We Build,
We Fight.
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72nd
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| 72ND BATTALION The 72nd NCB was organized at Camp Peary
in January 1943 then jumped to Hueneme via Davisville and Parks.
Leaving San Francisco April 24, the Battalion arrived at Pearl Harbor
May 4 and was assigned to duty at Barbers Pt., Iroquois Pt. and
Ewa, on Oahu. The 71st left the Hawaiian Islands June 18, 1944,
landing on Guam in early August. At the war's end the unit was still
operating there. In September the Battalion was scheduled for movement
to Nagasaki, Japan. (Source: http://www.cbcph.navy.mil/museum/SeabeeHistory/battalions.html)  Revisited:
July 25, 1994Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii Built by the 72nd US Naval Construction Battalion May 4, 1943.  Revisited: July 21, 1994 Mount Barrigada, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands World War II Camp-site of the 72nd US Naval Construction Battalion from: July 21, 1944 - October 16, 1945 |