[rjsimmon]

It was during this period that U.S. Army policy required that African Americans serve in separate military units from white soldiers.

Hmmm... Wasn't there a rather large disagreement a few years prior to that, 1860-ish, that allegedly make the black man equal to the white man???

Right on the tip of my tongue... what was that???

[SandRat]

PExecutive Order 9981 was an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services”!