Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980 Page: 6
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Rof fman:the man we are looking for, and we have a job for you that
is really important." I was going to help clean the airplanes.
This man had an awful lot of psychology behind his thinking
and his talking to me. He says, "You may not think this jobWhat kind of a tent was it?
It was a large canvas tent that slept six.
How long did you remain in "Tent City?" I know that they
were in the process of completing the large consolidated
barracks at that time, but I was wondering how long you had
been in "Tent City."
I'd say about between two and four months.
During that time, was the hangar line and flight line
and so on completed?
The hangar line was all complete. We worked at Hangar Number
.tine.
Did you automatically become a crew chief, given your
training and so on? Describe your advancement up to crew
chief, if, in fact, you did not .become one rngr,t away.
Well, we had at that time a line chief by the name of George
P. Stanland, and the man is living today. He is a member
of the squadron, our 31st Bomb Squadron. Unfortunately, he
is in a hospital in Chanute today. He lives near that area.
I came out, reported to the flight line. I was very
proud; I had my diploma that I had graduated from mechanic's
school. And I showed it to him, and he said, "You're just
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Roffman, Louis. Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980, book, December 8, 1980; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2100315/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.