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This modified design also proved easier to assemble and take down in the field. Quonset huts became so popular with military personnel that many of them bought the surplus huts after the war for their personal housing; universities also purchased them for student housing. You can still see them in use around the world today. A display of Quonset huts is located at the Seabee Museum and Memorial Park in Davisville, Rhode Island. This display was put together as an homage to the historic relationship that has existed between the Seabees and Quonset huts since World War II.