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The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines
The Marines of Montford Point America's First Black Marines
Author: Melton A. McLaurin
With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps--the last all-white branch of the U.S. military--was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, near Jacksonville, Nor...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807830970
ISBN-10: 0807830976
Publication Date: 2/26/2007
Pages: 216
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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