WWII Marine vet George T Brown awarded Congressional Gold Medal newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An historical ceremony honoring the late Rev. Horace Ray Sr. was held Saturday morning as he was presented posthumously with the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor by the National Montford
80 years after the Montford Point Camp was established to train enlisted African Americans, relatives and other Marines fight to document their contributions before it’s too late.