Timed to the approaching Labor Day holiday, this 1944 Seabee V-Mail wryly observes that the men of the Naval Construction Battalions understood the meaning of 'labor' better than most -- their daily work building airstrips, roads, and bases across the Pacific was grueling manual toil. The cartoon's exaggerated sweat and strain reflect a common thread in Seabee correspondence: using self-deprecating humor to make light of hard duty far from home. Project: 218674