Jonas Bender, a co-founder of the African American Genealogy Group (AAGGMV) will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, Wedensday, 20 June 2012, during a ceremony in Washington DC honoring the Montfort Point Marines.

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Congratulations to Jonas and the Montfort Pont Marines!!!!!

Art Thomas (AAGGMV)

Photo is a sketch of Jonas Bender as an 18 y/o Marine on a ship somewhere in the South Pacific. (1943)