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Navy Seabee, 1966 to 1980·ACB1-WPD, out of Yokosuka, Japan·Bottom Lay Pipe Team·Fuel lines for the Marine fire bases in I Corps·6 deployments to I Corps
Sam's story
I was a Navy SEABEE in ACB1-WPD out of Yokosuka, Japan and assigned to a Bottom Lay Pipe Team. We put in Fuel Pipe Lines for the Marine Fire Bases in I Corps on the sea floor. When the Fire Base moved we removed the pipe and put it in at the new Fire Base. We lived and served with the Marines the entire time we were in Vietnam; like mini Marines, that’s what they called us. I did 6 deployments to I Corps.
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- VETERAN ACCOUNT Shared by Lynn Elbe with Fire Swept Trail, November 2026. Not independently verified.