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Montford Point Marine, Veteran of Two Wars, Dies at 91 Screen shot of a video interview with Robert L. Moore on the day the Montford Point Marines received the Congressional Gold Medal at Camp Pendleton, Calif., August 14, 2012. (U.S. Marine Corps video/Sgt. Eugenio Montanez) 16 Mar 2021 The San Diego Union-Tribune | By Pam Kragen In 1946, Robert L. Moore was stunned to see two Black Marines in uniform walking down the stree...

Oceanside —  In 1946, Robert L. Moore was stunned to see two Black Marines in uniform walking down the street near his home in North Carolina. Those men were Montford Point Marines, who were the first Black men to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps. Beginning in August 1942, about 20,000 Black men — including Moore, who rushed to enlist after seeing the men — trained at the segregated Camp Montford Point in Jacksonville, N.C. The camp was decommissioned in 1949 when President Harry Truman ...