Platoon 35. On July 6, 1948, Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, integrating the United States Armed Forces. This photo is dated July 1, 1950, so it's one of the first integrated Marine Corps training classes from Parris Island, in South Carolina. Unless I missed someone, I counted five black troops in the class. Anyway, a fair amount of info on the front of the photo. M.C.R.D. stands for Marine Corps Recruiting Depot. Just for the hell of it, I did a search for the three sergeants named, H.A. Eravi, H.E. Moore, and P.H. Myers. Nothing came up. There is an Ashley Moog, professional photographer located in Beaufort, South Carolina. A daughter or a granddaughter of the Moog credited as the photographer on the front of the print. Possible, perhaps even probable, but not guaranteed.
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