From the July 28, 2016, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Montford Point Marine Dedication Fridayby Ben Steelman.
JACKSONVILLE. The first phase of the National Montford Point memorial will be dedicated at 9 a.m. Friday at Lejeune Memorial Gardens, near the intersection on Montford Landing Road and N.C. 24 in Jacksonville.
The memorial, which stands near the Beirut and Vietnam Memorials, honors the memory of the first blacks to enter the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. They trained at Montford Point, now Camp Johnson in the Camp Lejeune complex.
Because of the military's segregation policy of the time, they were not allowed to train with white Marines.
About Time They Were Honored. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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