BLACK MARINES OPEN SEGREGATED RECRUIT DEPOT
Montford Point, North Carolina • August 26, 1942 On this date in 1942, 12 miles/19 km upriver from the new whites-only amphibious training camp at Camp Lejeune, the first set of black Marine Corps recruits set up a segregated recruit depot of their own. The training camp, named Montford Point, was a satellite camp of Camp Lejeune…