The North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs paid tribute to one of the first Black recruits in the U.S. Marine Corps.⁠ ⁠ The state recently honored a more than century-old veteran, who is one of the last living Montford Point Marines. Cosmas Eaglin Sr. is also a World War II and Korean War veteran living in Fayetteville.⁠ ⁠ “As an original Montford Point Marine, he endured unimaginable obstacles in the segregated Marine Corps,” NC VA Secretary Walter Gaskin said, in a statement. “Because he was a Marine, I am able to be a Marine.”⁠ ⁠ Link to full story by Sharryse Piggott in bio.