Posted on Jul 17, 2021
African American Service and Racial Integration in the U.S. Military
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My dad was in the first group of white replacements to the 24thID. in Korea. He said those 'Bug Out' stories were all made up by bigots.
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Our Dad was called up after WWII with 19th of 24 ID. Got hit in New Year's Offensive 50/51. He wouldn't talk about much, but the Chinese unleashed 800,000 southbound on 12/31/50.
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CWO3 (Join to see) - My Dad watched them cross the Yalu. They got told they didn't know what they were seeing.
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19th was at western flank of 8th Army lines, RCT 31 got chopped up bad trying to link with USMC 1st MarDiv, all Dad said was it was cold and there were no battle lines once the charge began.
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My father fought in one of the first integrated infantry units in 1950 in Korea. An Iowa farm boy, he felt more affinity to the mainly rural African Americans than the mainly Italian and Irish kids from the cities, and got along well with the Black soldiers.
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To think, the military has been leading society in social justice since nearly it's inception.
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