December 20, 2011
Ambassador Theodore Britton, right, with Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the U.S.Marine Corps.
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Marine Britton fought racism, perceptions during WWII, Korea
Theodore R. Britton Jr. dealt with racial segregation at home but was a brother in the U.S. Marine Corps as World War II wound down. Denied a commission during the Korean War, he led a successful life of learning that culminated in an ambassadorship to Barbados and Grenada.
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