Posted on 06/21/2025 7:18:44 AM PDT by texas booster
BAYTOWN, Texas – It’s the end of an era for ExxonMobil as the company is scheduled to demolish their old 10-story Main Office Building in Baytown on Saturday.
Known as the “White House,” the building has played a role in the company since it opened in 1971.
The building, located at 2800 Decker Drive, will be coming down this Saturday at 6:30 a.m. as the company implodes it.
While there will be no designated viewing areas available for the public to view the implosion, the company says they will be posting a video of the demolition online after it happens.
The company has provided a map of roadways that will be temporarily closed for the demolition.
The event is expected to end by 7:30 a.m.
D-Day: Combat Stories From The Men of the 101st Airborne - American Veteran’s Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGY3rY2bKIc
Colonel Edward “Ed” Shames, the last surviving officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. A unit that would be made famous by the miniseries Band of Brothers.
Private Thomas M. Rice, after 18 months of training, he joined the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of the legendary 101st Airborne Division and was shipped overseas to participate in the D-Day invasion. Tom Rice would spend a total of 336 days in combat participating in Operation Overlord, Operation Market Garden, The Battle of the Bulge, and helping to capture Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden.
PFC Jim “Pee Wee” Martin, One of Colonel Sink’s original “Toccoa Men”, James Martin joined the now famous 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Camp Toccoa in July, 1942. Martin parachuted into Normandy (landing near Saint-Côme-du-Mont behind Utah Beach) at 12:30 AM on June 6, 1944. “Pee Wee” Martin fought in the Normandy campaign for thirty-three days until the 101st Airborne was relieved and returned to England in July.
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