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Digital Object Identifier
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363-03925
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Title
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Navy Civil Engineers Direct Hospital Construction for Vietnamese
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Description
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Original title: "Navy Civil Engineers Direct Hospital Construction for Vietnamese." Seabee press release 20-67 (52)
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ENGINEER
AL
CIVIL
NITED ST
ORPS
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
OFFICER IN CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION
Republic of Vietnam
APO San Francisco, Calif. 96214
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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SERVE THE WORLD
SEABEES
SEABEES
25th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 5, 1967
Release No. 20-67 (52)
NAVY CIVIL ENGINEERS DIRECT HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION FOR VIETNAMESE
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command will supervise construction
of nine "impact hospitals" to aid the South Vietnamese people at a building
cost of $4 million.
Called "impact hospitals" because they will be located to provide im-
mediate relief where medical help is most needed, the buildings will be part
of the U. S. Agency for International Development's new Vietnamese health
expansion program.
Contracts for the program's first two hospitals were signed recently
in Saigon by the contractors (Korean and South Vietnamese firms) and Captain
J. L. Burke, CEC, USN, deputy officer in charge of construction for the
Republic of Vietnam. Present was Rear Admiral William M. Heaman, commander,
Pacific Division, NAVFAC.
One hospital, at Vi Thanh, will have an operating room, maternity unit,
emergency treatment room, kitchen, laundry, and two wards of 70 beds each.
The other, at Chau Phu, is to be built around existing wards and will have
operating and emergency treatment rooms, kitchen and laundry.
Both hospitals are to be finished by December at a cost of about $450,000
apiece. Each will have administrative offices and water and power capabilities.
Contracts for the remaining seven hospitals are expected to be awarded
by September. They will be located at: Bong Son, Bao Loc, Son Be, Hau Bon,
Ham Tan, Cao Lanh, and Gia Nghĩa.
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;B
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND 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; Vietnam War, 1961-1977; Construction projects; Press releases; Hospital buildings--Design and construction
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Location
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Washington, D.C.
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Coordinates
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38.9072; -77.0369
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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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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, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
