Keywords:

African American Young Men; African Americans; Basic Training (Military Education); Biography; Carlew, James, 1927; Cigars; Great Lakes Naval Traning Center (Great Lakes, Ill.); Humor; Interviews; Male Friendship; Military History; Military Life; Participation, African American; Personal Narratives, American; Salilors; Social Aspects; Social Conditions; Tennessee; United States; United States. Navy; Veterans; Veterans History Project (U.S.); World War Ii; World War, 1939 1945