I is not far from the truth to say that without these qualifications, dad’s achievements in mounting dinosaurs would have been negligible. He would have used the previous mounting methods of external straps and poles.  1942 Government training program - he became a Journeyman Machinist & Jorneyman Welder on the U of Utah campus. I found a letter in which he explained that he attended “Trade School” at the University of Utah, in 1942-44 and became a Journeyman Machinist. That however cannot be true because he was in Hanford and Honolulu by 44. Besides, in the same letter he gave the correct marriage date of 1941, but indicated that I was born in 1951 and Dick was born in 1952. Oh well. After he was qualified in these specialties in 1942, he joined unions and took a wide range of jobs, for example:

-Manhattan Project, Reactor B @ Hanford

1944 Draftsman - SLC

1944 Knife-making - Hanford

1946 Gun Smith - artistic muzzle-brakes - Vernal UT

1947 Filigree Inlays with Silver amalgam in gun stocks

1968 Designed & constructed steel spiral staircase with concrete
           steps and wrought iron rails & gates

These images show badges that I found in his tool chest and personal belongings which he had in Pearl Harbor:

     Go to next page for information about his time at Hanford Washington in Manhattan Project.

The mounting of the Kronosaurus skull (click please) was his first mount of a dinosaur. In it he showed how revolutionary his machinist-welder abilities were going to be.

1 Metal Working   6 Rock Climber-Rescuer 2 Inventor   7 Stevedore 3 Taxidermy   8 Home-builder 4 Mold Maker   9 Truck Driver 5 Gun Smith 10 Silver smith

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