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Were they? The wikipedia page is full of [citation needed] around the numbers, so I'm having trouble confirming this.
by rbecker 6y ago
Were they? The wikipedia page is full of [citation needed] around the numbers, so I'm having trouble confirming this.
- emerged 6y agoI'm seeing mixed information too, now that I've started looking deeper. I suppose it was a tangential point in the first place, but now I'm really curious.
- 082349872349872 6y agoinductions (rough parity): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_the_US_armed_forces_during_World_War_II#One_million_African-American_inductions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_the_US_ar... enlistments (far below): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_the_US_armed_forces_during_World_War_II#African_American_enlistments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_the_US_ar... The WP text seems to quote the following directly: https://history.army.mil/documents/wwii/minst.htm https://history.army.mil/documents/wwii/minst.htm > "The reasons why relatively few Negroes enlisted during World war II were numerous. The principal one, however, was the severe restrictions placed against Negro enlistments by the armed forces, which, in some periods, amounted to complete prohibition."