John Landess
Let's see??? In 1972, I was working offshore Alaska for Shell OIl Company, building a home on the end of the family homestead, and was married with three boys, one a baby.
As for crossing paths, a few years earlier, my boss paged me and had me come up to the office. There were a three other young guys there with him. He asked me where I had went to high school and I replied West Anchorage high. He then said "no, before that" and I said Roswell, why?? He then asked me if I knew any of these young fellows and I didn't. Well, one was Lee Blanton a start up engineer with Shell. I never recognized him......
Later, when I was on a temporary assignment in Houson, his wife helped us look for a house there.
Then later still, I was assigned to operate an offshore drilling ship out of New Orleans, and he was the manager of offshore East Bay. We met several times at the office and often had lunch.
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