From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay

From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay PDF

Author: Jonathan Templin Ritter

Publisher: North Texas Military Biography

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781574417715

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"This is the memoir of J. R. Ritter (1902-1994), a civil engineer from Texas who became a U.S. Navy Seabee officer during World War II. The formal name of the Seabees is "U.S. Naval Construction Battalions" and they were responsible for building airstrips, barracks, and other infrastructure for the troops. Ritter was first stationed in Alaska when Japan was thought to be planning an invasion through the Aleutians, then in the Central Pacific, mainly on Tinian Island. He was on Tinian when the war ended"--

The Seabees of World War II

The Seabees of World War II PDF

Author: Edmund L. Castillo

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2011-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781456476038

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The story of the U.S. Navy's Construction Battalions during World War II.