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Marines honored for their time at Montford Point

More than 20,000 black Marines were trained at Camp Montford Point in the mid to late 1940s. Those who trained there have been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

Montford Marine death | 108-year-old NC Montford Point Marine Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr. dies in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr. served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War eras, according to NC Dept of Military and Veterans Affairs.

One of the first Black men to break color barrier in Marine Corps dies at 108

Cosmas Eaglin was a veteran of three American wars between the 1940s and 1960s and was one of the first 300 Black recruits to enter the Marines.

Original Montford Point Marine veteran dies at 108

108-year-old veteran of 2 wars dies in Fayetteville

The NC Department of Military and Veterans Affairs recognized the loss of an original Montford Point Marine and World War II veteran.