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Montford Point
Recruit training depot for black Marines, 1942-49. Renamed 1974 Camp Johnson for Sgt. Maj. Gilbert Johnson, drill instructor. One mi. SE.
Marker is at the intersection of Lejeune Boulevard (North Carolina Route 24) and Montford Landing Road, on the right when ...
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Montford Point Marines
The First Black Marines
"The footprints of the Montford Point Marines were left on the beaches of Roi-Namur, Saipan, Guam, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. The tides and winds have, long ago, washed them out into the seas of history; but, ...
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