On July 26, 1948, President Truman told the US armed forces, “You WILL integrate, starting now.” And they did.https://twitter.com/RidT/status/1268932890760564736 …
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(And so, in 1961 my Company Commander, Captain Johnson, was a black man. 1961. He was an education for our white recruits, and me.)
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(I should add: most of our Platoon Sergeants were Puerto Rican and veterans of the Korean War. They had truths to tell while turning young civilians into soldiers who then served in Vietnam.)
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(Read Halberstam’s THE COLDEST WINTER for how the fucked-up Vietnam War was largely the result of the fucked-up parts of the Korean War and its aftermath.)
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Omg thank you for this reference I did not have this connection.
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