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The Stor y Of The rd Navy Sea bees At Iwo Jima Febuary ––Seabee Book––World War Two–– – – S e a b e e B o o k – – B L A C K H E L L T h e S t o r y O f T h e r d N a v y S e a b e e s O n I w o J i m a F e b u a r y K e n n e t h E . B i n g h a m The Stor y of The rd Navy Sea bees At Iwo Jima Febuary , ––Seabee Book––World War Two–– ––COURAGOUS SEABEES GOING OFF TO WAR –– FROM PORT HUENEME , CALIFORNIA WORLD WAR T WO Mt. Suchi BY K ENNETH E. B INGHAM “The Seabees became almost inured to the noise, heat, stench, and dust; and un- less a mortar burst was within a hundred feet, kept on manhandling howitzer and machine gun ammunition, oblivious to the whine of shrapnel. And always there was the unreality and hurt of seeing shipmates unlucky enough to be caught in the open by the first shell of a barrage. ” I J , F . 19, 1945––09:36 T U.S. 133 N.C.B. S L n 4 M n D n

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