My Time in Saudi Arabia
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Released 29 April 2008
It was good to be back “home”. Oran found out at work that he was going to be on straight days for two months while he helped train the other operators for the Hydroformer. That meant fixing two big meals everyday, but at least, there were no graveyards. I spent a lot of time cooking and trying to think what to cook, but I got in the groove, and we were soon completely settled and back in the old routine.
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Released 22 April 2008
By the first of the new year, 1955, the company had decided on the schedule for the Refinery Hydroformer Training Program in the United States. So, for the next two weeks, we were finalizing plans for that. On January 16, we left Saudi Arabia on the Aramco plane with some of the others, spent one night in Amsterdam, Holland, and flew on to New York City the next day.
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Released 21 February 2008
1954 came in with a roar. It would be very active, not only with the kids, but with parties, sports activities, and friends. A number of new people would arrive in Arabia with whom we would become very social. However, for the first week, everyone kinda kicked back and relaxed and recuperated from the Holidays. The next weekend, on Thursday night, the Company had a Las Vegas Party in the Recreation Building, which was different and fun, and everybody in camp turned out for it.
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