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Marines honor Montford Point Marines, service members in small southern Illinois town
Marine Corps Sgt. Mike Stachowski greets Marine Corps veteran Archibald Mosley at the Colp Area Veterans Celebration, Dedication and Remembrance ceremony in Colp, Ill., May 27, 2017. The ceremony honored fallen service members, Mosley and three other African-American Marine veterans from Colp, who were among the first African-Americans to join the Marine Corps during World War II. They became known as the Montford Point Marines. Marine Corps photo