James Anderson Jr., the first Black Marine to be awarded the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor, was killed in an ambush attack in coastal Vietnam in 1967.
Government officials and family members gather around a plaque during a ceremony to rename a Compton post office after PFC James Anderson, Jr., a US Marine who was killed in Vietnam and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, in Compton on Wednesday, Aug. 7. U.S. Postal Service office in Compton has been renamed to honor Private First Class Marine James Anderson Jr., the first Black Marine to be awarded the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor.
Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán announced her bill to rename a Compton post office for the nations first African American Marine Medal of Honor recipient, Pfc. James Anderson, Jr. Government officials and family members gather around a plaque during a ceremony to rename a Compton post office after PFC James Anderson, Jr., a US Marine who was killed in Vietnam and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, in Compton on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
USPS Postmaster Patrick Johnson speaks at a ceremony to rename a Compton post office after PFC James Anderson, Jr., a US Marine who was killed in Vietnam and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, in Compton on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Congresswoman Maxine Waters speaks at a ceremony to rename a Compton post office after PFC James Anderson, Jr., a US Marine who was killed in Vietnam and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, in Compton on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
Congresswoman Nanette Barragán speaks at a ceremony to rename a Compton post office after PFC James Anderson, Jr., a US Marine who was killed in Vietnam and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, in Compton on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
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