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Unveiling the Oilfield Divers Monument on Saturday in Morgan City are, from left: Johnny Johnson, co-founder of the company that would become Oceaneering International; George Williams, 89, who came to Morgan City as a diver in 1957 and co-founded Continental Diving Services; and Young Memorial diving students Chandler Kesler, Trey McDowell (partially hidden), Reba Kgoadi and Cornell Myers.

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George Williams, who came to Morgan City from New Jersey in 1957 to work as a diver, attends Saturday's monument unveiling with wife Susan.

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Members of Scout Troop 49 of Morgan City present the flags at Saturday's monument event.

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This statue is the centerpiece of the Oilfield Divers Monument.

Oilfield Divers Monument unveiling draws hundreds to Morgan City

They were young men from all over the country, spending weeks at a time away from their families to do dangerous work.

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This page in the latest Louisiana Municipal Association directory gives Berwick a population of 5,128, pushing it past the 5,000-person threshold needed for city status.

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Louisiana municipality list pushes Berwick closer to city status

A long-sought goal, to be recognized as a city rather than a town, appears to be within reach after the Louisiana Municipal Association's recently published directory listed Berwick's population ov

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