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Negro Marines prepare for action. 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 three 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, North Carolina. Photo shows "boots" (new recruits) learning to drill Date Taken:1943-03 Location:CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US

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Montford Point Marines [Image 201 of 204]

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Roger Smith, photographer, Office of War Information
Camera location35° 13′ 10.63″ N, 80° 01′ 10.37″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by DVIDSHUB at https://www.flickr.com/photos/28650594@N03/7449500068. It was reviewed on 27 October 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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