, and you know it did not, there was a white, and at that time the word “color” was sort of a euphemism for black..haha..and so white would uh be labeled for the white fountain, and uh for the, the fountain where whites drank and colored was the label for uh, our fountain and, and the restrooms were

persons to get it started. Um, we had set up um a nice club, and there was also a bar put in for the members to um, have libations if they wanted it. And of course, we used the um, the Elks whenever we had a ball or anything like that because the building we had was too small, so um hopefully you’ll see

original list. L: Mmhm. B: Because I was, had just gotten out of the service at the time, uh, and as it said I wasn’t too active in the actual running of the, of the, the chapter. Uh, because I was also very busy trying to get my education going. Uh, but uh, as historian I was supposed to keep a record but

along the side of the wall. L: So the enemy actually did engage your ship on the way over and there were casualties, is that what you’re saying? W: Yeah we did have casualties going over, on the men only, I forget how many it was. L: Were these all troops of color on that ship, or was it a big group of