Phil Swift Posted May 4, 2021 Share #1 Posted May 4, 2021 Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the 33rd NCB on Peleliu. Specifically what beach they landed on and what their main job would have been on the island. My great uncle went in with them first wave. Apparently everyone in his group (some I'm assuming his transport ship) got killed. He only survived because he stayed back on a floating barrel in the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdogchristy90 Posted May 4, 2021 Share #2 Posted May 4, 2021 Searched "33rd Naval Construction Battalion ww2" into Google and this cruise book came up for the group. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/Cruisebooks/wwiicruisebooks/ncb-cruisebooks/33rd NCB%2C 1943-1945.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Swift Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted May 4, 2021 Thank you, it seems he might've been at orange Beach since that is mentioned in the book a few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdogchristy90 Posted May 4, 2021 Share #4 Posted May 4, 2021 There are a bunch of photos in the back, maybe your great uncle is in one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Swift Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted May 4, 2021 Yeah he is, he's in the group photos of D5. Pg 79, first person on the left in the 3rd row. Michael T Minerva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmanusnac Posted May 6, 2021 Share #6 Posted May 6, 2021 edit... ok that’s the same link as already posted 😬 The WW2 Museum has a LARGE portion of NCB cruise books available digitally in PDF. You can find them here... https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/seabee/explore/wwii-cruisebooks.html Here is the 33rd’s “cruisebook” https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/Cruisebooks/wwiicruisebooks/ncb-cruisebooks/33rd NCB%2C 1943-1945.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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