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Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060
People didn't really have the choice to serve or not to serve back then. When called upon, you served. Additionally, because he was a person of color, he probably served in a lesser position. Do you really think he wanted to serve a country that truly oppressed him? No. But he did, and for that, I thank him dearly.
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While his getting in to OCS wasn't easy, and wasn't for several others at the same time, he was eventually commissioned, and was assigned to the 761st tank battalion.
So not a lesser position, despite the entire military being segregated at the time.
The rest of his military career was a complete mess because of racism though.
Steve B