NOW, Volume 9, Number 51, May 4, 1945 Page: 2
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Raises Given 11 More
BM2c Stauffer
Sgt McClain
T 5 Froeliger
wT3c LohmanRdm3c Bibb
Sgt Farmer S/Sgt Minish
Military upgrades have been award-
ed to 11 more LeTourne"au men in
service, 6 of Peoria and 5 from Tour-
napull. With their new rates, they
are:
Peorians: Galen Stauffer, x-ma-
chine shop #2, Navy coxswain mate
to BM2c; Peter P. Froeliger, x-wire
rope, Cav pfc to T/5; Ray McClain,
x-dozers; Inf pfc to sgt; Emil H. Loh-
man, x-PCU assembly, Coast Guard
Slc to WT3c; Milburn Krabill, x-lab-
oratory, Navy Slc to Rdm3c; Her-
bert Washburn, x-inspection, Navy
S2c to Sic.
Tournapullians: Claude M. Carter,
x-steel, Army Air pfc to sgt; Hugh F.
Bibb, x-shell, Navy Slc to Rdm3c;
John R. Farmer, x-maintenance, Inf
pfc to sgt; James C. Minish, x-photo-
graphy, Air sgt to s/sgt; Marvin Sosby,
x-shell, Army Air pvt to T/5."Things are looking
quite some better than
the last time I wrote
to you for at that time
we were in the Saar
Valley, and now we
are well into Ger-
many. I hope the
good luck stays with
us, for at times things
were pretty rough,"
states Inf. Sgt. Rayburn Pratt, x-Peo-
ria machine shop #2.
"Not so long ago we went through
one of the big machine shops that had
been run entirely by slave labor,
which was made up mostly of Polish
workers. They received the- whole
sum of three dollars a month for their
work. I was fortunate enough to pick
up some new 'mic's', both inside and
outside, dial indicator, etc. They had
some pretty nice machines, such as a
lot of automatic screw machines, en-
gine lathes, etc., but I didn't see a sin-
gle turret lathe. The place really
made me feel homesick for the good
old 'L' in Plant #2.
"I found out one thing over here,
and that is there is a limit to the
champagne a fellow can drink. We
ran into a warehouse of it not so long
ago, and to be honest with you, I don't
believe I'm over it yet. You can see
how fast we have the Krauts on the
run when they don't take time to take
that stuff with them."
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"I left the States in
October and went to
Manus Island in the
Marianas," says Navy
Sic Chester C. Pruett,
x-transp. #2. "There is
where I met Floyd
Miller, who used to be
a welding instructor
at #1. From there I
went to Noumea, New
Caledonia. Then I went to Guadal-
canal, and from there back to Manus.
When I left again, I went to Luzon for
the invasion there. I met a kid there
that used to work in the small parts
sand blast at Plant #1. From there to
Leyte, and then to Ulithi in the Caro-
lines.
"I left there and went to Guam at
the same time my brother Clarencewas there, but I didn't know it, so I
didn't get to see him. Then I went to
Iwo Jima for that battle you' have
heard so much about. In my travels,
I have seen quite a bit of your equip-
ment, but I don't get a chance to see
it at work. However, when I see a
road winding up in the mountains, I
say to myself that LeTourneau equip-
ment probably built it."
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"Since I last visited
you, I've spent most
of my time in the Pa-
cific aboard an LST,"
asserts Navy MM2c ;
Lloyd Eichorn, x-Peo-
ria machine shop #3,
from Mayport, Fla. !___
"I participated in the
landingsonKwajelein.
Eniwetok, Saipan, Ti-
nian, and Pelilieu, besides many smal-
ler ones. I'm now assigned to shore
duty here in Florida, and am spend-
ing many happy hours with my wife
and daughter."
"I have moved to
Luzon with my outfit,
from Leyte, after
spending approxi-
mately two months
there," writes Air Sgt.
Burl Beckham, x-Peo-
ria press dept. "Here
as every place I've
been, the Engineers
move in with lots and
lots of LeTourneau equipment, and
start right in building revetments and
strips for planes. They are building a
vast field here, and already it is near
completion. I'd say one more good
mark for LeTourneau equipment. I
see it operate several times during the
days and nights, and I still marvel at
the wonderful job it is doing.
"This Luzon is really a nice place,
so much cleaner, healthier, and more
civilized than any place we've been
to up to date."
2180 EMPLOYES
IN SERVICE
Peoria: 1169 Tournapull: 819
Vicksburg: 188 Stockton: 411 More
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R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. NOW, Volume 9, Number 51, May 4, 1945, periodical, May 4, 1945; Peoria, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526447/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.