"Seabees Team" in Vietnam Get New Leader
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derivative filename/jpeg
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363-03939.pdf
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Digital Object Identifier
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363-03939
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Title
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"Seabees Team" in Vietnam Get New Leader
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Description
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Original title: "'Seabees Team' in Vietnam Get New Leader." Seabees press release 36-67 (45)
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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; Poole, A.S.
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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
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extracted text
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UNITED STATES NAVY
CONSTRUCTION BA TT ALIONS
SEABEES IN ACTION
"CONSTRUIMUS, BATUIMUS - We BUILD, WE FIGHT "
"CAN DO!"
THIRD NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BRIGADE
APO SAN FRANCISCO, 96214
Release No. 36-.67 (45)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
''SEABEE TEAMSr IN VIETNAM GET NEW LEADER
Lieutenant Commander A.S. Poole CEC, USN, is now Officer in Charge
of the Navy's Construction Battalion Pacific Detachment, at Saigon,
South Vietnam.
Lieutenant Commander Poole, of Roanoke, Va., will be charged with
administering and coordinating the operations of the eight Seabee
Teams presently deployed in .Vietnam.
These teams, composed of 13 volunteers (one officer, 11 constructionmen and a hospital corpsman) are hand-picked from the Navy's Mobile
Construction Battalions.
They are sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development
and are de~igaed to help the Vietnamese by building and teaching more
effective methods of construction, sanitation and health care.
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).
-30(DEAR EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would
appreciate a tear sheet mailed to:)
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
U.S. NAVY SEABEES
Yards and Docks Annex ZB-35
Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT
or
20390
THE NAVY • NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND • WASHINGTON, D. C. 20390
