he served as a stewards makte. you see the rating insignia. and the dress blue jumper here. anderson served meals have a flash -- anderson served meals, polished silverware, and performed duties that were polishing shoes for the military. similar to what harold ward said earlier. fighting for our country by shining shoes. anderson did receive, like ward, a purple heart for wounds sustained when the lexington was torpedoed. by a japanese plane in december of 1943. so african-americans who served with the marine corps were trained separately from white marine corps recruits. the separate, segregated training facility was in north carolina. the african american marines during world war ii were known as montford point marines. this was a pioneering group. we are fortunate to have several uniforms in the national world war ii museum's collection. from these pioneers to the u.s. marine corps. this is a uniform worn by charles allen, his son spoke recently at the exhibit's opening. he said that his father wanted his dress blues, this was a very significant achievement. not only for