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Women honored for military service at NC luncheon

More than 150 people gathered in High Point, N.C., on Friday to recognize female military veterans whose legacy of serving in combat areas dates from the founding of the nation.

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Montford Point Marine Who Served in World War II, Vietnam Dies at 108

Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr., one of the first Black Marines ― who served in the military during three wars ― died Aug. 15.

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2 Black Marines Who Broke Racial Barriers During WWII Die Within Days of Each Other

Cosmas Eaglin Sr. and Nathaniel "Nate" Boone joined the segregated Montford Point Marines during World War II and were honored decades later for helping break racial lines in the military.

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Montford Point Marine who served in World War 2, Vietnam dies at 108

Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr. joined the Marine Corps at age 27 and served two years in the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II.

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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.

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