Approximately how many Marines were trained at Montford Point during those years?

• A. 5,000
• B. 10,000
• C. 20,000
• D. 30,000

Answer: (C)

Montford Point was the segregated boot camp for African American Marines during World War II, operating from about 1942 to 1949. Historical records indicate roughly twenty thousand Marines were trained there in that period, making it the major intake site for Black Marines before integration of the force. The other figures don’t align with the documented scale of the Montford Point program: five thousand or ten thousand would undercount the trainees, while thirty thousand would exceed what the facility processed.