June 6, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 95 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING GUNNERY SERGEANT HENRY L. BAUL, FOUNDER OF MONTFORD POINT 
                        MARINES OF AMERICA, INC.

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                           HON. RASHIDA TLAIB

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 6, 2019

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, it is with great honor that I recognize 
Gunnery Sergeant Henry L. Baul, the 5th African-American Marine in the 
nation to be inducted into the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942 following 
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802, which ended 
discrimination in the armed forces.
  Although the executive order may have intended to end all 
discrimination, it did not end segregation. Between 1942 and 1949, 
approximately twenty thousand Black Marines trained at a segregated 
facility named Camp Montford Point, New River, Marine Corps Base Camp 
Lejeune in North Carolina. The Montford Marine Corp is derived from the 
name of the facility and Mr. Baul trained there.
  In 2011, President Barack Obama and the 112th U.S. Congress passed 
legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford 
Marine Corp at a special ceremony at the U.S. Capitol and Marine Corps 
Barracks here in D.C.
  Mr. Baul, age ninety-six, is a resident of the city of Detroit. He is 
also Founder and President-Emeritus of the Montford Point Marines of 
America, Inc. non-profit.
  I am proud to recognize Mr. Baul for his work and service. Mr. Baul 
and so many others decided to serve this country even in the face of 
adversity and discrimination right here at home. Today, I lift up the 
veterans across the 13th Congressional District and the great state of 
Michigan in recognition of their service and commitment.

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