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Originally Posted by
ed skeels
Where is that at?
NATIONAL SEABEE MEMORIAL, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
The Museum is in RI
Seabee Museum and Memorial Park
21 Iafrate Way
North Kingstown, RI 02852
The Seabee Memorial at Arlington, VA was sculpted by a former SEABEE, Felix de Weldon who also sculpted the world famous USMC Iwo Jima Memorial, also at Arlington. The Seabee Memorial has a number of large panels depicting the many missions that Seabees have undertaken around the world, in war and peace since 1942. At the focal point of the back panels is a large sculpture depicting a bare-chested, muscular Seabee, rifle slung over one shoulder, offering a helping hand to a small child. The panels and sculptured figures together perfectly symbolize the nature of U. S. Navy Seabee as Builders who Fight, and who also extend humanitarian aid wherever and whenever needed. Inscriptions in golden letters proudly proclaim in words the messages which the panels and figures convey visually. They are: “SEABEES CAN DO” above the panels, and “With willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once. The impossible takes a bit longer!”, below the panels. On the base which supports the Seabee and child sculpture is inscribed: “With compassion for others, we build, we fight for peace with freedom.”
Last edited by Mark in Rochester; 11-03-2021 at 06:01 PM.
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Thanks! Davisville was my "home" base (MCB 71).
Will have to make a trip there this coming summer.
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
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