Seabees transfers : 3rd Class Petty Officer R S Cowan, United States Navy Construction Battalion

Two postcards of transfers of a blue circular Seabees logo consisting of a black, yellow and white flying cartoon bee facing to the left holding a submachine gun in its front two legs. The next leg is holding a monkey wrench and the last leg is holding a hammer. The bee has a US Navy sailor's cap on its head and 3rd Class Petty Officer insignia on each upper leg. Under the bee the word 'SEABEES' is written in yellow. The bee and the writing are encircled in a rope hawser with an anchor on either side of the base of the rope. This logo is repeated 5 times in a smaller version at the base of the postcard. There are also three Seabees triangular flag type transfers with 'SEABEES' written in yellow on a blue background on the postcards.

Associated with 3rd Class Petty Officer (Baker) Richard S Cowan of the Seabees United States Navy Construction Battalion, the 'Seabees'. The Seabees were formed from Naval Reserve Construction Units after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. The battalion was made up of 'builders who could fight' while working on maritime construction projects during the war throughout the Pacific and Euopean theatres. Cowan served on Hawaii and on the island of Tinian, north of Guam, in the Marianas group.