Seabees news release about rebuilding a refugee camp

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Digital Object Identifier

363-03856 to 363-03858

Title

Seabees news release about rebuilding a refugee camp

Description

Original title: "Navy Seabees Help Rebuild Catholic Village." Seabees news release 48-67 (61), which included an aerial shot of homes rebuilt by Seabees in Phuoc Quang, Vietnam. The release is about Seabee work to reconstruct a Catholic refugee village that was destroyed by fire.

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CIVIL ENG
UNITED
CORPS
NAVY
STATES
CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS
100th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 2, 1967
UNITED STATES NAVY
CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS
SEABEES IN ACTION
"CONSTRUIMUS, BATUIMUS WE BUILD, WE FIGHT"
"CAN DO!"'
JOIN THE SEABEES SERVE THE WORLD
U.S. NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION FIFTY-EIGHT
Fleet Post Office
New York, N. Y. 09501
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEABEES
SEABEES
25th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 5, 1967
Release No. 48-67
By Journalist Second Class
R. D. Burns
(61)
NAVY SEABEES HELP REBUILD CATHOLIC VILLAGE
Navy Seabees helped rebuild the Catholic refugee village of Phuoc
Quang, South Vietnam after a recent fire destroyed 160 houses.
Seabees from Mobile Construction Battalion FIFTY-EIGHT, stationed
nearby at DaNang, assisted the villagers in a self-help restoration
program.
Working together, Seabees and Vietnamese constructed 76 duplex
units within five weeks. For the most part, Vietnamese used building
methods taught them by the Seabees.
during recent dedication
A children's choir from the village sang both the Vietnamese
National Anthem and the "Star Spangled Banner"
ceremonies. The Village priest and chief then offered their deepest
appreciation to the Seabees of MCB-58.
1967 marks the 25th anniversary of the U. S. Navy Seabees; the 100th
of the Navy Civil Engineer Corps whose officers lead the Seabees in
action; and the 125th of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (formerly
Bureau of Yards and Docks).
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(DEAT EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would
appreciate a tear sheet mailed to:
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
09D1
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20390
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Release No. 43-67 (61)
SEABRES AND REFUGEES
This aerial view shows a portion of houses
which Navy Seabees helped rebuild after a devastating blaze swept
through the Catholic refugee village of Phuoc Quang, South Vietnam.
Seabees from Mobile Construction Battalion FIFTY-EIGHT helped the
Vietnamese villagers on the project.
Dear Editor: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would
appreciate a tear sheet mailed to: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1,
US NAVY SEABEES, Yards and Docks Annex 2B35, Washington, D. C. 20390.

Date

1967

Subject

United States. Navy. Seabees; United States. Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Press releases; Refugee camps; Construction projects; Civilians in war; Catholics

Location

Phước Quang, South Vietnam

Coordinates

13.8933; 109.1553

Container

B65, F12

Format

press releases

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

United States. Navy. Seabees

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Copyright Information

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Publisher

Archives & Special Collections

Language

English