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Blacks in the MilitaryEntry/Object ID
9999.BHF.334Scope and Content
Military, Black
The story is a photocopy of a newspaper article Black unit wins first counter attack by Karhryn Gamble. When the Korean War began in 1950 black service personnel in the Army were still assigned to racially segregated units. President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order that he intended to lead to the desegregation of the Armed Forces. Negros win first counter attach. The largest all black unit was the 25th Infantry Division's 24th Infantry Regiment. Landing in Korea on July 13, 1950 the 24th Infantry Regiment launched the first successful counter attack of the war at Pechon. This led to more black soldiers being sent to Korea.
Kathryn Gamble only knew of one relative that served in this war. Boatswain mate Alvin Hoggatt of Kansas City, Missouri. He served aboard the USS Butler that transported troops to Pusan, Korea and returned them to San Francisco. By the end of the war the Air Force, the Marines and the Navy was totally integrated. Of the 33, 629 Americans killed in action in Korea, 3,223 were black.Collection
Black ArchivesLexicon
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