Aircraft mechanic students relax outside one of the

Aircraft mechanic students relax outside one of the dormitories in 1941, at Keesler Field, now known as Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The dormitory was located south of where the present-day service station and shoppette are located. Ninety-year-old Thomas Adams Jr., a member of the first class of aircraft mechanic students at Keesler in 1941, made a visit to the base Dec. 7, 2011, on the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Adams has made his home in Pass Christian, Miss., since 1966 when he retired with 25 years of service in the Army Air Corps which was later name Air Force. (Courtesy photo)