Calif. man, 97, is one of about 200 living members of the first Black Marines

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Richard Davis keeps his replica Congressional Gold Medal in a glass case that his wife had specially made to hold the award.. The 97-year-old Davis, who lives in Sacramento’s Pocket-Greenhaven community, is one of around 200 people left from roughly 23,000 who trained at the segregated Montford Point Marine camp in North Carolina between 1942 and 1949. These men were the first African-Americans to serve in the United States Marines Corps. And in 2012, the unit was awarded the medal, Congress’s highest expression of appreciation for an individual’s or group’s contributions...