And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The jet is an EA-6B Prowler, four seater built from the A-6 Intruder frame to allow an electronic counter measure crew. Quite the effective platform. A contemporary recruitment poster based on a vintage art style.
Anon 9:07AM- We Build, We Fight Can Do! Construmius Battimus
My SeaBee battlion during WWII lost 30% as casualties when they accidentally sent us in on the first wave (Usually we were in the second) because we wore Marine uniforms.
The B entered service in '71 so the poster postdates that. SeaBees could be "choosy" about their jobs. Dad (USA, Corps of Engineers) had a USMC aviation unit next to him in 'Nam. OV-10s. Marine CO asked Seabees to pave his runway. "Your aircraft are rated for unpaved surfaces." was their answer. Dad, seeing an opportunity, offered to pave the Marines runway. "Sigh, what will it cost me?" "One radio on your frequency." Jump ahead a few weeks and Dad's Brigade commander is inspecting some roadwork when they get incoming fire. Like any good officer Dad turns and says "Sergent, take care of that." Marine OV10s were soon laying down fire on the tree line. Brigade CO, knowing the usual response time, says "Smith, you want to explain how those Marines showed up so fast?" "Not really, sir." And that is how Dad ended up as Brigade S2.
J
The jet is an EA-6B Prowler, four seater built from the A-6 Intruder frame to allow an electronic counter measure crew. Quite the effective platform. A contemporary recruitment poster based on a vintage art style.
ReplyDeleteBayouwulf
During the war in Vietnam, the Seabees were a major force in building blast proof bunkers all along the DMZ. Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteI think the WWII slogan for Seabees was "We Build, We Fight!"
ReplyDeleteI had an uncle that was a Seabee in WWII.
DeleteHe fought and built.
Came home with a Purple Heart.
Anon 9:07AM-
DeleteWe Build, We Fight
Can Do!
Construmius Battimus
My SeaBee battlion during WWII lost 30% as casualties when they accidentally sent us in on the first wave (Usually we were in the second) because we wore Marine uniforms.
The "Est 1942" in the lower left corner is the date the Seabees started, not the date of the poster. It is obviously a much more recent poster.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/communities/seabees1.html
DeleteWard Cleaver was a Seabee in WWII. It led to his career as a civil engineer.
ReplyDeleteAre Seabees military or civilian
ReplyDeleteThey are US Navy.
DeleteMisread that as "Build Yor Own Navy"
ReplyDeleteI never knew about the Seabees until I saw the John Wayne movie as a kid.
ReplyDeleteThe B entered service in '71 so the poster postdates that. SeaBees could be "choosy" about their jobs. Dad (USA, Corps of Engineers) had a USMC aviation unit next to him in 'Nam. OV-10s. Marine CO asked Seabees to pave his runway. "Your aircraft are rated for unpaved surfaces." was their answer. Dad, seeing an opportunity, offered to pave the Marines runway. "Sigh, what will it cost me?" "One radio on your frequency." Jump ahead a few weeks and Dad's Brigade commander is inspecting some roadwork when they get incoming fire. Like any good officer Dad turns and says "Sergent, take care of that." Marine OV10s were soon laying down fire on the tree line. Brigade CO, knowing the usual response time, says "Smith, you want to explain how those Marines showed up so fast?" "Not really, sir."
ReplyDeleteAnd that is how Dad ended up as Brigade S2.