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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Efforts launched to recover the history and identities of the nation's 1st Black Marines
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMallorie Berger said she always knew her late grandfather, Private Mauricio Burns, was a U.S....
Museum to celebrate Montford Point Marines
The High Point Enterprise, N.C. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 23—HIGH POINT — A tribute to the nation's first African American Marines — and the High Point men among their ranks — will be presented Saturday at the High Point Museum in conjunction ...
For 144 years, Black Americans were banned from joining the Marines. But when the US needed support,...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 12 months agoBlack Marines from Montford Point, circa 1944.HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images In...
One of 1st Black Marines to serve in combat honored for 100th birthday
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFormer Cpl. Lawrence “Larry” Diggs, a Montford Point Marine and World War II vet, received early...