Photo: Black History Month: Montford Point Marines honored
Posted By Brandon Reid On February 29, 2012 @ 6:57 am In Local News, News, Photo Galleries | No Comments
[1]Some surviving veterans of the Montford Point Marines were honored at a ceremony at Rockford’s Memorial Hall Sunday, Feb. 26, as part of Black History Month activities. Pictured above, veteran Marine Edwin Fizer Jr. reacts to an amusing story about the Montford Point Marines during their training. The Montford Point Marines were part of a segregated unit in the U.S. Marine Corps who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. “We basically had to fight two wars,” said Fizer Jr. “We fought the Japanese in the Pacific and segregation back home.” The unit was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal last November by the U.S. Senate. Also, a 3-mile obstacle course has been added to the Marine Corps Officer Candidate curriculum at Quantico, Va., which mirrors the difficult training the Montford Point Marines endured during World War II. (Photo by Jon McGinty)
From the Feb. 29-March 6, 2012, issue
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