The Humble Refinery Bee (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 09, No. 02, Ed. 1 Monday, February 1, 1943 Page: 30 of 33
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LT. KERMIT BEAHAN IN FOURTH
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latest experience involves a crash landing
of a flying fortress over Africa, in which
he describes the gallantry of his boyhood
friend, Capt. Fred W. Dallas, who, al-
though wounded, accomplished a great fly-
ing feat, according to an Associated Press
report. It was the fourth crash landing
Beahan has figured in since going into
action over the two war fronts.
According to the report, Beahan and his
crew were flying over Bizerte “well over
20,000 feet.”
"I released the bombs and tried to see
where they burst,” he said, “when there was
a direct hit on the nose of the plane from
flak. Our No. 3 engine was knocked out
and our electrical system was wrecked, so
we could not close the bomb doors. With
the bomb doors open the plane lost speed
and the rest of the formation passed over-
head.”
The ball turret gunner was wounded,
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Lt. Kermit K. Beahan, a former Baytown
Humble employee, has again distinguished
himself in raids over Europe and North
Africa. He figured in raids over Rotterdam
and Utrecht in August, when he and his
crew members brought their flying fortress
back from a raid that won decorations and
recognition for gallant service in combat.
(See page 21, Humble Refinery Bee, Oc-
tober, 1942.)
Since then, he has made eight raids over
the European front, as a bombardier. His
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go into active service; first as a sergeant
at army headquarters in San Antonio where
Gen. Eisenhower was a colonel.
Very much impressed with the sergeant's
work, Eisenhower recommended him to the
adjutant general's school at Fort Washing-
ton. He was commissioned two years ago
on graduation, and Eisenhower suggested
that he be assigned to temporary duly with
the war board. After Eisenhower was
selected to go to London, he asked Camp-
bell if he would like to exchange his service
insignia of the starred and striped shield
of the adjutant general’s department for
the eagle-topped shield of a general's aide
de camp.
Campbell went to London last July, and
later joined General Eisenhower in Africa,
where, as aide de camp, he attends to the
general’s personal affairs, private corre-
spondence and messages. Friends of Camp-
bell state that he was no doubt present at
the history-making conferences of Roose-
velt and Churchill.
This success story is typical of the fine
account Humble employees have turned
in during the present war. Needless to say,
friends of all four men are proud of them,
and delighted over their reunion in London.
Four Iumble men meet in
London just before North
African campaign. One
member of quartet is
Eisenhower aide.
These four Humble men held a reunion in
London prior to the North African invasion.
Left to right, below: Lt.
Craig- D. Campbell, aide to
General Eisenhower; Lt. - -p--
A reunion in London of four Baytown
Humble men has recently been revealed in
letters to local friends. The quartet of
Humble men met when their paths crossed
during activities that preceded the North
African invasion. One member of the
quartet is aide de camp to Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower.
The four men were Lt. Craig D. Camp-
bell, Eisenhower aide; Capt. Alex Nord-
haus, Lt. Walter Roussel, and Sgt. Charlie
Sanders. Campbell formerly worked in the
accounting office at Baytown before going
into active duty. Nordhaus is a former
member of the zone office, Roussel was in
the engineering department, and Sanders
was a member of the accounting depart-
ment.
Three of the quartet, Roussel, Sanders,
and Campbell, shared an apartment while
living at Bay town. Nordhaus spent a lot
of his spare time at the apartment with
his buddies.
How the fortunes of war brought the
four men together, was told by Campbell.
He ran into Sanders on a London side
street. Sanders told him that Roussel was
on the “other side of town.” They immedi-
ately departed to meet Roussel, who said,
“Say, I want you guys to meet my com-
manding officer," and he presented Captain
Alex Nordhaus.
Sanders was formerly with the Bay town
Bulk Sales station. He also represented the
sales forces as member of the Humble
Club directorate, before transferring into
the refinery where he was working when
he went into active duty.
Campbell was the first of the quartet to
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Mabry, G. A. The Humble Refinery Bee (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 09, No. 02, Ed. 1 Monday, February 1, 1943, periodical, February 1, 1943; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1482147/m1/30/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.