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Soldiers and Sailors

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Oct 21, 2024

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African American Soldiers and Sailors 1940s. Raymond "Bud" Lewis is kneeling on the right. He was a member of the first Black Marine unit, the Montford Point Marines, inducted March 14, 1944.

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