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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822809303321

Autore

McLaurin Melton Alonza

Titolo

The Marines of Montford Point : America's first Black Marines / / Melton A. McLaurin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8078-9862-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

359.9/608996073

Soggetti

Montford Point Camp (Camp Lejeune, N.C.)

Camp Lejeune (N.C.) History 20th century

United States Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-196) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Home towns -- Joining up -- Getting there -- Training at Montford Point -- Resisting segregation in the civilian world -- Fighting segregation in the Corps -- Combat and service: World War II -- Combat and service: Korea and Vietnam -- Legacy -- Epilogue: interviewee biographies.

Sommario/riassunto

Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines