U.S. navy experts help repair Cherbourg harborg. The U.S.

U.S. navy experts help repair Cherbourg harborg. The U.S. Navy's famous salvage experts, the "Scabees", load materials on a ship for use in rehabilitating the harbor at Cherbourg, northern France. The seabees are cooperating with British and U.S. army engineers in repairing the all-weather, deep-water port. Cherbourg was liberated by American troops on June 26, 1944, and is being used by the Allies as a receiving terminal for the ..... stream of men and materials gooing to the western front. The Seabees first attained fame in this ...... airfields, docks and other installations with almost miraculous speed on islands captured by U.s. forces in the Pacific.