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Camp EvansOral HistoriesInterviewee: Harold W. FultonInterviewer: Michael RuaneDate: 1998? Place: Camp Evans - 9039 Media: NTSC Video Summary: Mr. Irv Bauman |
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In 1952, Harold worked in Bldg 25 as a Laborer at $1.29/hr. He indicated
that the shop personnel could make anything needed by the project engineer..
Shops had their own tool cribs. These were moved from the Hexagon to Evans
where in Bldgs. 2503, 2504, 2405, 2406, any tool or material the Machine
Shop needed was available. The Carpenter, Sheet Metal and Machine Shop
Tool Cribs were all combined. The Paint and Electric Shops were in the
Motor Pool. Equipment built in Evans Shops were prepared and ready for
overseas shipment. Any metals needed were stocked and ready for issue.
After WWII, the labs wee very busy with multiple daily shifts reporting
for work. During the war men and women lived in separate barracks and worked
for the Army. In 1948 -1950, he served in the Paratroopers overseas. Harold
then spoke of the cafeteria where shop people would congregate during break,
speaking of anything but work, for relaxation. He stated that Security
was extremely tight; badges were always checked. Any packages brought into
the area were always carefully inspected, even the contents of a thermos
container.
Referring to the McCarthy Hearings, he indicated that suspected
people were placed in outside areas. Though McCarthy was allowed admittance
to the Evans Area, his deputy, Mr. Cohen was not..
Harold spoke of an igloo whee obsolete equipment would be disassembled
for its yet useful components, for shop people and engineers to make use
of, when needed. Muncie Crost, a physicist, assigned to EDTL, would assist
in tube storage and issue.
Evans area was a relatively quiet and peaceful place to work in; Hexagon
was the opposite. He loved working in Evans, wishing he could still be
there working. Engineers and shop people always worked well together. He
referred back to the shop
responsibilities to include building maintenance. However today most
of this is done by outside contract.
Harold was raised in Spring Lake, Now he lives in an area across the
Evans Parking Lot. He was married in 1947, lived in a barracks building,
set up by the Government for returning veterans in various towns paying
$27/m, just after the war in 1947. He built a house in 1952 thru 1956.
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