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Montford Point Marines' final battle: Become an 'everyday story' before taking last breath
The Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA new documentary special is sharing the story of the Montford Point Marines and highlighting those...
101-year-old Butler Martin is among the last surviving Montford Point Marines
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoButler Martin's photos from his time as a Montford Point Marine are peppered throughout a booklet...
His late father was one of the first Black Marines who’s due a Congressional Gold Medal
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEven as the United States reeled from the Japanese advance throughout the Pacific in 1942 and the...
Remembering and honoring the Montford Point Marines from World War II | Along The Way
Record-Courier via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWanted: 17,000 World War II era African American Marines, or their survivors, who trained to become...
Marine Horace Ray Sr. bestowed Congressional Gold Medal of Honor
The Union-Recorder, Milledgeville, Ga. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 23—An historical ceremony honoring the late Rev. Horace Ray Sr. was held Saturday morning as he was presented posthumously with the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor by the National Montford ...
101-year-old vet receives medal for being one of the 1st Black Marines
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGrace King didn’t realize until a few years ago that her cousin, George J. Johnson, was a Marine...
Sacramento man, 97, is one of about 200 living members of the first Black Marines
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRichard Davis keeps his replica Congressional Gold Medal in a glass case that his wife had specially...
‘Living legends.’ Broward man, 101, honored for service as a first Black U.S. Marine
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoGeorge J. Johnson proudly served as a U.S. Marine Corps military policeman during World War II in...
3 trailblazing Montford Point Marines die in span of month
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThree veterans who were among the first Black men to serve in the Marine Corps died within one month...
Honoring the history and legacy of the Montford Point Marines
WSOC via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThis Black History Month, Channel 9′s Glenn Counts is highlighting the history and legacy of the...