FOX FAN: Who are the Seabees and how did they get their start? AYSE WIETING: The "Seabees" are the U.S. Navy's construction battalions. Each present-day battalion has approximately 650 highly-skilled ...

GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - The battle for Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest fights on D-Day in World War II’s campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific. Navy Seabees played a critical role on the island ...

Pete Behenna was anxious to join the action during World War II. "With the war on, I didn't want to stay in high school — I thought I'd miss something," he said. "I volunteered on my 17th birthday, in ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 of Gulfport began replaced the roof of World War II Seabee veteran Leon Giafaglione in Ocean Springs this week.

But when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 of that year and the United States was thrust into war, the call went out for skilled tradesmen to join the Navy, so as to become part of the sea ...

Bob Quinn was an officer in the Seabees in 1974 when he got the call: Manage a Vietnamese refugee camp in Guam. An engineer, Quinn didn’t know anything about running a refugee camp. But that was ...

Imagine being 20 years old, joining the military, and within months you're standing in the heart of Baghdad in the middle of a war. That's what happened to Adam Thompson. The young Seabee, who just ...

CAMP 93, Kuwait -- Sure, she wanted to see the world and serve her country, but Patricia Cabral said she joined the Navy mainly because her father did not want her to work construction. Turned down ...

From the shores of Normandy to the beaches of Vietnam and from the mountains of Afghanistan to the deserts of Iraq, they have laid the groundwork for every U.S. military operation since World War II.

Bridgeton resident Edward Boenker caught up with some old friends on Saturday, sharing stories of runways, roads and docks built under combat conditions during World War II. The men, members of the ...

If you're familiar with Republic Aviation at all, it's likely because of their Iconic P-47 Thunderbolt or A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft. These two respective aircraft would be the envy of any ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Bridgeton resident Edward Boenker caught up with some old friends on Saturday, sharing stories of runways, roads and docks built ...