Produced by Suzanne Shell, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, author's spelling has been retained. --Missing page numbers correspond to illustration or blank pages.] INTEGRATION OF THE ARMED FORCES 1940-1965 _DEFENSE STUDIES SERIES_ INTEGRATION OF THE ARMED FORCES 1940-1965 _by_ _Morris J. MacGregor, Jr._ _Defense Historical Studies Committee_ (as of 6 April 1979) Alfred Goldberg Office of the Secretary of Defense Robert J. Watson Historical Division, Joint Chiefs of Staff Brig. Gen. James L. Collins, Jr. Chief of Military History Maj. Gen. John W. Huston Chief of Air Force History Maurice Matloff Center of Military History Stanley L. Falk Office of Air Force History Rear Adm. John D. H. Kane, Jr. Director of Naval History Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Edwin H. Simmons Director of Marine Corps History and Museums Dean C. Allard Naval Historical Center Henry J. Shaw, Jr. Marine Corps Historical Center Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data MacGregor, Morris J Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 (Defense studies series) Includes bibliographical references and index. Supt. of Docs. no.: D 114.2:In 8/940-65 1. Afro-American soldiers. 2. United States--Race Relations. I. Title. II. Series. UB418.A47M33 335.3'3 80-607077 _Department of the Army_ _Historical Advisory Committee_ (as of 6 April 1979) Otis A. Singletary University of Kentucky Maj. Gen. Robert C. Hixon U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Brig. Gen. Robert Arter U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Sara D. Jackson National Historical Publications and Records Commission Harry L. Coles Ohio State University