
January 30, 2013
Local Navy Seabee veterans are working to place a monument identical to this one at the Jefferson City National Cemetery.
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SeaBee memorial sought for National Cemetery
In Jefferson City
When civilian construction workers were slaughtered by Japanese forces while working on a Pacific island during World War II, the U.S. Navy decided it was time to use armed and trained sailors to carry out construction work.

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