Sujet
African American Montford Point Marines
Légende
New recruits learn to drill. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps enlisted 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 Marine Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (Photo by Roger Smith)
United States
Date
01 juin 1942
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/HUM Images
Notre référence
UMG22A05_195
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
5,4Mo (323,6Ko) / 13,5cm x 9,9cm / 1600 x 1173 (300dpi)