CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Eighty years ago, at the height of World War II, the first Black Marines arrived for basic training at Camp Montford Point, a segregated section of Camp Lejeune. Between 1942 ...

Thank you Editor Michael A. Smith for the wonderful coverage of the Montford Point Marines that Reporter Lauren Frick and Photographer Stuart Villanueva did.

Established in 1942, the Montford Point Marines, an all-Black, North Carolina-based unit, became this country's first Black marines. Until then, Black men were not allowed to join the Corps.

Officer Candidate School candidates, sergeant instructors and physical training instructors honored the first African ...

The Montford Point Marine Association credits the ABC Owned Television Stations' call to action for helping produce the largest group to receive replicas of the Congressional Gold Medal since 2012.

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Eighty years ago, at the height of World War II, the first Black Marines arrived for basic training at Camp Montford Point, a segregated section of Camp Lejeune. Between 1942 ...