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Cpl. Arvin L. Ghazlo demonstrates to a bayonet class a technique for disarming the enemy. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the Marine Corps started enlisting blacks, June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 black volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st Composite Defense Battalion at Montford Point, a section of the 200-square-miles of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
| Date Taken: | 06.01.1942 |
| Date Posted: | 07.16.2012 15:43 |
| Photo ID: | 625864 |
| VIRIN: | 420601-M-XX999-001 |
| Resolution: | 560x442 |
| Size: | 172.82 KB |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 226 |
| Downloads: | 28 |
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