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| Subject: RE: NEW EMPLOYEE |
Author: Buddy
Date: 6/21/2011 11:30 am CDT
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It's not unusual for a Temp employee to remain a short time. Some work out, and some are better fitted for another type job. Sometimes if the Temp employee is found to be the right fit for the job they are hired permanently. I'm not condemning Temp workers as my son did that for a while in
DC. He was hired by the company who was using him, but he had to serve out a 10 week session before the company who wanted him permanently could hire him. He has since received two 5K annual raises with the company. So, some work out and some don't. There's a large work force out there and the pickings are a plenty. Everyone is looking for the best fit before hiring permanently and might even suggest a different Temp employee in their search. This might have been the case here. There's a lot going on differently at the Memorial these days. The original office personnel were volunteers, but that can get old fast. |
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6/19/2011 9:18 am CDT |
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On May 21, 2005 a monument was unveiled in Seneca, Illinois, dedicated to all the workers, who built 157 LSTs at the Seneca “Prairie Shipyard” as well as all those who served on any LST during World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam. The monument contains seals of the US Navy, the US Coast Guard, the British LST Association, and the sponsoring organization, the Illinois LST Association.
The monument contains a sculpture of an LST on top of the gray marble center section. On the two flanking black marble sections are etchings of an LST being launched, an LST beached and unloading its cargo of tanks, and a woman shipyard welder. On the sides of the black sections all 157 LSTs constructed at Seneca are listed The monument stands in Crotty Park in Seneca, on property adjacent to the old Chicago Bridge and Iron shipyard.
Approximately 500 people from all over the country and Great Britain attended the dedication. After the dedication, approximately 200 of those in attendance gathered together for a catered lunch.
About 27,000 people worked at the shipyard during World War II. A number of those and/or their descendants attended the ceremony. They are rightly proud of their contribution to the war effort, as is the city of Seneca, Illinois, the home of the “Prairie Shipyard”.
During World War
2 there were 1051 LST's (Landing Ship Tank) built to carry
troops and supplies to American and Allied troops fighting
in Europe and the Pacific theaters. When WW2 ended most of
the LST's were scrapped, modified, or given to Navies of
other countries. Some remained in service and saw action in
Korea, Viet Nam, and even the Cuban Blockade.
A few WW2 type
LST's remain in service today, but not in the USA.
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