The rope ring around the Seabee was not in the first sketch, where a letter Q for Quonset Point sat in its place. Frank Iafrate, a civilian clerk at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island,...
The Seabee was very nearly a beaver. Frank Iafrate, a civilian file clerk at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, drew the mascot in early 1942 and passed on the beaver because he did not...
Camp Shields carries the name of Construction Mechanic Third Class Marvin G. Shields, the only Seabee ever awarded the Medal of Honor. He was killed at Dong Xoai, Vietnam, on June 10, 1965, while...