Several Nelsons have been involved with the transportation industry in one form or another. Bernie started his career as a chauffeur, became a truck driver for several construction companies in and around New York City, particularly hauling dirt from the tunnels being excavated for the NYC subway system. He also worked as a civilian at the Brooklyn Army Base Transportation Corps during World War II, and retired from Kenway Metals after a twenty-year career of dispatching trucks loaded with various metal shapes to various industries around the NY-NJ metropolitan area.
After serving in Patton’s Third Army in Europe during World War II, Warren’s first job as a civilian was driving a trolley in Brooklyn. When the city converted to buses, Warren became a bus driver. He tells the story of his experience during the blizzard of 1947 when his trolley was stranded. He himself could not get home, but he was close enough to Mrs. Roi's house (his mother-in-law), and he stayed there three days before he could finally get back home. Years later Bobby also drove a NYC bus for most of his career, retiring from the NYC Transit System in the late nineties.
Bobby’s younger brother Tommy was involved in the transportation industry from a different perspective: he sold locomotives for General Electric. His first territory was Africa – the entire continent. He was so effective at what he did that the company didn’t want him to retire, and they enticed him to stay on for a while longer.
Before he joined the Navy in 1946, Allen worked for the Chrysler Corporation in New York City. He was selected to drive one of the vehicles during a ticker tape parade in the city, a victory parade celebrating the end of World War II. Allen drove the car that followed the open limousine carrying Winston Churchill.
Most of Howie’s career involved transportation. For years he delivered newspapers in and around the northern New Jersey area. His day generally started before sunrise, usually around 3:00 or 4:00 AM, in order to get the morning paper to many suburban homes before folks began their workday. At one point the family classified Howie as the world’s oldest paperboy! Later on he drove an airport limousine, but that was short-lived. He also drove a taxi in Lantana Florida for about a year.
The toughest lesson Gene ever had to learn about the transportation industry was that, in spite of his good driving record, he was not cut out to be a truck driver. In the early seventies he and Anne’s brother, Frank, took a Ryder tractor-trailer driving course in Vineland, New Jersey in preparation for a move to North Carolina. Upon graduation Gene had two consecutive Monday jobs driving a straight truck for Rodeway, and that was all he needed to realize he was a fish out of water. From there he went back into architecture, where he belonged. His last career before retiring was as a design engineer with Aluminum Ladder Company in Florence, SC, where he was given the opportunity of custom designing specialized fall protection and safe access equipment, primarily for the transportation industry.
After serving in Patton’s Third Army in Europe during World War II, Warren’s first job as a civilian was driving a trolley in Brooklyn. When the city converted to buses, Warren became a bus driver. He tells the story of his experience during the blizzard of 1947 when his trolley was stranded. He himself could not get home, but he was close enough to Mrs. Roi's house (his mother-in-law), and he stayed there three days before he could finally get back home. Years later Bobby also drove a NYC bus for most of his career, retiring from the NYC Transit System in the late nineties.
Bobby’s younger brother Tommy was involved in the transportation industry from a different perspective: he sold locomotives for General Electric. His first territory was Africa – the entire continent. He was so effective at what he did that the company didn’t want him to retire, and they enticed him to stay on for a while longer.
Before he joined the Navy in 1946, Allen worked for the Chrysler Corporation in New York City. He was selected to drive one of the vehicles during a ticker tape parade in the city, a victory parade celebrating the end of World War II. Allen drove the car that followed the open limousine carrying Winston Churchill.
Most of Howie’s career involved transportation. For years he delivered newspapers in and around the northern New Jersey area. His day generally started before sunrise, usually around 3:00 or 4:00 AM, in order to get the morning paper to many suburban homes before folks began their workday. At one point the family classified Howie as the world’s oldest paperboy! Later on he drove an airport limousine, but that was short-lived. He also drove a taxi in Lantana Florida for about a year.
The toughest lesson Gene ever had to learn about the transportation industry was that, in spite of his good driving record, he was not cut out to be a truck driver. In the early seventies he and Anne’s brother, Frank, took a Ryder tractor-trailer driving course in Vineland, New Jersey in preparation for a move to North Carolina. Upon graduation Gene had two consecutive Monday jobs driving a straight truck for Rodeway, and that was all he needed to realize he was a fish out of water. From there he went back into architecture, where he belonged. His last career before retiring was as a design engineer with Aluminum Ladder Company in Florence, SC, where he was given the opportunity of custom designing specialized fall protection and safe access equipment, primarily for the transportation industry.
Chris' tour of duty began in 1998 while the Coast Guard was still under the supervision of the US Department of Transportation. It wasn't until after 911 that the Coast Guard came under the jurisdiction of Homeland Security.
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