The Fighting Seabees
Jan 27 1944
•2h 40m
•Drama, Action, War
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
Cast
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John Wayne
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Susan Hayward
Constance Chesley
Dennis O'Keefe
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
William Frawley
Eddie Powers
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