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The Seabees at Port Hueneme
About This Book
In 1942, the navy sought a location for an advance base on the West Coast to ship construction materiel, equipment, and men into World War II's Pacific theater. Port Hueneme's deepwater harbor, rail system, and rural setting made it the ideal site from which to send 20 million measurement tons of war materiel and a quarter of a million men onto island specks that later became headlines: Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Philippines. Seabees later deployed from Port Hueneme to serve in the Korean, Vietnam, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and Iraqi conflicts, as well as in peacetime, for more than 60 years. Charged with building air bases, ports, combat camps, hospitals, and other support facilities as part of military and humanitarian
efforts around the world, the Seabees remain at home in Port Hueneme.
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- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- One - THE EARLY YEARS 1875–1942
- Two - ADVANCE BASE DEPOT PORT HUENEME 1942–1946
- Three - HOME OF THE PACIFIC SEABEES 1946–1962
- Four - HELPING OTHERS HELP THEMSELVES 1962–1972
- Five - HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND GLOBAL CONFLICT 1973–2000
- Six - THE SEABEES AT PORT HUENEME TODAY 2000–2005