Keywords: Larry Elder at Camp Pendleton in 2013.jpg en MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON Calif “ Staff Sgt Randolph Elder was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his service as a Montford Point Marine among the first African Americans to enlist in the Marine Corps after it was desegregated in 1941 by President Franklin Roosevelt His sons Larry and Kirk Elder received the nation ™s highest award to civilians on his behalf Pictured left to right Col Jason Q Bohm 5th Marine Regiment commanding officer Larry Elder U S Rep Dana Rohrabacher California 48th District Kirk Elder and Sgt Maj Alberto Ruiz 5th Marine Regiment sergeant major 2013-08-16 12 01 39 Larry and Kirk Elder accept Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of Staff Sgt Randolph Elder jpg Sgt Jacob Harrer other versions PD-USGov Larry Elder lawyer Men of the United States Lawyers from the United States |