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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Verda L. Parker/Released 160308-M-ZZ999-342.JPG
May 9, 2016
Sgt. Frederick Graham (left), heavy equipment engineer maintenance chief, Organic Maintenance Unit, Marine Corps Logistics Command, meets one of the original Montford Point Marines, Henry L. Jackson, a World War II veteran and retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant. Jackson, a Congressional Gold Medal recipient, was one of the 20,000 African-American Marines to attend basic training at Montford Point, North Carolina, on a mandate from then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the period between 1942 and 1949. Jackson and Graham, who recently met, shared some of their experiences in the Marine Corps.
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