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Col. Christopher Dowling, right, commanding officer, Weapons Field Training Bn., Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., reads an excerpt from a new obstacle on the Crucible dedicated to the Montford Point Marines, Nov. 10. Seven of the original Montford Point Marines attended the dedication. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered an end to discrimination in the military in 1941, African-American men volunteered to serve in the Corps and trained at Montford Point, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
| Date Taken: | 11.10.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 11.21.2011 11:28 |
| Photo ID: | 490015 |
| VIRIN: | 111110-M-0000P-601 |
| Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
| Size: | 6.38 MB |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 220 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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