Nationwide — The daughter of Alfred Masters, the first African American man enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, says she’s shocked that a webpage honoring her father was quietly removed from the Marine Corps website. She believes it was taken down as part of a Pentagon review of diversity-related content.

Alfreda Masters said her father was initially rejected by the Marines in 1942 because he was Black. But after a recruiter later offered him the chance to enlist, he became the first Black Marine. He served in a segregated unit during World War II and reached the rank of technical sergeant. His service included deployments in Guam and the South Pacific.

Until recently, the Marine Corps had honored him in a Black History Month article, which also recognized the Montford Point Marines — the first group of Black Marines who served during segregation. That page now leads to a “404 Not Found” error.

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