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Digital Object Identifier
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363-03928
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Title
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Seabees Aid Baptist Mission in Vietnam
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Description
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Original title: "Seabees Aid Baptist Mission in Vietnam." Seabees press release 26-67 (49)
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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 EA
UNITED
S
CORPS
S 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 SERVE THE WORLD
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U.S. NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE
FLEET POST OFFICE
NEW YORK, N. Y. 09501
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release No. 26-67 (49)
SEABEES
SEABEES
25th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 5, 1967
SEABEES AID BAPTIST MISSION IN VIETNAM
Seven Seabee's from U. S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One Hundred
Thirty Three's security platoon recently volunteered their time and skill to
complete a fencing project for the Southern Baptist mission, in Da Nang, South
Vietnam.
The project consisted of cementing 34 four by four wooden posts into
the ground and then nailing five strands of barbed wire to them. The
resulting 10,000 square foot trapezoidal enclosure will be the future
job site of a building used by the missionaries to assist the Vietnamese.
Volunteers for the project were: Builder (Heavy) Second Class T. L.
Smith, Greenfield, Mo.; Construction Mechanic (Automotive) Third Class
W. D. Crisp, Brevard, N. C.%;B Constructionman Apprentice W. H. Judy,
Elkins, W. Va.; Builder (Light) Third Class N. Tepper, Chicago, Ill.%3
Constructionman Apprentice T.S. Burke, Highland, Ind.; Constructionman
Apprentice A. A. Webb, Erie, Ill.; and Equipment Operator (Hauling)
Third Class C. W. Waters, Franklin, Ill.
Commander E. H. Marsh is the commanding officer of MCB-133, which
has been deployed in Vietnam since early February this year.
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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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; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Religious aspects; Baptists--Missions
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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
