eddy drummond and i had an assignment to japan. records hadft, our been forwarded to japan so the group commander knew who was coming. i should say the wing commander. so the wing commander called all of the pilots into the base theater before we got there and said we have these two negro pilots coming in and they will be assigned to one of the squadrons. the pilots said no way are we going to fly with them, no way. anyway, eddie drummond and i reported to the wing commander and sat in his office talking and he said, what do you want us to call you? this is a military organization. what do you want us to call you? >> i said i am a first lieutenant. eddie drummond is a second lieutenant. how about lieutenant carver and lieutenant drummond? he said ok. he said we have two p-51 squadrons and the jets. which one do you want to go to? that is a no-brainer. i said the f-80. he put us both in the f 80 squadron. they did not have a jet trainer but they did have a couple of ap-6's. we flew them in instrument f-80.ng for the you cannot see o