Photo Memories of a Seabee Battalion

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Book compiled by the 136th Naval Construction "Seabee" Battalion documenting the history of the group from boot camp in Virginia to various military installations across the U.S. and more permanent postings in Guam and Japan during World War II. There are photographs of various persons and evens as well as an epistolary narrative and lists of names by company at the end of the text.

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[176] p. : ill. ; 37 cm.

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United States. Naval Construction Battalion, 136th. 1945.

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Book compiled by the 136th Naval Construction "Seabee" Battalion documenting the history of the group from boot camp in Virginia to various military installations across the U.S. and more permanent postings in Guam and Japan during World War II. There are photographs of various persons and evens as well as an epistolary narrative and lists of names by company at the end of the text.

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[176] p. : ill. ; 37 cm.

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World War II Collection of Arlington, Texas

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United States. Naval Construction Battalion, 136th. Photo Memories of a Seabee Battalion, book, 1945; Yokosuka, Japan. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth379946/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum.

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