Interviewer(s): T. McGuire. Houma, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Mr. Sammy Daigle was referred to us by Professor Tom Becnel, a retired history professor at Nicholls. Sammy's mother and Tom's mother were sisters. Sammy's house is in a subdivision not far from the old Texaco office and warehouse, now owned by T. Baker Smith and Sons. His wife, Gloria, recently had a bypass operation and was recovering. He learned to fly small planes in the 1940s, got a license in the early 1980s, and went in with a couple of friends to buy a Cessna. He recently sold the plane.

Sammy started with Texaco in 1948 and retired in 1989 after 41 years. His primary job was that of marine supervisor in the boat supply sector - getting materials of all kinds to drilling barges and moving drilling rigs between districts. He supervised as many as 200 inshore boats that were hired and operated out of Houma.