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Jul 22, 2014

Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Bailey, deputy commandant of Plans, Policies and Operations, presented Congressional Gold Medals to two of the original Montford Point Marines in attendance at the 49th annual Montford Point Marine Association Convention awards banquet here, July 19, 2014. Woodrow Arthur and Cleveland Williams were two of approximately 20,000 black Marines who were trained at the Montford Point training facility in Camp Johnson, North Carolina, when military forces were still segregated.

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