Francis Hooper Jr., Turner Blunt and Johnnie Thompkins dance at the 25th Annual Montford Point Marine Heritage Dinner Dance in Jacksonville, N.C., Feb. 9. All three men were wearing the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to all original Montford Point Marines in honor of their service amongst all former segregation. On July 25, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed executive order 8802, allowing fair employment in the United States Military.