Can Do! (Annotated): The Story of the Seabees

by William Bradford Huie

Book Overview

Born in 'the hellish aftermath of Pearl Harbor, ' the Seabees began as barely armed civilians with no military training. They had an average age of 35. GI's would joke, "Never hit a Seabee, for his son might be a Marine." But America's bulldozing, jungle-hacking, 'Jap-cracking' Construction Battalion or the Seabees ('C.B.'s) soon proved themselves miracle-construction-workers in seemingly impassable combat zones. Before World War 2, Marines were the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1717737021
• ISBN13: 9781717737021
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Well done WWII navy saga

I assumed it would be a typical history book but it turned out to be quite entertaining especially In the last few chapters covering youthful shenanigans and ingenious solutions to mainly Mechanical solutions. The author’s style is light and well-paced.