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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 »th Carolina.« less