Victor Guillory  

       

 James Banks
December 2001
21 years old

Another Tribute to Doug..

Doug was a great friend and co-worker and taught me a great deal and i am proud to say that he was a huge part of making me the hand I am today and for that I will always be grateful.  There is a certain pride that goes along with round tripping 12, 13 or 14,000 feet of drill pipe out of the hole and all the blood sweat and hard work that goes into making a well that produces oil or gas.  Not just any one can go out to a rig and be come a roughneck we are a different breed of man.  Doug taught me about that and the pride that comes from being the type of man we are.  He taught me that on the rig we look out for one another.  That is what family does and in my eyes we are all family of the iron.  So on behalf of all our brothers and from one to another... we love and miss you Doug!!!  One day we will meet again!  By the way bro, I'm back out on rig 6.
 
Dave