- FOREWORD -
This is a brief summary of my service for my country in the Seabees during World War II, from 1-11-43 to 11-6-45. During this time I was with the Special U.S.N. Seabee Construction Battalion. I served time in the Fijis, Guadalcanal, Bougainville and the Ulithi in the Western Carolines. Part of the time we were attached to the famous 3RD Marine Division in the Pacific.
I dedicate the following memoirs to my wife, Rose, and children, Lynn Secrest Brainard and Ernest L. Secrest II and other members of my family, so that they may better understand my contribution in the armed forces.