World War 2 veteran, Corporal Sam Davis, reflected on the the first time he stepped foot into the hulking plane on a new assignment.
World War II veteran, Corporal Sam Davis, reflected on the the first time he stepped foot into the hulking plane on a new assignment.BEAUMONT, Texas — Growing up, Sam Preston Davis enjoyed hunting, basketball, and tennis but in the army, it was his love of motor vehicles that got him a spot on a B-29 Superfortress.World War II veteran, Corporal Sam Davis, reflected on the the first time he stepped foot into the hulking plane on a new assignment.
"Going overseas from Hawaii we ran into a typhoon. We went for several days and couldn't eat anything but dry onion sandwiches," said Davis.His experience in the asphalt plant at the Texaco refinery in Port Neches before the war allowed him to assist in building the base. Davis then went back to Texaco after being discharged in 1946, and by 1949 he asked his current wife of 74 years, Pauline Davis, for her hand in marriage. On their first date, no less.However, she eventually relented and was unable to further resist his good looks and personality. Pauline and Sam married in 1950 and the rest, as they say, was history.As he and his family prepare for Saturdays celebration, Davis reflects on a century of a life well lived.
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