Knowing that military trucks, tanks, and aircraft need not just fuel, but a range of engine oils and other lubricants, the Texaco CEO quickly ordered a supply at the French port of Bordeaux to be ...

So this supply of oil from Texaco was really crucial. ... This oil was fueling German planes, flown by German pilots that were doing the bombing of Madrid, Barcelona, Guernica and other cities.

A single-engine Bellanca-Packard flying laps above the beach was dropping empty five-gallon Texaco cans. The airplane’s two pilots were attempting to break the world aviation endurance record of ...