Montford Point Marines

Information and Images provided by National Montford Point Marine Association, NC Triad Triangle Chapter 38 & Yalik’s African American Art & Cultural Movement
Information and Images provided by National Montford Point Marine Association, NC Triad Triangle Chapter 38 & Yalik’s African American Art & Cultural Movement
Information and Images provided by National Montford Point Marine Association, NC Triad Triangle Chapter 38 & Yalik’s African American Art & Cultural Movement
Information and Images provided by National Montford Point Marine Association, NC Triad Triangle Chapter 38 & Yalik’s African American Art & Cultural Movement
Information and Images provided by National Montford Point Marine Association, NC Triad Triangle Chapter 38 & Yalik’s African American Art & Cultural Movement
Information and Images provided by National Montford Point Marine Association, NC Triad Triangle Chapter 38 & Yalik’s African American Art & Cultural Movement
Information and Images provided by National Montford Point Marine Association, NC Triad Triangle Chapter 38 & Yalik’s African American Art & Cultural Movement

The first African-American recruits in the United States Marine Corps trained at the segregated Montford Point Camp at Jacksonville, North Carolina between 1942 - 1949.