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Valor | Marvin Shields

Only Seabee awarded Medal of Honor. The demands of World War II propelled the Navy into realms far beyond traditional sea-surface warfare. Naval aviation and the submarine force were expanded. Frogmen were organized into Underwater Demolition Teams. And the Navy established construction battalions, or CBs, whose members were called Seabees. During World War II, Seabees …

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