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Can Do! The Story of the Seabees

Introduction 9 Chapter I. HISTORY'S GREATEST CONSTRUCTION WAR 23 Chapter II. MEN AND MUD AT MUNDA 27 Chapter III. CAN DO AT GUADALCANAL 39 Chapter IV. THE "OTHER STORY" OF WAKE ISLAND 61 Chapter V. THE SEABEES ARE BORN 81 Chapter VI. BETWEEN PEARL HARBOR AND GUADALCANAL 89 Chapter VII. THE MAGIC BOX OF THE SEABEES 109 Chapter VIII. SEABEES AT SALERNO AND IN SICILY 123 Chapter IX. WE BUILD TWO ATLANTIC ROADS 145 Chapter X. "THE NORTHERN HIGHWAY TO VICTORY" 151 Chapter XI. THE STEVEDORE BATTALIONS 171 Chapter XII. SEABEE HUMOR AND INGENUITY 179 Chapter XIII. HOW THE SEABEES BUILT THE "RING AROUND RABAUL" 193 Chapter XIV. "OLD FAITHFUL" POINTS FOR TOKYO 203 Appendix I. AWARDS TO INDIVIDUALS 207 Appendix II. CASUALTIES AND MISSING IN ACTION 217 Appendix III. SEABEE POETRY 231 Index 243 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (In a supplement at the back of the book) PORTRAIT DRAWINGS By Charles R. Chickering I. Foreword II. Vice Admiral Ben Moreell III. Rear Admiral L. B. Combs IV. Capt. John R. Perry V. Capt. Harry A. Bolles, Lts. Irwin W. Lee and Carl M. Olson, and Lt. ( jg) George W. Stephenson VI. Warrant Officer David S. Thomas VII. Machinists Mate J. W. "Hooligan" Maxwell VIII. George R. Wendelken

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