Lily Transportation’s roots date back to 1943 when John Simourian (a first generation American) was turned down for enlistment due to a back injury.
Not to be deterred from “doing his part,” John quit his job and met with the commander of the Watertown, MA arsenal who said the military needed additional truck transport from the arsenal to the Charlestown Navy Yard. (Pictured Above)
John enlisted other family and friends who were medically unfit for military service into driving trucks with him, transporting torpedoes from the Boston arsenal to the Navy Yard at Charlestown, MA.
When his son John graduated from college in 1957, he joined his father as a salesman in what had by then become a northeast regional trucking company.