“I am 90 years old. I served in the Philippines. I was a sharp shooter. I was in the area when the dropped the atomic bomb. It was tough. We went in at midnight. The boat carried us knee-deep and then we had to run out. We thought we were in a nice place and then found we were in a rice field. We got wet and the Japanese were shooting. I was there when they dropped the bomb. I put the Japanese prisoners to work, but I treated them right. We lost a lot of people and they did too. The world has changed since then and now we are killing each other. Kids can’t do what their parents tell them to do. I came back and was superintendent of operations with the union. We handled the banana operation. There is a sign in Spanish Fort that says Samuel Jenkins Highway. I have always done things to help people. I helped them get jobs. I talked with a lot of kids. I was a county commissioner and helped get paved roads. I was the only black county commissioner Baldwin has ever had and I had to deal with the Ku Klux Klan and everything else. Before it was over this, some came and asked me for help and I did the right thing. God was on my side. The church that I belong to, I have been there all of my life. I have five boys and they have all gone to college and done well. I told them if they got in trouble, don’t call me. And they didn’t. I grew up on a farm in Loxley and we ran tractors all of the way to Fairhope.