NCB 93: Site map

Overall outline of website
(Names of individuals and outfits listed below box)

Home page and history of the 93^rd

^{Bob Conner's Diary, Letters, photos, memorabilia}

Memoirs and common experiences of the 93^rd

Recruitment and training experienced by the 93^rd and other Seabees

Banika: history, significance, and other outfits who served in the Russells

Samar: San Antonio/Guiuan attempted base at San Antonio and move to Guiuan,

Green Islands: History and significance of the Green Islands in WWII, other outfits that served on or were connected with the green Islands,

Rabaul: the target: life during and after the war, and the outcome of the “stranded” Japanese.

Post-WWII Nissan/Nehan)

93rd Seabees Reunion

Resources: Museums, other Seabee battalions, Seabee and WWII not directly related to the 93rd and its bases,

History of the 93rd Seabees
Cruisebook (Album) on CD
Video/DVD of 93rd
Battalion Roster
Other WWII Seabee Battalions
Longer history of the 93rd Seabees
Contact Information Webmaster

DIARY, LETTERS, FOOTNOTES IN HTML and PDF

Oral History: Nimitz Museum, Fredericksburg, TX
Bob's Code Map and Letters
Bob's Fall 1943 War Map
Camp Endicott introduction, NCB Rating Book, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Pidjin 4 Seabees

Lib Conner on Pearl Harbor and 9/11: Greensboro Daily News and Record, Dec. 2, 2001

IN MEMORIAM: MEN WHO DID NOT RETURN

Cobb, Albert (Al):
Collins, Harold (Bud): Oral History: Nimitz Museum of The Pacific War
Curtis, Charles Lawrence: Bud Collins remembers his death
Dinlocker, Charles A.: Battalion artist:
Fay, James C.: close friend of Bob Conner:
Kriese, Ralph E.: photos
LYNN, COMMANDER HAROLD F. ; 93rd NCB Papers: at Hoover Institute
Lindberg, Sam: Photos: from his son, Gary Lindberg
Marchetti, Marco: Three interviews with (Bedford, IN) TIMES-MAIL
Nemoede, Hans Albert: Architect and close friend of Bob Conner
Pegors, Serenus C.: Reunion with son in Pacific
Robinson, Donald Lee: Memento found in Samar, please contact webmaster
Stevens, Jack: Photos and section from Conner Diary
Thomas, John Scott: Artist Portfolio of scenes of life in the 93rd
Thomas, Richard: stories from his son, Rick
Watson, Warren: Photos and memorabilia from his daughters.
Wingen, Ernest W.: Oral Histories at Nimitz Museum of the Pacific War and SD WWII project
Zorn, Jr., Andrew: Died on Green Island: Grave in Sam Lindberg photos
US Archives Photos:Ninety-Third Seabees on Nissan Island:
The 93rd Seabees Land in Green Islands and on The New York Times Magazine Cover
Chapel-by-The-Sea, Guiuan,
Noumea (Nickel Harbor) Explosion (Nov. 1, 1943):
Mystery of the Officers' Liquor: Cape Johnson and Commander L.C. Farley
Crime and Punishment in the 93rd
Washing Machine Charlie
SHIPS transporting the 93rd Seabees: Perida, LST 220, Cape Johnson, Middlemas, Arthur Middleton

Camps Peary, Endicott, Parks, and Rousseau: Recruitment posters, Post cards, Introduction booklets, Newspapers, Bluejacket's Manual, Survival foods,
Color-blind sailors

93rd Seabees' MAPS of Banika
Capture and purpose of the Russells
Doctor on Banika: Fred Krock, MD, U.S. Naval Reserve general surgeon:
6th Special NCB: stevedoring: Section 2 attached to 4th Marine Advanced Depot
9th Special Naval Construction Battalion
13th AAF:Helen Hunter Weant, Flight Nurse, 801st Med. Evac. Squad

Reconnoitering Guiuan: Article from SEABEE
BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF: James C. Montgomery and Franklin B. Montgomery
SeaBee and New York TIMES: End of war editions: Seabee Battalion histories

NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS

6th Special Seabees: Frank Jardin, John Ratomski, John Esposito
64th Seabees:
75th Seabees

13th Army Air Force: (The Jungle Air Force)
Helen Weant, Flight Nurse, Eloise Richardson
Thank God They Sent a Nurse, by Morris Markey

Guiuan Today
Guiuan Seabees and their Chapel By The Sea which was destroyed by Typhoon Agnes

93rd NCB Map of Green Islands Facilities: April 1944
Maps and arial views
Code map and letters: Bob Conner, 93rd Seabees
Green Island in WWII, 6th Edition by Milton Bush, Jr.
Reduction of Rabaul: Strategy and destiny

PATSU: Milton Bush, Sr. Green Island in WWII, 6th Edition by Milton Bush, Jr.
SCAT: FL "First Plane to land on Green island," Lt. Richard Nixon
6th Special Seabees
9th Special Seabees, Platoon C (stevedores)
552nd Seabee Maintenance Unit (CBMU) Tom Taylor,
553rd Seabee Maintenance Unit (CBMU) John Loring Gould:
VPB-53: Fred Henning
VP101/VPB-29: Larry Katz::
PT RON 10: Earl Richmond; PT 108
PT RON 11: Jan. 31 reconnaissance and Landing Day
PT RON 19: C .J. Willis, Robert Ankers, William Raney
PT RON 28: Nicknames of boats:
PT Tender boats/A-frames
USS Cape Johnson (AP 172) troop ship, Commander L. C. Farley
USS Cassiopeia: David A. Friederich
USS Middlemas: freighter: boarded equipment 93rd Seabees for removal to Leyte
USS Rochamborn: Micky Flynn transferred from Cassiopeia (AK-75)
LST-220: First echelon of 93rd NCB on Landing Day
VMSB 341: Melvin Clark:
VMB-423: Ted Rundall: Collected memoirs of Squadron:
VMB-433: Bill Parks
13th Army Air Force: Heavy bombers
13th AAF, 801st Medical.Evacuation Squadron, Flight Nurse Helen Hunter Weant

Fr. George Lepping, SM: Parish priest on Nissan Island
Sr. Sharon Becker, CSJ: Health Center
Fr. Duffy, SM: Priest
David and Laura Bond: Peace Corps volunteers