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Image: Howard P. Perry, the first African-American US Marine Corps recruit

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Description: Portrait of Howard P. Perry, the first African-American recruit to join the US Marine Corps, which integrated in June 1941.
Title: Howard P. Perry, the first African-American US Marine Corps recruit
Credit: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID fsa.8d16367. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
Author: Roger Smith Note: Erroneously credited to John Vachon by the Library of Congress; see alternate shot here
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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