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Graves, Bert I.

Group of Men Watching Tank Cars

Group of men watching first train of tank cars roll toward the East in Norris City, Illinois after the Opening Ceremony. Back row left to right: W.L. Draeger, Chief Engineer, Defense Plant Corporation; W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and George A. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Defense Supplies Corporation. Front row from left to right: Major A.N. Horne, Vice President and Assistant General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E.

Presentation of Citation from Ickes

Presentation and reading of citation on behalf of Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War. From left to right in foreground: W. Alton Jones, President WEP; B.I. Graves, Director, WEP; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E. Hull, WEP, Vice President; J.R. Parten, Director Transportation Division Petroleum Administration for War. All others unidentified.

Group on Railroad Tracks

Group walking along railroad tracks. From left to right: Burt E. Hull, Vice President, WEP, Inc.; B.I. Graves, Director WEP; W. Alton Jones, President, WEP; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; and Major A.N. Horne, Vice President, WEP, Inc.

Presentation of Citation to W. Alton Jones and Burt Hull

Ralph K. Davies presents a certificate of citation on behalf of Harold K. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War to W. Alton Jones and Burt Hull in Norris City, Illinois. From left to right: W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Bert I. Graves, Executive Vice President, Tide Water Associated Oil Company and a Director of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E. Hull, Vice President and General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and Major J.R. Parten, Director of Transportation, Petroleum Administration for War.

Group of men watching first train of loaded tank cars

Group of men watching first train of loaded tank cars after opening ceremony at Norris City, Illinois on February 19, 1943. The train moved east. Back row from left to right: W.L. Draeger, Chief Engineer Defense Plant Corporation; W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and George H. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Defense Supplies Corporation. Front row from left to right: Major A.N. Horne, Vice President and Assistant General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E.

Presentation of Citation at Norris City

Ralph K. Davies presenting citation on behalf of Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War, to W. Alton Jones and Burt Hull. The five people closest to front from left to right: W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Bert I. Graves, Executive Vice President, Tide Water Associated Oil Company and a Director of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E. Hull, Vice President and General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and Major J.R. Parten, Director of Transportation, Petroleum Administration for War.

Group of men watching tank cars

Group of men watching first train of tank cars roll toward the East in Norris City, Illinois after the Opening Ceremony. Back row left to right: W.L. Draeger, Chief Engineer, Defense Plant Corporation; W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and George H. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Defense Supplies Corporation. Front row from left to right: Major A.N. Horne, Vice President and Assistant General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E.