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With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the US military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. This book tells the story of these pioneering African American Marines.

The Marines of Montford Point Americas First

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    A Paperback / softback by Melton A. McLaurin

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      Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
      Publication Date: 30/09/2009
      ISBN13: 9780807861769, 978-0807861769
      ISBN10: 0807861766
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      Book Synopsis
      With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the US military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. This book tells the story of these pioneering African American Marines.

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