The Fighting Seabees
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The Fighting Seabees

1944Movie1 h 40 minNR

Drama
82
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb6.4Letterboxd3.2/5Rotten Tomatoes100%72%
82
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb6.4Letterboxd3.2/5Rotten Tomatoes100%72%

Summary

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.

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A Father to His Menin 814 titlesDonovan's Establishing Character Moment shows him get shocked and angry when several of his men come back from an assignment killed or maimed.Politically Incorrect Heroin 491 titlesLt. Cmdr. Yarrow is a Reasonable Authority Figure and Nice Guy extraordinaire, but it's implied that the atrocities committed by the Japanese military have caused him to hate their entire race.All 18 tropes

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