First Black Marines

In this April 1943 image provided by the Marine Corps, a platoon of Monfort Marine recruits stand at attention in New River, North Carolina. Nearly 70 years after the Marine Corps, the last military branch to racially integrate, accepted segregated black units, the Marine Corps’ top general is pushing to honor the history of the Monfort Point Marines. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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