a new one to me , 

 

 

https://hidden-insite.com/2022/08/08/los-alamos-how-the-town-that-didnt-exist-changed-history/

[watab kid]

20 hours ago, Dilli GaHoot Galoot said:

 

 

https://hidden-insite.com/2022/08/08/los-alamos-how-the-town-that-didnt-exist-changed-history/

 

 

OK , now i understand , and yes i knew of this since i was young , my father was stationed on saipan , next to tinian , B-29s so id been told a lot about this , 

 

i also realize that during the war that whole project was a secretr and only those involved were aware of the site , just never heard it called that , 

 

thanks for the link , very fun read