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Retired driller would do it all over again
Wayne Earl Jones, a Gulf Oil drilling superintendent, reflects on a 46 year career that began in 1934 as a helper driller. He recalls boom days in Kilgore, wartime service in the Seabees, and shifts from mud to modern training while planning post retirement travels and fishing trips.
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Betty Hamilton
Wayne Earl Jones
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Gulf Oil
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Houston
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NRA
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Beaumont
Fennett Field
Lamar Junior College
Superior Oil Co
Thompson Field
Rosenberg
Burns
Bayous
Buras
Crockett High School
Guif
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Louisiana
Texas
Big Lake
Chicago
Navy
Army
Mississippi River
Wayne
Gay
Penwell
Odessa
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