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Pfc. Burnie W. Hill is posthumously honored with four awards during a Congressional Gold Medal Award Ceremony May 31, 2018 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. His son, Clement E. Hill, accepted the citations a behalf of his father, a Montford Point Marine. In 1942, African Americans were given the opportunity to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. Nearly 20,000 African Americans from 1942-1949 were trained separately from their white counterparts at Montford Point, a facility at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
| Date Taken: | 05.31.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 06.05.2018 15:24 |
| Photo ID: | 4447526 |
| VIRIN: | 140117-M-VM429-150 |
| Resolution: | 7360x4140 |
| Size: | 1.89 MB |
| Location: | US |
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