SEABEES - IWO JIMA.
Seabees unload cargo onto the black sandy beaches of Iwo Jima, pictured here in February 1945. (U.S. Navy Seabee Museum)
BATTLE OF IWO JIMA - SEABEES.
Rock crusher for surfacing airstrips, set up by the 3lst Sea Bees on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands. Work was started on it about twenty days after D-Day (19 February 1945) and it is capable of treating about 150 tons of rock per hour. 25 March 1945. (N.A.)