#6 Carl Barrett: We Build, We Fight. Stories from a Korean War Seabee
Common Valor
English - February 05, 2019 19:00 - 16 minutes - 7.63 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSociety & Culture History veterans seabees war wwii korean war vietnam war army navy airforce marines Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Carl Barrett served over 20 years as a utilitiesman, or UT, including in the Korean War. Utilitiesmen work with plumbing, heating, steam, compressed air, fuel storage, water treatment, air conditioning, refrigeration, and sewage collection and disposal facilities at Navy installations around the world.
In today's story, we hear about Carl's time as a member of the Navy's secret weapon, the Seabees.