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Digital Object Identifier
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363-03943
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Title
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Cash Award for Seabee
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Description
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Original title: "Cash Award for Seabee." Seabees press release B34-67 (28)
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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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UNITED STATES NAVY
CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS
SEABEES IN ACTION
"CONSTRUIMUS, BATUIMUS - WE BUILD, WE FIGHT"
"CAN DO!"
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
U.S. NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION FOUR
FPO San Francisco 96601
By D. M. Johnson JOI
CASH AWARD FOR SEABEE
Release No. B34-67 (28)
In the Navy, as in civilian life, a beneficial suggestion can mean extra cash for the person who submits an idea or suggestion that improves working conditions, devises better procedures for work, or improves health conditions.
Such was the case recently when Seabee Builder Third Class Joseph E. Marone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Marone of Hawthorne, N. J., was presented with a $50 check for his beneficial suggestion.
Attached to U. S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FOUR on deployment to Danang, Republic of Vietnam, Seabee Marone, while working with timber treated with creosote, saw that many of the men, including himself, were being burned by the oily substance which ran quite freely out of the wood in the hot, tropical sun. The creosote would cause severe burns and the men would have to change their jobs for a time until the burns healed and they could go back to handling the timbers. Even wearing gloves and long sleeve shirts did not provide complete safety.
Several different burn ointments were tried by these men with ineffective or short-lived results. Seabee Marone decided to ask the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare Officer of MCB-4 if they could experiment with an ointment packed in NBC Warfare kits which is used for severe chemical burns. The NBC Warfare Officer agreed, and after testing the ointment, "M-5" as it is known, for a month, it was found that if the Seabees applied the ointment prior to working with the timbers, they could continue working without the serious burns they had been getting. Also, it was found that when a burn was treated with this ointment it healed more rapidly and there was less pain.
The use of the ointment by MCB-4 was endorsed by the Battalion's Medical Officer and there has been a noticeable increase in productive man hours by those Seabees who must work with the creosote coated timbers, thanks to Seabee Marone's beneficial suggestion.
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DEAR EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can us e this copy and we would appreciate a tear sheet mailed to: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D2, 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; Construction workers; Construction industry--Safety measures
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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
