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06-20-08, 08:11 AM
Carbondale native featured in documentary about black Marines in World War II
BY ADAM TESTA, The Southern
Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:10 AM CDT
CARBONDALE -- A little-known story of heroism and segregation will soon be shared with the world.
WSIU Public Television will air the new documentary “The Marines of Montford Point: Fighting for Freedom” Tuesday. The film tells the story of more than 20,000 black Marines who trained at the North Carolina base and fought in World War II.
One of the soldiers who will be featured is Archibald Mosley, a Carbondale native and Southern Illinois University Carbondale who served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. in the 1940s. Mosley’s grandson George inspired him to create a record of his story so it could be remembered for generations to come.
“After we’re gone – and we’re diminishing fast – he’s right; we’ll gone, and the story will perish with us,” said Mosley, who now lives in Pontiac, Mich. “I thought that was a very attentive revelation for my grandson.”
“The Marines of Montford Point” is written and directed by Melton McLaurin, professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and shot and edited by his school’s television department. Academy Award-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. narrates the hour-long documentary.
The show will air locally at 9 p.m. Tuesday on WSIU.
Ellie
BY ADAM TESTA, The Southern
Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:10 AM CDT
CARBONDALE -- A little-known story of heroism and segregation will soon be shared with the world.
WSIU Public Television will air the new documentary “The Marines of Montford Point: Fighting for Freedom” Tuesday. The film tells the story of more than 20,000 black Marines who trained at the North Carolina base and fought in World War II.
One of the soldiers who will be featured is Archibald Mosley, a Carbondale native and Southern Illinois University Carbondale who served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. in the 1940s. Mosley’s grandson George inspired him to create a record of his story so it could be remembered for generations to come.
“After we’re gone – and we’re diminishing fast – he’s right; we’ll gone, and the story will perish with us,” said Mosley, who now lives in Pontiac, Mich. “I thought that was a very attentive revelation for my grandson.”
“The Marines of Montford Point” is written and directed by Melton McLaurin, professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and shot and edited by his school’s television department. Academy Award-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr. narrates the hour-long documentary.
The show will air locally at 9 p.m. Tuesday on WSIU.
Ellie