1197: "The 133rd Seabees – Built on Sacrifice, Deserving of Honor"
Interesting Things with JC #1197: "The 133rd Seabees – Built on Sacrifice, Deserving of Honor" – Seabees of the 133rd were memorialized by their shipmates through the dedication of a chapel on Iwo Jima.
They gave their lives in service and never came home.
Their names are engraved on the chapel’s plaque, but their unit was not included in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to those they fought beside. This episode reflects on their sacrifice and asks that their service be fully recognized.
Ref:
Naval History and Heritage Command. (n.d.). 133rd Naval Construction Battalion: Unit history and cruise book. U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/Cruisebooks/wwiicruisebooks/ncb-cruisebooks/133%20%20NCB.pdf
133rd Naval Construction Battalion. (1945, August 12). In memoriam plaque dedicated to fallen Seabees of the 133rd NCB, Iwo Jima chapel. [Photograph]. Personal Family Collection.
