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About Seabees: The Construction Workers Essential To The Battle Of Iwo Jima

Narrated by CBS Sports' Jim Nantz. The Seabees on Iwo Jima focuses on the United States Naval Construction Battalions in World War II, which built all the infrastructure for the Allies in Europe and the Pacific in WWII. The Seabees were construction workers by trade but had to fight at times. Their motto was "We Build, We Fight," and their biggest test came in the battle for Iwo Jima in 1945. War Stories is your one-stop shop for all things military history. From Waterloo to Verdun, we'll be bringing you only the best documentaries and stories from history's most engaging and dramatic conflicts. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more. You can find more from us on

Seabees: The Construction Workers Essential To The Battle Of Iwo Jima is presented by War Stories. Its listed runtime is 55 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a engineering & megaprojects documentary, Seabees: The Construction Workers Essential To The Battle Of Iwo Jima uses seabees, construction, workers as its central frame. Engineering documentaries reveal how constraints become design decisions. Follow the relationship between planning, materials, specialist labor, safety, cost and schedule, especially when the project operates at unusual scale.

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Title
Seabees: The Construction Workers Essential To The Battle Of Iwo Jima
Runtime
55 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
War Stories

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