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The Question of Integrating U.S. Forces in Greenland, 1948

by ncurrie, posted in Civil Rights, State and Foreign Affairs

An earlier post discussed a late 1949/early 1950 exchange of correspondence between the Department of Defense and the Department of State about potential international implications of the integration of the U.S. armed forces in the late 1940s.  Defense officials wanted to know if there were “political objections to the stationing of individual Negroes or non-segregated … Continue reading The Question of Integrating U.S. Forces in Greenland, 1948

Foreign Policy Aspects of Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces

by dlangbar, posted in Civil Rights, State and Foreign Affairs

By David Langbart By Executive Order 9981 (NAID 300009), dated July 26, 1948, President Harry S Truman ordered the integration of the armed forces of the United States.  Given the stationing of large numbers of American forces overseas after World War II, that move potentially had ramifications for U.S. relations with host countries.  With that … Continue reading Foreign Policy Aspects of Integration of the U.S. Armed Forces