John Turley McClain US Navy Seabees

1940’s World War 2
Papa Turley was stationed in the Aleutian Islands Alaska during World War 2. A Seabee is a member of the United States Navy Construction Battalion (CB). The word “Seabee” comes from initials “CB”. The Seabees have a history of building bases, bulldozing and paving thousands of miles of roadway and airstrips, and accomplishing a myriad of other construction projects in a wide variety of military theaters dating back to World War II.