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Fighter Squadron, 391st"},{"label":"Place","value":["Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas, United States","Holloman Air Force Base, Otero County, New Mexico, United States","Amarillo Air Force Base (historical), Potter County, Texas, United States","George Air Force Base (historical), San Bernardino County, California, United States","Vịnh Cam Ranh, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam"]},{"label":"Time Period","value":["(1954-1971) Civil Rights era","(1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period"]},{"label":"Description","value":"The interview is available online at Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/milcolloh567mercer. James Edward Mercer was born on March 10, 1944, in Rocky Mount, N.C., to Frank and Marie Mercer. In 1962, Mercer graduated from Swift Creek High School, a segregated African-American school in Whitakers, N.C. He joined the U.S. Air Force in early 1964. Mercer completed his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. 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