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Oral history.; Interview with Lee J. Adams, Sr. Lee J. Adams was born in 1916, in Gulfport, Mississippi. He graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School. As a young man, Mr. Adams played semiprofessional baseball with a "Negro league", the Gulfport Panthers. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. Mr. Adams worked as a waiter at Gulf Park College for Women; he was on the initial crews who started building the Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center, and he drove a truck for the Merchant Company for many years before he became the safety officer for the city of Gulfport.

Oral history.; Transcript for interview with Lee J. Adams, Sr. Lee J. Adams was born in 1916, in Gulfport, Mississippi. He graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School. As a young man, Mr. Adams played semiprofessional baseball with a "Negro league", the Gulfport Panthers. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. Mr. Adams worked as a waiter at Gulf Park College for Women; he was on the initial crews who started building the Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center, and he drove a truck for the Merchant Company for many years before he became the safety officer for the city of Gulfport.

Oral history.; Interview with Lee J. Adams, Sr. Lee J. Adams was born in 1916, in Gulfport, Mississippi. He graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School. As a young man, Mr. Adams played semiprofessional baseball with a "Negro league", the Gulfport Panthers. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. Mr. Adams worked as a waiter at Gulf Park College for Women; he was on the initial crews who started building the Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center, and he drove a truck for the Merchant Company for many years before he became the safety officer for the city of Gulfport.

Oral history.; Interview with Lee J. Adams, Sr. Lee J. Adams was born in 1916, in Gulfport, Mississippi. He graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School. As a young man, Mr. Adams played semiprofessional baseball with a "Negro league", the Gulfport Panthers. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. Mr. Adams worked as a waiter at Gulf Park College for Women; he was on the initial crews who started building the Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center, and he drove a truck for the Merchant Company for many years before he became the safety officer for the city of Gulfport.

Oral history.; Interview with Lee J. Adams, Sr. Lee J. Adams was born in 1916, in Gulfport, Mississippi. He graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School. As a young man, Mr. Adams played semiprofessional baseball with a "Negro league", the Gulfport Panthers. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. Mr. Adams worked as a waiter at Gulf Park College for Women; he was on the initial crews who started building the Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center, and he drove a truck for the Merchant Company for many years before he became the safety officer for the city of Gulfport.

Oral history.; One of eighteen children, Arthur Fairley was born in 1918, in Sweet Beulah, Mississippi. His family worked a small farm, growing most of their food. While attending school, Mr. Fairley worked as a child to bring money into his family during the Depression; he quit school in the eighth grade to go to work full-time planing timber for twenty-five cents a day. He also worked building Highway 49 and building Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1942, Mr. Fairley joined the Army; he served in the 24th Regiment of Buffalo Soldiers, 92d Division. He served in Guadalcanal, Saipan, and Okinawa. In June of 1946, he left the Army and returned to Gulfport, Mississippi; he attended trade school, learning tailoring and bookkeeping, and he began working on the dock of Gulfport. From 1946 to 1983, Mr. Fairley worked as a longshoreman and stevedore in the Port of Gulfport.

Oral history.; One of eighteen children, Arthur Fairley was born in 1918, in Sweet Beulah, Mississippi. His family worked a small farm, growing most of their food. While attending school, Mr. Fairley worked as a child to bring money into his family during the Depression; he quit school in the eighth grade to go to work full-time planing timber for twenty-five cents a day. He also worked building Highway 49 and building Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1942, Mr. Fairley joined the Army; he served in the 24th Regiment of Buffalo Soldiers, 92d Division. He served in Guadalcanal, Saipan, and Okinawa. In June of 1946, he left the Army and returned to Gulfport, Mississippi; he attended trade school, learning tailoring and bookkeeping, and he began working on the dock of Gulfport. From 1946 to 1983, Mr. Fairley worked as a longshoreman and stevedore in the Port of Gulfport.

Oral history.; One of eighteen children, Arthur Fairley was born in 1918, in Sweet Beulah, Mississippi. His family worked a small farm, growing most of their food. While attending school, Mr. Fairley worked as a child to bring money into his family during the Depression; he quit school in the eighth grade to go to work full-time planing timber for twenty-five cents a day. He also worked building Highway 49 and building Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1942, Mr. Fairley joined the Army; he served in the 24th Regiment of Buffalo Soldiers, 92d Division. He served in Guadalcanal, Saipan, and Okinawa. In June of 1946, he left the Army and returned to Gulfport, Mississippi; he attended trade school, learning tailoring and bookkeeping, and he began working on the dock of Gulfport. From 1946 to 1983, Mr. Fairley worked as a longshoreman and stevedore in the Port of Gulfport.

Oral history.; One of eighteen children, Arthur Fairley was born in 1918, in Sweet Beulah, Mississippi. His family worked a small farm, growing most of their food. While attending school, Mr. Fairley worked as a child to bring money into his family during the Depression; he quit school in the eighth grade to go to work full-time planing timber for twenty-five cents a day. He also worked building Highway 49 and building Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1942, Mr. Fairley joined the Army; he served in the 24th Regiment of Buffalo Soldiers, 92d Division. He served in Guadalcanal, Saipan, and Okinawa. In June of 1946, he left the Army and returned to Gulfport, Mississippi; he attended trade school, learning tailoring and bookkeeping, and he began working on the dock of Gulfport. From 1946 to 1983, Mr. Fairley worked as a longshoreman and stevedore in the Port of Gulfport.

Oral history.; One of eighteen children, Arthur Fairley was born in 1918, in Sweet Beulah, Mississippi. His family worked a small farm, growing most of their food. While attending school, Mr. Fairley worked as a child to bring money into his family during the Depression; he quit school in the eighth grade to go to work full-time planing timber for twenty-five cents a day. He also worked building Highway 49 and building Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1942, Mr. Fairley joined the Army; he served in the 24th Regiment of Buffalo Soldiers, 92d Division. He served in Guadalcanal, Saipan, and Okinawa. In June of 1946, he left the Army and returned to Gulfport, Mississippi; he attended trade school, learning tailoring and bookkeeping, and he began working on the dock of Gulfport. From 1946 to 1983, Mr. Fairley worked as a longshoreman and stevedore in the Port of Gulfport.