Montford Point Memorial 'preserves our legacy'
Jacksonville — Retired Sgt. Edwin Fizer, an original Montford Point Marine, said he and other African American Marines proved themselves during their military service – and they did so with record-breaking rifleman skills. “They weren’t expecting us or expecting anything like us,” Fizer said. When the Marine Corps opened enlistment to African Americans in 1942, recruits trained at Montford Point and served in their own […]
