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93. "Breaking a tradition of 167 years,

the U.S. Marine Corps started enlisting Negroes

on June 1, 1942.

 

The first class of 1,200 Negro volunteers

began their training 3 months later

as members of the 51st Composite Defense Battalion at Montford Point,

a section of the 200-square-mile Marine Base,

Camp Lejeune, at New River, NC.

 

The first Negro to enlist was Howard P. Perry shown here."

 

N.d. Roger Smith.

 

208-NP-10KK-1.

Pictures of World War II > Pictures of African Americans During World War II

US National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/images/african-americans-wwii-093.jpg

http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/#usmc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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