Four families of Montford Point Marines were awarded Congressional Gold Medals Saturday during a celebration at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center.
PHILADELPHIA -- Four families of Montford Point Marines were awarded Congressional Gold Medals Saturday during a celebration at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia.
Due to segregation, the men were not allowed to train at Camp LeJeune with their white counterparts. Instead, they were placed in a field in Montford, North Carolina.Gary Russel Johnson Jr., received a medal on behalf of his father. "In 2012 just over 10 years ago, the United States Congress awarded the congressional gold medal collectively to the first African American Marines, and today we awarded four replicas of that medal to four families in the Philadelphia area," said Joseph Geeter, Past National President, with National Montford Point Marine Association, Inc.
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