![]() Iafrate, a civilian plan file clerk at the Naval Air Station in Quonset Point, R.I., who later joined the group. The Seabees logo was designed by Frank J. A second base, Camp Allen, was later established in Norfolk, Va. There, Camp Thomas was set up as a personnel receiving station, and Camp Endicott as the Naval Construction Training Center. The first Seabees headquarters was established at a naval base in Davisville, R.I. It became clear that troops and bases would be needed in far-off parts of the Pacific, and it was too dangerous for civilians to do the work. Ben Morell, then chief of the Navy’s Bureau of Yards and Docks, on March 5, 1942, the Seabees were seen as a necessity after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. The Scientific American article from February 1943 described the Seabees as “the newest branch of the Navy, and one of our most dramatic and romantic services.” The name is derived from the phonetic spelling of “CB”, or “Construction Battalion.” Officially created by Rear Adm. Whereas all branches of the Armed Forces who took place in the invasion deserve recognition, I wanted to dedicate this blog post to a group that I hadn’t heard of until I read about them in Scientific American’s archive: the Seabees. ![]() Today marks the 69th anniversary of D-day, when the Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy.
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