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Description: Seabees with NMCB-4 and NMCB-40 construct Camp Fourtuitious as part of Operation New Life for Vietnamese refugees. On 23 April 1975 the 30th Naval Construction Regiment directed all Seabees on Guam to halt their normal construction projects and mount an around-the-clock effort to prepare facilities to house the approximately 50,000 refugees who were even then fleeing South Vietnam. Seabees first rehabilitated the abandoned Naval Hospital Annex at Asan Point. The Seabees worked around the clock and, by 25 April, the camp received the first arriving refugees and quickly filled to its 10,000-person capacity. On 24 April Seabees began construction of a huge, 50,000 person tent camp at Orote Point. This was a monumental undertaking as it involved clearing more than 50 acres of jungle. Once again, the Seabees worked 24-hours a day and the camp received its first refugees on 26 April. Construction continued and in about a week, Seabees erected 2,000 tents with no end in sight. Support utilities were also provided: messing facilities and kitchens, thousands of feet of water mains to supply showers and washing facilities, as well as the necessary sanitary facilities. Date: 1975 Creator/Photographer: NMCB-4 Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Collections Department, Port Hueneme, CA 93043, <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/seabee_museum.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.history.navy.mil/museums/seabee_museum.htm</a> |
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