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363-03874 to 363-03877
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Title
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Seabees news release about well drilling
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Description
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Original title: "Navy Seabees Drillers Hit Water in Hot Spot." Seabees news release 69-67 (69), which included a photograph of a new well at Chu Lai, Vietnam. The release is about the drilling of a well in Chu Lai when the military depleted of potable water there
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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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ENGINEER
CIVIL E
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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 SEVENTY-ONE
FLEET POST OFFICE
NEW YORK, N. Y. 09501
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NAVY SEABEES DRILLERS HIT WATER IN HOT SPOT
SEABEES
SEABEES
25th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 5, 1967
Release No. 69-67 (69)
Navy Seabees are successfully battling South Vietnam's rising summer
temperatures and receding water table.
When the Army's potable water well at Chu Lai went dry, Seabees of Naval
Mobile Construction Battalion SEVENTY-ONE were given the task of drilling
another and came through with the first successful productive well drilled in
Chu Lai in over a year.
Located near the cross-wind runway, it brought in an unbelievable 50,000
gallons per day.
With that success to their credit, Seabee Equipment Operator Third Class
Charley Bordner, a Texas oil-rig man a year ago, Chief Richard R. Reimel, and
his utilitymen moved their drilling rig to the Army's ice plant.
The new location, which had produced numerous "dry-wells" for others, was
in dense laterite atop Rose Mary Point. The Seabee crew put down a 32-foot
hole the first day-it was dry.
On returning the following morning, it appeared that "good fairies" had
visited the well during the night--the well was flowing. The team had struck
an underground stream that ran on top of a stratum of shale 32-feet down--fresh
water was plentiful.
The water was found to be safe AND in sufficient quantities, 20,000
gallons per day, to satisfy the needs of the ice plant production of much
needed ice for the front line troopers.
The drilling crew, under Seabee Chief Reimel, is comprised of six ad-
ditional men besides Bordner. They are: Equipment Operator Ruddy Kaye;
Utilitiesman First Class George Hardwick; Rick Clayton, Denny Scholossar,
Olie Oliver, and Norm Allair, all Utilitiesmen third class.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND WASHINGTON, D. C. 20390
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1967 marks the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Navy Seabees; the 100th
of the Navy Civil Engineering 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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PORTADRILL
MCB-71
WELL
DRILLING
TEAM
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Release No. 69-67 (69)
SEABEE WATER SLEUTHS
This Navy Seabee well drilling
team from Mobile Construction Battalion SEVENTY-ONE has
developed the knack of locating water where none is
believed to exist. The group is pictured in action at
a well site near Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
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.
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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; Construction projects; Water well drilling
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Location
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Chu Lai, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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15.4123; 108.7045
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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
