Re: "Police Action"?

[<GRBroman@aol.com>]

To be perfectly correct, the first time black and white Americans served together in what would become the US Army was the American Revolutionary war.  They also served together in Europe in 1944/45 as individual replacements during the Bulge.  Stephen Ambrose discusses this in his book "Citizen Soldiers".  He makes the claim that the leaders of the Army in Europe in 1944 realized that the color of your skin has nothing to do with your ability and they were the ones that led the Army to desegregate after WWII.  IIRC, it didn't really take hold until the Korean War.  As to your question "do police actions provide civil rights"  I'm not sure I understand your question.Glen



In a message dated Thu, 7 Jun 2001  2:16:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Vincent H. Bartning" <Bartning@prodigy.net> writes:

<< Hello all:

Although Korea was not an officially-declared war, it was a UN action
unlike Vietnam.  Moreover, people have been talking about civil rights
associated with it, and blacks for the first time served with whites.  What
was the unit, the 1st Ranger Battalion that integrated its soldiers?

Anyway, as an American, I wonder about civil rights?  What's important?
What's not?  I'm also trying to begin a nonprofit to help families
(friends, etc.?) of US killed in action (KIA), and the Pentagon's said it's
"enthusiastic."  Hopefully, my missive here will help.  Do "police actions"
provide civil rights?

Thanks,

Vincent Henry Bartning

first-cousin, once-removed, Louis E. Bartning, KIA 1951
grandson, John Wallace Rich, KIA 1944, Aachen

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