Alfred Masters
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Alfred Masters was an American
United States
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 member of the United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

. Masters became the first African American
African American
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 in the United States Marines at his swearing-in on June 1, 1942.

Masters married Isabell Masters
Isabell Masters
Dr. Isabell Masters, Ph.D of Topeka, Kansas, was a five-time perennial third-party candidate for President of the United States....

. Together the couple had six children, but the marriage ended in divorce during the 1940s. Isabell Masters went on to become an educator and six-time U.S. presidential candidate.

Alfred Masters died in 1975.
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