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    Montford Point Marines [Image 7 of 204]

    Montford Point Marines

    CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES

    06.01.1942

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Kris Daberkoe 

    Communication Directorate             

    Among the outstanding Marines in the original group of black Marines was Pfc. Walker Manley, formerly an organist of the Christian Church in Raleigh, N.C., and a demonstrator for the Hammond Organ Company, who served as a post organist at Camp Lejeune. In addition to being organist for the Montford Point chapel, he was also an organist for several of the chapels where white enlistees worshiped. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps enlisted blacks, June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 black volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st Composite Defense Battalion at Montford Point, a section of the 200-square-miles Marine Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (Photo by Roger Smith)

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    Date Taken: 06.01.1942
    Date Posted: 08.09.2011 12:16
    Photo ID: 440775
    VIRIN: 420601-M-XX999-007
    Resolution: 560x434
    Size: 140.49 KB
    Location: CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US

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