Vietnam War-US Military USN Mobile Construction Battalion Four Zippo Lighter

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In 1962, MCB 4 was sent to Gitmo for the Cuban Missile Crisis. There the battalion joined MCB 7, already on site, and worked with the Marine security force to fortify the base perimeter and assist with the base defense preparations.

MCB 4 conducted four tours during the Vietnam War. In December 1965, the battalion flew to Chu Lai, Vietnam. This was to be the first of many important operations performed in Vietnam. At Chu Lai, Four repaired monsoon-ravaged airfields, installed runway lighting systems for night operations and built a helicopter landing pad. A detachment was also sent to the Kham Duc Airfield near the Laotian border. In August 1966 the battalion returned to its new homeport in Port Hueneme for leave and retraining.

The second Vietnam deployment was to Da Nang in March 1967. The battalion worked at the Da Nang Air Base and Con Thien. MCB 4 sent a small detachment to Hill 158 at Con Thien to build a base for Special Forces det A-110.The detail's actions on 8 May 1967 received a letter of Appreciation from Captain Craig Chamberlain, commander of det A-110. The letter had five endorsements.and states that two of the Seabees contributed significantly to the repulse of the overwhelming Vietcong force. UT1 Lloyd O’Banion was one and received the Silver Starthe others received Navy Commendation Medals with "V"s for valor. MCB 4's det OIC and 11 men were wounded in the attack.The battalion's well-drilling team was sent to the camp soon afterwards. During that deployment, an urgent airfield was needed at Quảng Trị. The project was designated "top secret", site "X", and had to be completed in under 45 days. MCBs Those detachments dubbed themselves the "Ghost Battalion" and chose the Jolly Roger for the battalion's colors. Another project the battalion had was the Liberty bridge over the Song Thu Bon. It had a span of 2,040 feet. It was built to get the Marine tankers across and rated for 60 tons. The bridge was part of the MSR to An Hoa Combat Base and became a target of the Viet Cong multiple times. The An Hoa side of the bridge was the free fire zone known as the Arizona Territory. The battalion also had a small detachment of five Construction electricians (CEs) whose assignment was to rewire a number of Special Forces camps in I Corps.MCB 4 returned to Port Hueneme in October. Four months later in February 1968, the battalion returned to Vietnam. It was during this deployment that the Navy changed Construction Battalion's designations from MCBs to the NMCBs of today.

During its third deployment, the battalion was tasked with essential construction projects along the coast and on Highway 1. At Quang Tri and Camp Evans, the battalion built facilities for Commander, Naval Forces Vietnam. when that was done approximately half the battalion redeployed to the Da Nang area while the other half went to the region of Phu Bai. Projects at Phu Bai included constructing aircraft revetments, laying 85,000 square feet (7,900 m²) of Marsden matting for the airstrip and the installation of 18 miles (29 km) of an eight-inch (203 mm) fuel line from Wunder Beach to Quang Tri combat base.

In the north, the other detachment at Camp Haines built the Army's Camp Evans. The battalion erected nearly 1,000 wooden buildings, resurfaced and matted a 2,900-foot (880 m) aircraft runway, and constructed 23 miles (37 km) of eight-inch (203 mm) oil supply line. In October, NMCB Four returned to the United States after having one of the busiest deployments of any battalion in Vietnam. It then conducted a fourth tour in Vietnam from April 1969 to December 1969.