WWII Navy SeaBee Richard Inlow

Join us for a remarkable evening with World War II veteran Richard “Dick” Inlow, a 101-year-old Navy Seabee who served in the Pacific. Drafted out of high school and sent to a Seabee battalion, Dick didn’t even know what a Seabee was—just that the Navy put him on a train and sent him where he was needed. Before long, he found himself landing in the first wave at Peleliu, supporting the Marines under fire, carrying ammunition through waist-deep water as bullets struck around him. “I survived by hiding behind the Marines,” he says with characteristic understatement. Dick served with the 33rd Naval Construction Battalion, helping repair airstrips under combat conditions and supporting frontline operations in some of the Pacific’s most brutal fighting. After the war, Dick built a full and accomplished life, becoming a teacher, a mathematician, and a man who never lost his passion for learning. About VBC LIVE: Veterans Breakfast Club brings veterans, families, and the public together in “communities of listening”—where stories connect us across generations, experiences, and perspectives. #WWII #Veterans #Seabees #Peleliu #PacificWar #OralHistory #VeteransStories #MilitaryHistory #GreatestGeneration #VBC