Montford Point Marine: Arthur Sawyers (Part 1)

Part 1 of 2. Official USMC Oral History interview with Arthur L. Sawyers, a Montford Point Marine. Mr. Sawyers describes training at Montford Point, communications school, his career as one of the first black Marines, segregation, and tours of duty in Guam, desegregation and the Korean War, and service in the postwar Marine Corps.

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