Poster commemorating Pearl Harbour. Dousing the flames on the battleship USS West Virginia during the Pearl Harbour attack.
American soldier guards a lonely post.
This was the first time we had ever seen such large numbers of black men, and we were not fully aware that they were segregated in the camp. We used to cycle to the camp and hang around the entrance watching the lorries entering with supplies. Jeeps tearing around Filton soon became a familiar sight, and we used to sit in them when they were parked outside the pubs. He told of the early days, of the Americans first visit to the pub. On one occasion a traveling fair arrived on the local common for a few days, which was an immediate attraction for us boys, and for the Americans with their English girlfriends.