The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines

by Melton A. McLaurin

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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, North Carolina. Between 1942 and 1949 (when the base was closed as a result of President Truman's 1948 order...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807861766

ISBN13:9780807861769

Release Date:September 2009

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

African Americans African-American Studies Asia Australia & Oceania History Japan Korea Marshall Islands Military Military Science

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