They Came to an Island Seabee operations during WWII

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@Technoid_Mutant 2 жыл бұрын

I just fucking LOVE this. Thanks. We aren't aware of such respect. 74', 89/92. That's my pedigree and I could not be more proud.

@mikeray1544 Жыл бұрын

Hey Battalion 7 mechanic- 91'-92....howdy from A Co-

@eriktronstad8063 10 ай бұрын

I was a Seabee 85-96. Builder. A lot of the lingo in this video is very dated but very understandable. Thank You. The footage is awesome along with the lingo.

@formerparatrooper 3 жыл бұрын

I served as a UT-3 with MCB-3 on Okinawa 59-60 before going to the Army later in life and 6.5 years with 11SFGP.

@enterprisebaby 6 жыл бұрын

A Marine veteran I spoke with said the war could not have been won without the SeaBees...not just for the indispensable work they did, but because the SeaBees had beer. He said it was the best beer he ever had.

@enterprisebaby 6 жыл бұрын

You are spot on; he said the beer wasn't ice cold, but that didn't matter. It was beer, real beer, and that was all that mattered.

@prevost8686 6 жыл бұрын

enterprisebaby Though they acted like they hated one another, Marines & Navy worked well together in the island hopping. Civilians think they hate each other but they just don’t understand the relationship between military people. My dad was part of this campaign. I miss him.

@donaldbartram6315 5 жыл бұрын

My Uncle was a Cmdr in The SeaBees he always said, "Everyone says the Marines were the 1st to land, but the SeaBees were there 1st to clear the beach"

@gregwest2028 4 жыл бұрын

My Grandfather was a Sea Bee during WW2 at New Guinea...I loved hearing his stories about the Native Population where many still practicing Cannibalism...He remarked how glad he was that they loved the Americans for being there because the Japanese had treated them terribly when they occupied the Island...He said some wore necklaces with fingers and ears from the Japanese.

@jerryhammack1318 3 жыл бұрын

God bless these men forever for what they did! And bless the women who took over their jobs in the factories to support the war efforts! Truly appreciate the sacrifices that generation made! If you don't get out of my country! U.S.A!

@jamesbyrd3273 5 жыл бұрын

My Grandfather was a SEABEE on Iwo! He's the reason l joined and became a BUC. Builder Chief.

@kevspicer 6 жыл бұрын

My dad was a seabee on Tinian Island. I remember being fascinated by his pictures and the book, but the war was just something he never cared to talk much about.

@chodkowski01 5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Spicer, I was born in 1955 and I grew up with the WW2 vets. They always talked about what my uncle experienced fighting the Germans and how he was a hero. He had so many holes in his body from being shot, bayoneted in his back. He went through hell. I always asked him questions about WW2 and he never would answer me. It’s like he wanted to forget about his experiences.

@juelzjohnny6858 3 жыл бұрын

a tip: watch series at flixzone. Been using them for watching a lot of movies these days.

@zaneroy1255 3 жыл бұрын

@Juelz Johnny definitely, I have been using flixzone for years myself :)

@leojablonski2309 3 жыл бұрын

Ditto.only in his dreams/nightmares..woke me up. Really miss my Dad

@leojablonski2309 3 жыл бұрын

@@chodkowski01 Ditto

@blusnuby2 5 жыл бұрын

CAN DO---& DID ! BIG SALUTE SEABEES !!!

@Technoid_Mutant 2 жыл бұрын

Water boy for front-liners? Ouch! My boy Price would have your head. This video is OLD, and I thing well-meant, but Price should be remembered as a Seabee who fought. Doggone. It disturbs me to realize there might be some difference. Every man in my squad is a freaking HERO, offered himself and God was good enough to preserve him. What more can you ask. Seaman Price, I salute you.

@DrLumpyDMus 6 жыл бұрын

20:50 I remember being a school projectionist back then. I recognized the "Loop off the sprocket" thing just as that guy did. Heck, maybe it WAS me. My dad pas a PO Sea Bee welding those Mars planks. He could have been in the film as well.

@robertcuminale1212 4 жыл бұрын

I was a Construction Electrician assigned to a telephone exchange. The Naval base telephone exchanges were also Motion Picture Exchange centers. I had to run through every film that came in looking for broken or missing sprocket holes on the films. Many of the films hadn't been back to an exchange for a while and we'd get them in damaged condition. Sometimes they were just broken. I'd fix every film by splicing it back together. Sometimes the piece was missing and it would jump to a scene out of context. I'd cut off the broken sprocket holes and splice a new piece on. The splices had to be absolutely flat or they'd jam coming through the shuttle. Unless they've run films most people think the film rolls through the projector. What it does do is move in a stop/go fashion one frame at a time. The shuttle is a frame with pins on it that moves up and down grabbing the sprocket holes to move the film. A fan blade spins in front of the bulb to blot out the frame lines and it all looks smooth. We use two projectors loaded with a reel each. We roll the film to the number six at the front of the reel and stop it. While the other reel is running we're looking for a white dot that appears in the right upper corner for 6 frames. When we see it the first time we start the other projector. when we see the dot the second time we have a switch arrangement that turns off the light on the running projector and turns on the light on the other one. You see a scene change. In a real movie theater the reels are spliced so that it is a huge continuous reel of film. Gone with the Wind is 71/2 reels long. This is useless knowledge now because the films are on digital cartridges now. They can even be downloaded so no discs have to be shipped and lost.

@DrLumpyDMus 4 жыл бұрын

@@robertcuminale1212 Thanks! Great bunch of film info there Robert. Thanks - Lumpy

@mikeray1544 Жыл бұрын

"Can-Do take charge mutherphukers"....thats how we roll Sir/Ma'am.

@collinsmakaumukungi991 6 жыл бұрын

"Hit a mine or a dud, and there aint a meow left in this cat, or a whisker of you".

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe 9 ай бұрын

Not the only outstanding engineers in the pacific in ww2. US Army did a beautiful job as well.Heavy eqipment and tool manufacturing does not get enough credit.

@PacoOtis 4 ай бұрын

The Engineers and the logistics folks have never gotten the credit they deserve. The script for this video is quite terrible as it is so antagonistic and that serves no good. Thanks for preserving the history and let us hope we can somehow learn from it, for a change!