The Montford Point Marine Association (MPMA) is a military veteran's organization, founded to memorialize the legacy of the first African Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps. The first African American Marines were trained at Camp Montford Point, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, from 1942 to 1949.
1940 EGA
  

HOME OF THE ORIGINAL MONTFORD POINTERS

MPMA Banner

Emergency Notification Form


  

**** THANK YOU ****

Montford Point Marine Memorial Project

 

To Contact the National President Click here

With your help we can write history. By placing your contribution, the Montford Point Marine Association will Educate & Inspire generations of Americans for years to come.

Your tax deductible donation will go a long way in helping us complete this Memorial Project.

Montford Point Marine Association is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit veterans organization.  The Association is not financially supported by any university or governmental agency.

For more information on the project click here and we encourage you to share this with educators, students and friends.

Once again we thank you and semper Fi!....

 

Dr. James T. Averhart, Jr.

National President

Montford Point Marine Assoc, Inc.

P. O. Box 64066

Virginia Beach, Virginia. 23467

.

 

Break

 

 

 
ARMY
usn
usmc
usaf
 
 

Contact Web Master

Montford Point Marine Association is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit veterans organization

  

Monument Project

To construct a fitting memorial to honor the 20,000 African American Marines who fought for the "Right to Fight” and to educate and inspire youth and Marines (Past / Present / Future) and instill the value of perseverance.

Break

FEATURED SITES

Break

Veterans History Project Logo -- Click to visit the Veterans History Project.

The Veterans History Project collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. Created and authorized by Congress, the Veterans History Project received unanimous support in the House and Senate and was signed into law on October 27, 2000.

Break

Military .com

Black Military World

Library

Together we served

UNS TWS

ArmyTWS

Air Force TWS

Military Officers of America Association

Senior Education

product image 1
ABOUT US
read more >

During a demonstration while training at Montford Point, Cpl Arvin L. "Tony" Ghazlo, instructor in unarmed combat, disarms his assistant, PFC Ernest Jones. National Archives Photo 127-N-5334
HISTORY
read more >

product image 2 Herman Rhet "Final Roll Call"

product image 2
Pictures of African Americans During World War II

Documentary Order form
Fighting for Freedom Documentary Order Form

 

Ceremonial music performed by "The President's Own" United States Marine Band with bugle calls by"The Commandant's Own" United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps. Down Load are free for use during ceremonies

African American Year Book

The website is directed toward multiple audiences ranging from scholars and researchers to the general public. All of the information provided by this site is free and accessible to the public. We hope you will use the information and share it and the website with all of those who are interested in knowing more about the historical experiences of the nearly one billion people of African ancestry around the world.

 

  
10 January, 2012 © 2006 Montford Point Marine Association, Inc.