Seabees in Normandy - CBs in Normandy on D-Day 80220 HD
Originally classified restricted and bearing a title marked "Secret", this film was made in 1944 just after the D-Day Invasion. Presumably, it was made as an indoctrination film for those combat engineers who would be participating in any seaborne invasion of the Japanese Mainland. This film tells the story of how the approximately 10,000 Seabees of Naval Construction Regiment 25 installed an artificial harbor and pontoon causeways on the beaches of Normandy. One of the largest engineering feats of the European campaign, the artificial harbor allowed tons of equipment and supplies to be landed rapidly, and helped ensure that the Allied beachhead in Normandy would grow. The effort was not without its share of disaster, as the film shows a large storm in the English Channel nearly crippled the newly-installed harbor.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com
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This is an amazing documentary. Seabees were at D-Day, Allied Invasion. Though I served in three branches of the military, it is without one iota of doubt: Once a Seabee, always a Seabee. I find this documentary more than interesting. I was an electrician in the Seabees, 8 years.
This is a great video. My dad, Arthur Cotton, served in the 81st NCB and was on a rhino barge during the landing at Utah Beach and later at the advanced base set up on the beach. He was awarded the Legion D’Honneur by the President of France in June 2014. The video at 22:15 about the birth of baby Sea Bee is incorrect, however. My dad, and his friend Bill Manning (also of the 81st) were the ones who went to the house and assisted the Fouchards with Sea Bee’s delivery. As documented in the Navy’s official records, when the Navy doctors arrived at the house, the baby had already been born. The part about Art Cotton and Bill Manning being the ones who helped deliver Sea Bee doesn’t seem to be mentioned in the official SeaBee or Navy records (don’t officers always get the credit?). Both Art and Bill were guests of Sea Bee and her husband Claude in their home in Avranches during the 50th DDay Anniversary in 1994. They later met with Sea Bee when she visited the US in 1997. My Dad passed in 2018.
To think that before all those Army vehicles ever touched an ounce of European mud, most every one of them had a taste of Atlantic Ocean seawater first.
Its a wonder the allies beat anyone with their different names for things.
"No atheists in a foxhole." true
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hate to burst your bubble but that is not true.
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