[stand watie]

btw,ALL COMPANIES of our CSA Marines were FULLY DESEGREGATED by Feb 1862. (the company at Savannah was the last one to desegregate on 22Feb1862, according to Dr Blackerby.)

would you care to guess when the USMC enlisted the first BLACK US Marine??

the answer is in late 1944, on order of FDR.

free dixie,sw

[M. Espinola]

"would you care to guess when the USMC enlisted the first BLACK US Marine?? the answer is in late 1944, on order of FDR."

I am well aware of this fact. Why do you believe it took so long since we as Americans were attacked on December 7th, 1941?

Where was the principal opposition stemming from in integrate the U.S. Armed Forces? Would it have anything to do with the pro-segregation Southern politicians thinking if intergration of America's military is 'allowed' how will that effect state mandated segregation of the races in Southern states?

From which portion of the America did politicians on the Hill demand the continuation of the official discriminatory policy regarding the "Tuskegee Airmen"?