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Racial Integration Inside Forces
Source: http://www.albany.edu/history/HIS530/afamsoldiers/KoreanWar.html
The Korean war was the first war in which soldiers of color
served in integrated units with white soldiers. This came about because Truman in 1948 initiated executive order 9981 calling on the military to end racial discrimination. However, segregation of soldiers of color continued and a presidential advisory board continued to call for ten percent army quota of African Americans. Full integration of military troops came about because a shortage of enlisted white men, meant the US was having trouble filling out armed forces in Korea. However, this change was slow in coming. In 1951 98 percent of the army’s black soldiers were still serving in segregated units. Despite a John Hopkins University showing that integration did not affect moral among white soldiers, and that integration improved fighting effectiveness. Even later in the fall of 1954, an all-African American unit was still stationed in Europe. By the end of the Korean War, more than 90 percent of African-American soldiers served in integrated units. Japanese-American and Korean soldiers were also integrated into US forces during the Korean War. In 1954, the last segregated all African-American unit dispersed and all African-American’s could be enlisted without a quota system. Now the United States’ military units are completely integrated. Full racial integration of the US armed forces set the stage for integrating military units on the basis on gender, gender identity and sexual preference.
Source: http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.palmcenter.org%2Fpublications%2Fdadt%2Fu_s_military_integration_of_religious_ethnic_and_racial_minorities_in_the_twentieth_century&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGlFoC6KEUKtNOW0TVN70iZAfRyHg
served in integrated units with white soldiers. This came about because Truman in 1948 initiated executive order 9981 calling on the military to end racial discrimination. However, segregation of soldiers of color continued and a presidential advisory board continued to call for ten percent army quota of African Americans. Full integration of military troops came about because a shortage of enlisted white men, meant the US was having trouble filling out armed forces in Korea. However, this change was slow in coming. In 1951 98 percent of the army’s black soldiers were still serving in segregated units. Despite a John Hopkins University showing that integration did not affect moral among white soldiers, and that integration improved fighting effectiveness. Even later in the fall of 1954, an all-African American unit was still stationed in Europe. By the end of the Korean War, more than 90 percent of African-American soldiers served in integrated units. Japanese-American and Korean soldiers were also integrated into US forces during the Korean War. In 1954, the last segregated all African-American unit dispersed and all African-American’s could be enlisted without a quota system. Now the United States’ military units are completely integrated. Full racial integration of the US armed forces set the stage for integrating military units on the basis on gender, gender identity and sexual preference.
Source: http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.palmcenter.org%2Fpublications%2Fdadt%2Fu_s_military_integration_of_religious_ethnic_and_racial_minorities_in_the_twentieth_century&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGlFoC6KEUKtNOW0TVN70iZAfRyHg