One of first black Marines to be honored - The Augusta Chronicle

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One of first black Marines to be honored - The Augusta Chronicle

06-13-2012 06:44 AM


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One of first black Marines to be honored
The Augusta Chronicle
By Kyle Martin Calvin Jones didn't ask for the distinction of serving in World War II as the one of the first blacks allowed to join the Marine Corps. When he was lined up with the other draftees at Fort Benning in 1943, he requested to join the Army.
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