The U.S. Navy
Construction Battalions

In a previously posted article on this site, these words were quoted from the captured dispatches of a Japanese general writing to his superiors:

"[The Yank] is a wizard at handling machinery and he can build airfields, roads and advance bases with uncanny speed."

- he was, of course, referring to the famous Construction Battalions (Seabees) of the U.S. Navy. This article will tell you all about them.