NOW, Volume 8, Number 41, February 25, 1944 Page: 2
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Sam Shaffar
Jim Holbrook
Recipients of good conduct medals
are: Engr. Cpl James C. Holbrook,
x-Tournapull fab., stationed at Ft.
Lewis, Wash., & Ferrying S Sgt. Sam-
uel P. Shaffar, x-Peoria T crane opera-
tor, at Memphis, Tenn.
Eating lots of raw
carrots to strengthen
one weak eye so he
can go to gunnery
school is Navy S 2/C
Gerald S. Smith, x-
P e o r i a Tournapull
operator, now in air-
plane mechanics
school at Norman,
Gerry Smith Okla.
-A 100% GI dog.
dog - tagged like a
soldier, given shots
like a soldier and due
for a rating if he con-
tinues his good con-
duct is "Tournapull,"
so named by Engr. Lt.
A 1 t o n A. Johnson,
commanding a unit
training officers in
Tournapull & other
LeTourneau equip-
ment operation at Geiger Field,Wash.;
Army boss of Cpl Eddie McClintick,
x-Peoria PCU parts weld.never want to see another Nip as long
as I live when I get away from 'em
. . . Get to see lots of LeTourneau
equipment as it passes thru this place.
Just recently I stood on a street corner
in awe as a group of 10 Tournapulls
rolled by."
"I have located two PCUs that have
my welding stamp," writes Airdrome
Sgt William Siepel, x-Peoria PCU
case weld, from England.
New Badges, Stripes, Chevrons
23 more LeTourneau boys get new
Army or Marine chevrons, Navy
stripes or badges:
Peorians: Loren Salmons, x-mtnce
#1, Navy a.s. to S 2/c . . . Earl Shaw,
x-yard misc. Air Material Command
cpl to sgt . . . Wesley Wainwright,
x-machine shop #2, Infantry pvt to pfc
. . . Herbert S. Patrick, x-machine
shop #2 clerk, Navy S 2/c to Y 3/c
Ernest R. Payne, x-shears, Rail-"I told you before I
left that I'd bring you
a Jap house boy when
I returned after the
war," Coast Guard S
1/C (R ) Emil Loh-
man, x-Peoria PCU
assembly,writes Plant
Mgr. Elmer Isgren,
from somewhere in
j," Rudeseal the Southwest Pacific.
"I'll have to recall that promise. Ii
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F 2/c Roper STM 2 c Atlas
way Shop pvt to T 5 . . . -Chas.
Timmons, x-parts ship, Engr. Heavy
Shop pvt to pfc.
William H. Cooley, x-PCU mach,
Navy a.s. to S 2/c . . . Weldon Cul-
berson, x-messenger, NATTC pvt to
pfc . . . Gerald Shane, x-insp. fore-
man, Navy S 2/c to S 1/c . . . Law-
rence Beck, x-machine shop #2, Field
Artillery pvt to pfc . . . William R.
Roach, x-central whse, Navy F 3 c to
F 1/c . . . Norman Dial, x-plumbing
foreman #2, Engr. pvt to pfc . . .
Dorrance G. Chalmers, x-shot, Air pvt
to pfc.
Tcurnapullians: Kermit C. Mad-
den, x-shells, Field Artillery pvt to
pfc . . . Julian B. Skelton, x-fab,
Navy F 3/c to M 3/c . . . John M.
Seaborn, x-machine mtnce, Combat
Crew pvt to sgt . . . Isaac E. Bruce,
x-shell, Cavalry pvt to pfc . . . Henry
D. Oliver, x-machine shop, Air pfc to
cpl . . . Reuben H. Lee, x-machinist,
Infantry pvt to pfc . . . Marvin C.
Roper, x-machine shop, Navy F 3/c
to F 2/c . . . Clayton Sims, x-fab, Air
pvt to a/s . . . Herndon Russell, x-
Tournamatic operator, Marine pvt to
pfc.
Vicksburgians: R i c h a r d Atlas,
Navy STM 3/c to STM 2/c.
Receiving End Report
Coming On Red Cross
Next week LeTour-
neau boys and girls
in military s e r v i c e
overseas, on the seas
and in camps, fields,
bases and barracks in
the U.S.A. make their
annual report to the girls and boys
back home on the work of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. Thereby the giving
end will get the facts from the receiv-
ing end.
1786 EMP[OYES
IN SERVICE
Peoria: 931 Tournapull: 711
Vicksburg: 140 Stockton: 4.r ~ s 2 sannom ,
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R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. NOW, Volume 8, Number 41, February 25, 1944, periodical, February 25, 1944; Peoria, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526385/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.