Interviewer(s): E. Bernier. Chackbay, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

I met Freddie Durocher at the Halliburton retirees' breakfast in January. He was one of the youngest members of the club. At the breakfast, he talked a lot about how much better the marine department was than the land department. He said you had a better life if you were in the marine department.

Freddie was born and raised in southern Louisiana. He was in the military for a few years and began working for Halliburton when he got out in 1960. He was a driver for 4 years until moving up to cementer. When he retired in 1991, the company had 18 boats and 4 barges. Freddie retired as a supervisor and still believes that working for the marine department was the best job in the world.