The Fighting Seabees (1944)

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The words to the fun song, the "Song of the Seabees" (Music by 'Peter de Rose' and Lyrics by Sam Lewis) heard in the movie go like this:"We're the Seabees of the Navy -We can build and we can fight -We'll pave the way to victory -And guard it day and night -And we promise that we remember -The 'Seventh of December' ....."We're the Seabees of the Navy -Bees of the Seven Seas" ....."The Navy wanted men -That's where we came in -Mister Brown and Mister Jones -The Owens, the Cohens and Flynn -The Navy wanted more -Of Uncle Sammy's kin -So we all joined up -And brother we're in to win!"
An edition of 'The Hollywood Reporter' in July 1943 announced that the Republic Pictures studio was "writing the character of Captain Henry P. Needham, commanding officer of the Construction Battalions at Camp Hueneme, into the script . . . and Associate Producer Albert J. Cohen has wired for permission to have the captain play himself in the picture". From December 1942 to August 1944, as the officer in charge of the Advance Base Receiving Barracks / Advance Base Depot, Needham spent two tours at Port Hueneme. Needham was also the CBC Commanding OFficer at Port Hueneme from 1947 until 1951. However, in the end, neither a character in the movie was not named after Needham, nor did Needham appear in the film.
In 1949, Republic Pictures reissued this film on a double bill with Flying Tigers which also starred John Wayne.
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