World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Holsey Gillis
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Fitzgerald, Georgia
Honored By
Grateful Vietnam Veteran
He was part of the first group of black men allowed to join the Marine Corps following a directive by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1942. The men trained at segregated Camp Montford Point in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He fought in the battle of Okinawa.