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From Omaha to Okinawa : the story of the Seabees / William Bradford Huie.

Huie, William Bradford, 1910-1986 (author).

Summary:

In this rousing sequel to his classic Can Do! The Story of the Seabees , William Bradford Huie continues the saga of the combat trained civilian plumbers, carpenters, heavy equipment operators, wharf builders, and civil engineers who served in the U.S. Navy construction battalions. The story begins in 1944 with the battle for Iwo Jima when the Seabees braved concentrated enemy fire and Iwo's daunting terrain to rig floating causeways, blow up wrecked landing craft, and drive their bulldozers up three terraces that rose from the ocean to secure the beachhead. This book fully chronicles their heroism, including the unforgettable efforts of the men of the 31st Battalion who crawled the length of a landing strip to pick up shrapnel as Japanese snipers fired away.

Record details

ISBN: 1557503486
ISBN: 9781557503480
Physical Description: 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: New York : E.P. Dutton, 1945. Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / by Donald R. Noble -- Acknowledgments -- I. Road's end -- II. Iwo Jima -- III. Tinian -- IV. Saipan -- V. Guam -- VI. Omaha and Utah -- VII. The Philippines -- VIII. Okinawa -- Appendix : Where the Seabees worked and fought -- To the Seabees, a poem / by Capt. John E. Estabrook.