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Digital Object Identifier
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363-03859 to 363-03867
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Title
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Seabees news release about observation towers
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Description
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Original title: "Seabee Towers Put Marines on Top." Seabees news release 35-67 (56), which included photographs of observation towers being constructed near An Hoa, Vietnam. The release is about watch towers that were built to help detect enemy troops.
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AI Usage Disclosure
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Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
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Transcript
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CIVIL ENGI
UNITED S
CORPS
ES NAVY
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
THIRD NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE
APO SAN FRANCISCO 96214
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEABEE TOWERS PUT MARINES ON TOP
SERVE THE WORLD
Release No. 35-67 (56)
SEABEES
SEABEES
25th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 5, 1967
Navy Seabees are constructing and erecting 50-foot observation towers
throughout I Corps in South Vietnam to help the Marines detect enemy troop
movements and make it harder for the Viet Cong to move supplies.
At present, 33 of the planned 74 towers have been completed. Most of
these are located along the Demilitarized Zone around Da Nang. Others are
situated near Dong Ha, Phu. Bai and Chu Lai.
Seabees use several types of construction, each designed to fit a part-
icular situation. If the construction site is fairly accessable, actual con-
struction takes place at the site. Or the tower may be pre-frabricated into
three or four parts, flown to the site by helicopters, and the components
lifted into place with a mobile crane.
When the site is a remote Marine outpost far from roads, another type
of construction is called for. The tower is pre-frabricated at the Seabee
camp except for the top and transported to the site by Sea Stallion or
Skycrane helicopters.
Then the Seabees dig holes for the tower legs, put the platform on and
let the helo raise the tower into place. When this is done, they complete
the tower by building a bunker at the top as protection against Viet Cong
sniper fire and inclement weather.
When the Seabees recently began construction of towers along the
Demilitarized Zone, the enemy quickly indicated disapproval by launching
attacks against four of five towers erected.
Said one Marine of the towers, "I guess Charlie just didn't like the idea
of having someone looking down his neck all the time. "
1967 marks the 25th anniversary of the U. S. Navy Seabees%;B 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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(DEAR EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would appreciate
a tear sheet mailed to:) PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20390
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Release No. 35-67 (56)
SEABEE SAGACITY
OND
Navy Seabees use mobile crane to lift tower
components into place just north of An Hoa, Vietnam. Seabees
are constructing the towers for I Corps Marines in attempt to
curb the flow of Viet Cong supplies.
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(DEAR EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we
would appreciate a tear sheet mailed to:)
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1
Yards and Docks Annex 2B-35
Washington, D. C. 20390
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Release No. 35-67 (56)
EASY DOES IT! It takes deft fingers on the controls to ease
this 12,000-pound tower into place on Hill 52, southwest of
DaNang, South Vietnam. In such remote areas, Viet Cong snipers
present a constant danger to crewmen aboard the CH-53A helicopters
and to Navy Seabees on the ground.
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(DEAR EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we
would appreciate a tear sheet mailed to:)
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1
Yards and Docks Annex 2B-35
Washington,
D.C. 20390
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Release No. 35-67 (56)
TOP JOB
Working high above ground, two steeple jack members
of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE attach portions of
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the pre-fabricated tower. Seabees have already erected almost
half of 74 planned towers in I Corps Area, South Vietnam.
towers are located along the Demilitarized Zone and around
DaNang.
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(DEAR EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we
would appreciate a tear sheet mailed to:)
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1
Yards and Docks Annex 2B-35
Washington, D. C. 20390
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Release No. 35-67 (56)
GOING UP! - Construction of this observation tower moves into
final stages as a Seabee-operated crane raises the crown into
place. The observation platform will be sandbagged by Seabees
to provide protection from Viet Cong snipers.
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(DEAR EDITOR: We Seaboes hope you can use this copy and we
would appreciate a tear sheet mailed to:)
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1
Yards and Docks Annex 2B-35
Washington, D. C. 20390
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Date
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1967
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Subject
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United States. Navy. Seabees; United States. Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Press releases; Watchtowers; Construction projects
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Location
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An Hòa, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8831; 106.8709
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Container
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B65, F12
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Format
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press releases
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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United States. Navy. Seabees
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections
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Language
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English
