First Black Marines
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The Marines Of Montford Point
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Author : Melton A. McLaurin
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2009-09-30
The Marines Of Montford Point written by Melton A. McLaurin and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-30 with categories.
Unlike the Buffalo Soldiers or the Tuskegee Airmen, whose stories have received considerable scholarly attention and exposure in the popular media, the men of Mont ford Point remain virtually unknown. I personally have spoken with young black Marines on the grounds of the original Camp Mont ford Point who knew nothing of its history. Conversatio...
The First Black United States Marines
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Author : Ronald Culp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The First Black United States Marines written by Ronald Culp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
On June 1, 1942, the United States Marine Corps broke a 144-year tradition and enlisted the first black Marines. Three months later, more than 400 black volunteers began their training as members of the 51st Composite Defense Battalion at Montford Point, a Marine camp of over five square miles located within Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Compiled from personal interviews, this volume takes an in-depth look at the men who braved the color barrier and became the first black Marines. Beginning with a look at the pre-World War II Marine Corps, it examines the creed and contemporary image of the USMC.The main focus is the Marine Corps and the fighting experiences of their newest members. Additional topics include internal Marine perspectives on the admittance of blacks, initially enforced quotas, and the difficulties of segregation. Appendices provide information regarding monthly inductions into the Marine Corps from 1941 to 1945; rank and pay structure; depot and ammunition companies from 1943 to 1946; and Pacific Ocean area units of fire for ground weapons.
First Black Marines
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Author : Fred deClouet
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2000-09-05
First Black Marines written by Fred deClouet and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-05 with African American soldiers categories.
If what I saw today (Negroes in U.S. Marine uniforms) is an indication of how the war is going - America is in deep trouble.' These words, spoken by a member of an exclusive upper-Midwestern country club and heard by a black employee, essentially summed up the sentiments of many Americans in 1942. For it was the first time in military history that the Marine Corps had decided to open its doors to Negroes. To this day, some fifty years later, too few people are aware of the contribution and sacrifice of black Marines to the World War II effort. This was the motivating force, which occasioned the writing of this treatise - principally to refute the notion that 'America was in deep trouble.' The reader will find between these pages documentation of the highest order; sources of information from various perspectives, all converging on a common theme.
The First Black Marines
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Author : Trevor R Getz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
The First Black Marines written by Trevor R Getz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Montford Point Camp (Camp Lejeune, N.C.) categories.
"Based on original interviews with World War II veterans, The First Black Marines chronicles the powerful stories of the first African American men who trained and served in the US Marine Corps during the Jim Crow era. As a highly accessible introduction to oral history methodology, this graphic history empowers students to conduct their own research projects"--
Footprints Of The Montford Point Marines
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Author : Eugene S. Mosley
language : en
Publisher: Dagmar Miura
Release Date : 2022-01-15
Footprints Of The Montford Point Marines written by Eugene S. Mosley and has been published by Dagmar Miura this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-15 with History categories.
Footprints of the Montford Point Marines explores historic information about the Montford Point Marines and also my dad, Corporal Thomas Mosley, while serving with the first group of African American Marines in the United States. This is the story of a brief period of his life, from Montford Point Camp to the Pacific in World War II, and seventy years later being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by Congress. These men came from all parts of the United States to the South to train at a segregated facility called Montford Point Camp, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, the largest all-purpose Marine base in the world. It had the best equipment for all types of military training, but these new black enlistees at the adjacent Montford Point Camp were not allowed to enter unless accompanied by a White officer—Camp Lejeune was exclusive to White Marines and their families only. With World War II looming, the government needed all hands on deck and created millions of new jobs in preparation but continued keeping Blacks out of the job market and housing. With the pressure imposed by groups such as the NAACP, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to rethink these exclusions, at least in the federal workplace, and through negotiations with many groups, led by A. Philip Randolph, Executive Order 8802 was issued by President Roosevelt on June 25, 1941, to counter racial discrimination. The U.S. Marine Corps was part of the defense industry, and as a result had to open their ranks to African Americans who wished to serve. The Montford Point Marines became giants in the Asiatic Pacific and were some of the greatest heroes this country has ever known. Through swamps, hills, and worse terrain, under heavy enemy gunfire, they were able to supply ammunition, fuel, food, and medical supplies to troops on the front lines where most others had failed. They were also charged with removing the dead and wounded back to the safety of the ships waiting offshore. Eventually they were called to the front lines and fought in every major battle in the Pacific islands. Some seventy years later, on June 27, 2012, approximately four hundred of these brave men, mostly in their eighties and nineties, finally received their just recognition by receiving Congressional Gold Medals. Other families received the medal posthumously. From 1942 to 1949, the 19,168 Montford Point Marines paid the price so others could follow in their footprints to continue the legacy of the few, the proud, the Marines: Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful). They were also known as “The Chosen Few.”
Uniquely American
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Author : Matthew T. Wareham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Uniquely American written by Matthew T. Wareham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with African Americans categories.
The First Black Marines
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Author : Dave Culmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-24
The First Black Marines written by Dave Culmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-24 with categories.
Into The Tiger S Jaw
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Author : Frank E. Petersen
language : en
Publisher: Presidio Press
Release Date : 1998
Into The Tiger S Jaw written by Frank E. Petersen and has been published by Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Autobiography of the man who was both the first black Marine pilot and the first black Marine general. Covers Petersen's training in the early 1950s, his tours of duty in Korea and Vietnam, and his promotion and duties in his role as a commander and finally general. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Contested Valor
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Author : Cameron D. McCoy
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2023-11-16
Contested Valor written by Cameron D. McCoy and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-16 with History categories.
Contested Valor is a challenging examination of the use and status of black Marines in United States military service during the Cold War era. These pioneering men experienced contested military integration, as well as multiple forms of institutional and social opposition, which called their humanity, manhood, and rights to full citizenship into question. Efforts to undermine their service compromised their right to be counted among the elite and sidelined their story to the fringes of Marine Corps and U.S. history. Cameron McCoy describes the factors and pressures leading to the racial turbulence that surfaced in the Marine Corps from the end of World War II through Vietnam, and the measures taken by civilian and Marine officials to maintain and restore organizational integrity based on a foundation of white supremacy. He examines the psychological effects of institutionalized racism on African American Marines during the Vietnam era and the emergence of a new generation of black men unwilling to submit to the traditions of a Jim Crow Marine Corps. By exploring the realities American society constructed about black Marines, this work calls attention to the diverse ways in which these men coped within a strict, prejudiced organization and found greater purpose as U.S. Marines despite an embattled image. Contested Valor weaves the experiences of black Americans in the armed forces into the larger tapestry of the American racialist past and aptly captures the dilemmas, triumphs, and pitfalls that the first African American Marines encountered during the contentious eras of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. McCoy explores the creation of organizational policies designed to minimize their footprint as U.S. Marines until the social experiment of military integration faded and illustrates the discriminatory practices that further delegitimized their wartime reputation. McCoy demonstrates that black Marines’ absence from the historical record has been compounded by the negligence and oversight of past historians as the Marine Corps reckons with its racist past and its first black Marines.
Blacks In The Marine Corps
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Author : Henry I. Shaw (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Blacks In The Marine Corps written by Henry I. Shaw (Jr.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.