He served as a Pfc. in the U S Army during WW II.
"Newt Steen was born on the Steen farm at Pueblo in Callahan County, Texas and attended practically every elementary school in South Texas during the Steen family's migratory years. He was graduated from Putnam High School in 1938, where he was a halfback on the Putnam Bi-District championship football team. He was offered a tuition and books type scholarship to play football at John Tarleton College, but couldn't cover the cost of room and board.
Newt went instead to Wyoming with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of the federal government’s "New Deal" programs at the time, and helped plant trees and fight forest fires. He was paid $30 per month, of which $25 was sent home to the parents, and Newt got to keep $5 to spend any way he wanted.
When the U.S. entered World War II, Newt joined the Army and was assigned duty in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. On or about the time of the Normandy invasion his unit was sent to Europe, and he was involved in the fighting there until the German surrender. Newt was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions in one of the battles where he crawled across an open field being raked by German machine gun fire in order to string wire necessary for communications between Allied groups.
After the war, Newt attended the University of Texas for one or two semesters as an engineering student, and then joined Guy Steen in bridge construction work. He lived with Guy and Alma at various construction job locations until their deaths. Following Guy Steen’s death, Newt lived alone at Lakeside Village, on Lake Whitney.
Newt was a lifelong bachelor and a talented craftsman who loved hunting and fishing, wood carving, gunsmithing, making fishing rods, etc. While stationed in the Aleutian Islands, he created and sent home several excellent carvings from walrus tusks. As he got older he enjoyed collected guns and knives more than using them for hunting. He died of an apparent heart attack at Lakeside Village, on Lake Whitney, at age 65."
Steen Family History written by Newt's brother Roy Steen.
Contributor: Cindy Oliphant (47282212)
"Newt Steen was born on the Steen farm at Pueblo in Callahan County, Texas and attended practically every elementary school in South Texas during the Steen family's migratory years. He was graduated from Putnam High School in 1938, where he was a halfback on the Putnam Bi-District championship football team. He was offered a tuition and books type scholarship to play football at John Tarleton College, but couldn't cover the cost of room and board.
Newt went instead to Wyoming with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of the federal government’s "New Deal" programs at the time, and helped plant trees and fight forest fires. He was paid $30 per month, of which $25 was sent home to the parents, and Newt got to keep $5 to spend any way he wanted.
When the U.S. entered World War II, Newt joined the Army and was assigned duty in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. On or about the time of the Normandy invasion his unit was sent to Europe, and he was involved in the fighting there until the German surrender. Newt was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions in one of the battles where he crawled across an open field being raked by German machine gun fire in order to string wire necessary for communications between Allied groups.
After the war, Newt attended the University of Texas for one or two semesters as an engineering student, and then joined Guy Steen in bridge construction work. He lived with Guy and Alma at various construction job locations until their deaths. Following Guy Steen’s death, Newt lived alone at Lakeside Village, on Lake Whitney.
Newt was a lifelong bachelor and a talented craftsman who loved hunting and fishing, wood carving, gunsmithing, making fishing rods, etc. While stationed in the Aleutian Islands, he created and sent home several excellent carvings from walrus tusks. As he got older he enjoyed collected guns and knives more than using them for hunting. He died of an apparent heart attack at Lakeside Village, on Lake Whitney, at age 65."
Steen Family History written by Newt's brother Roy Steen.
Contributor: Cindy Oliphant (47282212)
He served as a Pfc. in the U S Army during WW II.
"Newt Steen was born on the Steen farm at Pueblo in Callahan County, Texas and attended practically every elementary school in South Texas during the Steen family's migratory years. He was graduated from Putnam High School in 1938, where he was a halfback on the Putnam Bi-District championship football team. He was offered a tuition and books type scholarship to play football at John Tarleton College, but couldn't cover the cost of room and board.
Newt went instead to Wyoming with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of the federal government’s "New Deal" programs at the time, and helped plant trees and fight forest fires. He was paid $30 per month, of which $25 was sent home to the parents, and Newt got to keep $5 to spend any way he wanted.
When the U.S. entered World War II, Newt joined the Army and was assigned duty in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. On or about the time of the Normandy invasion his unit was sent to Europe, and he was involved in the fighting there until the German surrender. Newt was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions in one of the battles where he crawled across an open field being raked by German machine gun fire in order to string wire necessary for communications between Allied groups.
After the war, Newt attended the University of Texas for one or two semesters as an engineering student, and then joined Guy Steen in bridge construction work. He lived with Guy and Alma at various construction job locations until their deaths. Following Guy Steen’s death, Newt lived alone at Lakeside Village, on Lake Whitney.
Newt was a lifelong bachelor and a talented craftsman who loved hunting and fishing, wood carving, gunsmithing, making fishing rods, etc. While stationed in the Aleutian Islands, he created and sent home several excellent carvings from walrus tusks. As he got older he enjoyed collected guns and knives more than using them for hunting. He died of an apparent heart attack at Lakeside Village, on Lake Whitney, at age 65."
Steen Family History written by Newt's brother Roy Steen.
Contributor: Cindy Oliphant (47282212)
"Newt Steen was born on the Steen farm at Pueblo in Callahan County, Texas and attended practically every elementary school in South Texas during the Steen family's migratory years. He was graduated from Putnam High School in 1938, where he was a halfback on the Putnam Bi-District championship football team. He was offered a tuition and books type scholarship to play football at John Tarleton College, but couldn't cover the cost of room and board.
Newt went instead to Wyoming with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of the federal government’s "New Deal" programs at the time, and helped plant trees and fight forest fires. He was paid $30 per month, of which $25 was sent home to the parents, and Newt got to keep $5 to spend any way he wanted.
When the U.S. entered World War II, Newt joined the Army and was assigned duty in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. On or about the time of the Normandy invasion his unit was sent to Europe, and he was involved in the fighting there until the German surrender. Newt was awarded the Bronze Star for his actions in one of the battles where he crawled across an open field being raked by German machine gun fire in order to string wire necessary for communications between Allied groups.
After the war, Newt attended the University of Texas for one or two semesters as an engineering student, and then joined Guy Steen in bridge construction work. He lived with Guy and Alma at various construction job locations until their deaths. Following Guy Steen’s death, Newt lived alone at Lakeside Village, on Lake Whitney.
Newt was a lifelong bachelor and a talented craftsman who loved hunting and fishing, wood carving, gunsmithing, making fishing rods, etc. While stationed in the Aleutian Islands, he created and sent home several excellent carvings from walrus tusks. As he got older he enjoyed collected guns and knives more than using them for hunting. He died of an apparent heart attack at Lakeside Village, on Lake Whitney, at age 65."
Steen Family History written by Newt's brother Roy Steen.
Contributor: Cindy Oliphant (47282212)
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