Quote Originally Posted by EastsideAl View Post
I had several relatives who went to college or took classes there. My mother's cousin graduated from there, served as a Seabee in India and Burma during WWII, worked for many years as an engineer at GM, served briefly on the DIT board, and was a very successful stock investor who was a multi-millionaire by the time he died.
Al: I would doubt it very much if there was a Seabee unit within a thousand miles of
Burma or India during WWII. On the other hand, there was a gigantic force of Army Engineer Construction Battalions and Army Engineer General Service Regiments in India and Burma building the famous Burma Road. I would guess it was an Army "CB" or "construction battalion" in which he served.