My Vietnam experience as a welder in Seabee M.C.B. 4 Danang 1969 Camp Adenir
The above memorial is located at Arlington Virginia. Construimus Batuimus "We Build, We Fight"
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Above and below, This is a blivit shaker that I designed and built, to shake concrete that had settled in shipment from the states, and would not run out of the big rubber shipping container, "blivit' Before this , two men with 12 lb. sledge hammers would beat on the rubber container.
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Shaking was done by replacing the grinding wheels on a double ended pedestal grinder with a couple of steel disks center hole drilled off center.
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Below, Giving welding lessons to Vietnamese welding shop worker. "Slow down, hold a shorter arc " Regardless of language, these are the two most important pointers for beginning welders.
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