Antique Historic Dagger Belonging An American Geologist - Thomas Barger

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Antique Historic Dagger Belonging An American Geologist - Thomas Barger
Thomas Barger (1909 – 1986) was an American geologist, explorer, miner, businessman and former CEO of the Arabian American Oil Company (formerly Aramco now Saudi Aramco).
The Second World War, which had begun in Europe in 1939, had affected the Saudi-American oil
production industry extremely. It had a huge economic and political impact on the Americans who
stayed in Saudi Arabia as well as the Saudis but they were enthusiastic about the Arabian venture and
the result of war in general. As a result of the war and because of the Italian bombing of the
Dhahran camp in October 1940, the United States government encouraged its citizens in Saudi Arabia
to go home. The company almost shot down all of its oil operations in Saudi Arabia because of the
war. Moreover, supplies from the United States became rare because it was difficult to import
supplies due to the Axis raids in the oceans and the seas. Communication also became difficult. A
small number (around one hundred) of geologists and engineers stayed in Saudi Arabia to manage the
oil facilities and wait for the end of the war. Those geologists and workers were known as ― "the
Hundred Men" (
Thomas Barger was one of them, the dagger was given to him in honor of being one of these men)
that Philip McConnell talks about in his diary and book. In the night, they went to
sleep in the desert near the camp and when they heard the siren they went quickly to the trenches
. At the same time, commodities prices began to increase with the American involvement in the
Second World War.