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What this Seabee did to earn the Medal of Honor

Meet Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Marvin G. Shields.

By Doug Sterner,  HistoryNet

3 years ago

When Seabees weren’t building bases in Vietnam, they were fighting the enemy

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., includes 85 Seabees among its list of war dead—a tribute to their motto, “We build, we fight,” which is symbolized in their logo of a bee holding a wrench, hammer and machine gun.

By Tom Edwards, Vietnam Magazine

4 years ago