Story :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 WayneLt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Susan HaywardConstance Chesley
Dennis O'KeefeLt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
William FrawleyEddie Powers
Leonid KinskeyJohnny Novasky
J.M. KerriganSawyer Collins
Grant WithersWhanger Spreckles
Paul FixDing Jacobs
Ben WeldenYump Lumkin
William ForrestLt. Tom Kerrick
Addison RichardsCapt. Joyce
Jay NorrisJoe Brick
Duncan RenaldoConstruction Worker at Party
Abdullah AbbasConstruction Worker (uncredited)
Lee AdamsConstruction Worker (uncredited)
Joel AllenCoxswain (uncredited)
Roy BarcroftSeabee Barcroft (uncredited)
Roy BrentConstruction Worker (uncredited)
Joe BrooksPilot (uncredited)
Charles D. BrownCapt. Squires (uncredited)
George BruggemanSeabee (uncredited)
Wheaton ChambersNavy Observer (uncredited)
Roy DarmourOfficer (uncredited)
Kenne DuncanConstruction Worker (uncredited)
Jean FenwickCapt. Joyce's Secretary (uncredited)
Terry FrostOrderly (uncredited)
Gene GaryFrench Construction Worker (uncredited)
Bud GearyConstruction Worker (uncredited)
Ernest GolmVan Pelt (uncredited)
Kit GuardConstruction Worker in Shelter (uncredited)
Eddie HallMan Walking to File Cabinet (uncredited)