Born in &#39;the hellish aftermath of Pearl Harbor,&#39; the Seabees began as barely armed civilians with no military training. They had an average age of 35. GI&#39;s would joke, &quot;Never hit a Seabee, for his son might be a Marine.&quot; But America&#39;s bulldozing, jungle-hacking, &#39;Jap-cracking&#39; Construction Battalion or the Seabees (&#39;C.B.&#39;s) soon proved themselves miracle-construction-workers in seemingly impassable combat zones. Before World War 2, Marines were the ones to &#39;get their first,&#39; but the need for roads in the muddy battlefields of the Pacific meant that claim would pass to the Construction Battalion. Their early motto was &#39;Can Do!&#39;<br /><br />This new 2018 edition of <i>Can Do! The Story of the Seabees</i> includes annotations and original photographs from World War 2.<br />&nbsp;