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Somewhere in the Pacific_Serving with the famed 2nd Marine Division is Corporal Joseph T. Holmes
Somewhere in the Pacific_ Serving with the Famed 2nd Marine Division is Marine Private First Class Else Woods, Jr.
Somewhere in the Pacific_ Serving with the Famed 2nd Marine Division is Marine Private First Class George W. Simpkins
Somewhere in the Pacific_ The mailman rings for Private First Class Hamilton F. Phillips
Tank Practice_ Marine Privates Howard Brown (left), of Jackson, Miss., and Arthur Williams, Atlantic City, NJ., during tank practice at Camp Lejeune, NC., where members of their race talk their Marine Corps basic training.
The Know How_ Corporal Arvin Lou Ghazlo (right), shows Private Ernest C. Jones, of Brooklyn, NY., how to disarm an enemy while unarmed yourself. The scene is Camp Lejeune, N.C., where Colored Marines receive their basic training.
Wearing the uniform of the U.S. Marine Corps for the first time in the history of this 167-year-old branch of the armed services, Negro Marines are now undergoing training at Montford Point, a section of the 200-square-mile Marine Base, Camp Lejeune, at New River, N.C.