Daily News | James V. Waters Sr., retired police detective and former Marine staff sergeant, has died at 92
The inscription on the gold medal reads: “For outstanding perseverance and courage that inspired social change in the Marine Corp.” President Harry Truman ordered desegregation in the military in 1948, but it was slow in coming.
Born Feb. 22, 1930, in Philadelphia, James Victor Waters grew up in North Philadelphia and enjoyed visits to Woodside Park and Atlantic City with his family. He ran track, graduated from Northeast High School in 1948, and, thanks largely to his wide-ranging bass-baritone singing voice, met Frances Teresa Boyd at St. Elizabeth Roman Catholic Church in 1953 when they sang together in the choir.
Mr. Waters and his family traveled often, and he delighted in planning each journey with detailed itineraries. He consulted travel agents, plotted cross-country trips on maps, and he and his wife embarked on 17 cruises and visited the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Europe, and elsewhere.WATCH: Efforts launched to recover the history and identities of the nation's 1st Black Marines
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