NOW, Volume 9, Number 18, September 15, 1944 Page: 2
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"When the big day
came we 1 e f t the
glorious Golden Gate
behind, and for days
and days we sailed
on one of U n c le
Sam's biggest a n d
b e s t troopships. It
was the S.S. Lurline,
a former luxury liner
of the Matson Lines.
We were really fortunate. We had
staterooms and all the fixings plus
good chow (as we know only too well
now!). After a short stop at some
port in Australia (a secret), we con-
tinued on to our destination, 'some-
where in New Guinea'. Along the en-
tire route we saw many interesting
examples of marine life such as
sharks, flying fish, schools of porpoise.
"We live in tents right along the
seashore," continues Cpl. Hoyt W.
Savage, x-Tournapull foundry, of the
xxx Malaria Survey Unit. "The
weather is usually hot and dry. Nights,
however, due to the tangy sea breeze,
are quite comfortable and make sleep-
ing a pleasure. Of course, now and
then a tropical gale sweeps in from the
sea and makes things a bit wet, in
fact soaking wet.
"It looks over here as though you
folks must have set up a plant near
here somewhere on the island. I
never saw so much equipment in one
place before. They have all sorts of
road pans, cranes, bulldozers, and
what have you all over this area. With
these the Engineers have really done
an excellent job. Some roads over
here are better than some I've seen
back home".
"Florida is a beau-
tiful state in spots,
and I always did
want to come to
Florida when I was
a kid, to see all of the
beautiful scenery that
I used to see in the
movies," writes Pfc.
J o e Radosevich, x-
Peoria machine shop
;3. Well, the sandy beaches, palm
trees, and the sun are nice, but I guess
I'm like all the rest of the G.I.'s, just
waiting for the day when we can go
home for good. I hope that day isn't
too far off."Pfcs Lloyd (standing) and Dial share NOW
Writing from Camp Seibert, Ala.,
Tank Pfc. E. J. Lloyd says: "Here's
something you might be interested in.
A few months ago you either lost my
address or I moved so fast that you
couldn't keep up with me. At any rate
I haven't been getting my NOW.
However, thanks to Pfc. Richard Dial,
x-Peoria plumbing dept., I haven't
missed an issue, and that's conserving
paper, too.
"Although I have never worked for
LeTourneau, my wife, Mrs. Mildred
Lloyd, works in the personnel dept.
at Tournapull."
23 More Get Raises
This week 23 of our boys got a new
rank as well as a raise; 22 from Peo-
ria and 1 from Vicksburg. The up-
and-comers are:
Peorians: Floyd A. Rager, x-pro-
duction, Air pvt to cpl; Paul Correll,
x-process stores, Air A/S to A/C;
Joseph J. Dehreon, x-central stores,
Navy midshipman to ensign; Russell
Stump, x-special equipment, Armored
pvt to cpl; Orrin C. Bennett, x-ma-
chine shop #1, Cavalry pvt to sgt;
Guy G. Farrow, x-cutters, Engr pvt
to cpl; Carl Reed, x-shipping, Air
cpl to O/C; Delmar Rigsby, x-small
parts weld, Air Supply pvt to pfc.
Dorrance Chalmers, x-shot, Air pfc
to cpl; Ellis Miller, x-purchasing, Sig-
nal pvt to cpl; Raymond Hazelhurst,
x-shipping, Navy a.s. to S2c; Richard
Smith, x-machine shop #2, Air pvt to
cpl; Galen Koehn, x-machine shop #1,ht*
=- = PA G E
JCoc Reed
Cpl Smith
File Farmer MM3c Martin
Navy ensign to lieut. j.g.; William
Strong, x-PCU machining, Navy S2c
to Sic.
William R. Pitts, Air pvt to s/sgt;
Willie Walter Wilson, x-foundry,
Navy a.s. to S2c; Glenn D. Farmer,
x-fabrication, Navy S2c to Fic; John
H. Burgess, x-experimental, AAA pvt
to sgt; Marvin D. Smith, x-mainten-
ance, Navy Flc to MM3c; Hoyt W.
Savage, x-foundry', Malaria Survey
Unit pvt to cpl; Herschel Davis, x-
shell, Ordnance pfc to cpl; James C.
Yeargin, x-fabrication, Navy S2c to
SF3c.
Vicksburgian: James D. Martin, x-
machinist school, Seabees Flc to
MM3c.I
9
Cpl Rager Sgt Bennett
S2c Hazelhurst Sic Strong
Sgt B.,as ccpl StumpS ,
1 b', AA-
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R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. NOW, Volume 9, Number 18, September 15, 1944, periodical, September 15, 1944; Peoria, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526414/m1/2/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.