Units such as the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters; the Tuskegee Airmen; the Montford Point Marines; and the Buffalo Soldiers are no longer central to the story the ...

They were members of the original Montford Point Marines, the first Black soldiers to serve in the military since the Revolutionary War. Greason returned home from Iwo Jima. His two friends did not.

The Montford Point Marines were the first Black unit to serve in the Marine Corps during World War II. Black Americans were enlisted into the Marines at the direction of a 1942 executive order ...

The college’s board decided not to renew the contract of its superintendent, Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, who led diversity efforts and removed a Confederate statue on campus.

Members of the Montford Point Marine Association’s Charlotte chapter at Tuckaseegee Elementary on Feb. 21. (Photo by Pat Moran) Veterans with the Montford Point Marine Association, a nonprofit that ...

Veterans with the Montford Point Marine Association visited Tuckaseegee Elementary School to share the story of the the first-ever Black Marines, who trained at Montford Point in North Carolina.

The Montford Point Marines are the first class of African Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps. The original camp for black marines at Camp Lejeune was Montford Point Camp. Over 20,000 ...

However, the Montford Point Marines’ performance during the war changed that expectation. Nearly 400 Montford Point Marines were issued the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony in July 2012.

Montford Point is now part of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina --- the main Marine Corps infantry base for the East Coast --- and is called Camp Johnson after one of those first Black marines.

The Montford Point Marines were the first Black men to serve in the United States Marine Corps. Because of segregation, they were not sent to Camp Lejeune for bootcamp with their white counterparts.

At 100 years old, he is the oldest living Montford Point Marine who saw service in World War II. The Montford Point Marines were the first African Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps.

At 100 years old, he is the oldest living Montford Point Marine who saw service in World War II. The Montford Point Marines were the first African Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps.