Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
Cast
John Wayne
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Susan Hayward
Constance Chesley
Dennis O'Keefe
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
William Frawley
Eddie Powers
Leonid Kinskey
Johnny Novasky
J.M. Kerrigan
Sawyer Collins
Grant Withers
Whanger Spreckles
Paul Fix
Ding Jacobs
Ben Welden
Yump Lumkin
William Forrest
Lt. Tom Kerrick
Addison Richards
Capt. Joyce
Jay Norris
Joe Brick
Duncan Renaldo
Construction Worker at Party
Abdullah Abbas
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Lee Adams
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Joel Allen
Coxswain (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
Roy Brent
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Joe Brooks
Pilot (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown
Capt. Squires (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Seabee (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Navy Observer (uncredited)
Roy Darmour
Officer (uncredited)
Kenne Duncan
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Jean Fenwick
Capt. Joyce's Secretary (uncredited)
Terry Frost
Orderly (uncredited)
Gene Gary
French Construction Worker (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Ernest Golm
Van Pelt (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Construction Worker in Shelter (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Man Walking to File Cabinet (uncredited)
William Hall
Swede (uncredited)
Alex Havier
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes
Capt. Millard (uncredited)
Reed Howes
Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Katcher
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Nora Lane
Kitty - Secretary (uncredited)
James B. Leong
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Jung Lim
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Beverly Lloyd
Chorine (uncredited)
Tom London
Johnson (uncredited)
Clarence Lung
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Adele Mara
Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Construction Worker Who Dies (uncredited)
LeRoy Mason
Jonesey (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Lt. Cmdr. Stewart (uncredited)
Charles Mitchell
Radioman (uncredited)
Al Murphy
Costruction Worker (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Navy Surgeon (uncredited)
Jack O'Shea
Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser
Seabee (uncredited)
Joey Ray
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Lt. Cmdr. Kane (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Lieutenant Commander in Chartroom (uncredited)
Tom Steele
Seabee (uncredited)
Larry Stewart
Seabee (uncredited)
Clarence Straight
Signalman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Aircraft Carrier Captain (uncredited)
Hal Taliaferro
Lt. Cmdr. Hood (uncredited)
Chief Thundercloud
Indian Seabee (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Randolph (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Spec - Reporter (uncredited)
Crane Whitley
Lt. Cmdr. Hunter (uncredited)
Robert J. Wilke
Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
Buddy Wilkerson
Gunner (uncredited)
John James
Meteorological Officer (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Bartender (uncredited)
