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Yearbook from Montford Point Marines, Camp Lejeune, New River, NC

ca. 1945

Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This is a dark blue yearbook with red type on the front cover. The cover has a raised front image of a soldier running with a rifle. Just to the right of the soldier is a raised gold image of the U. S. Marines logo. The red type on front cover of book reads: US MARINE CORPS / MONTFORD POINT/ CAMP LEJEUNE/ New River, North Carolina]. The interior of the book contains photographs, text, and inscriptions that detail life at the Montford Point Camp Lejeune. In addition to preprinted photographs, photographic prints have been adhered to pages in the book. There are handwritten inscriptions on some of the pages and inside covers. The back cover of the book is the same dark blue color without any text.

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Catalog reference: 2015.250.1

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