Separate and unequal: race relations in the AAF during World War II

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DIANE Publishing, 2000 - 60 páginas
 

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Página 6 - The Army is not a sociological laboratory; to be effective it must be organized and trained according to the principles which will insure success. Experiments to meet the wishes and demands of the champions of every race and creed for the solution of their problems are a danger to efficiency, discipline and morale, and would result in ultimate defeat.1 "The Army is not a sociological laboratory.
Página 37 - AAF, because some of its recent actions were "so objectionable and inexcusable that I have no alternative but to resign in protest and to give public expression to my views.
Página 6 - September 22, would be tantamount to solving a social problem which has perplexed the American people throughout the history of this nation. The Army cannot accomplish such a solution, and should not be charged with the undertaking.
Página 10 - negro pilots cannot be used in our present Air Corps units since this would result in having negro officers serving over white enlisted men," creating "an impossible social problem.
Página 6 - ... experiments within the Army in the solution of social problems are fraught with danger to efficiency, discipline, and morale."7 Winning the war was Marshall's obsession, and rightly so.
Página 47 - Furthermore, he realized that "90 percent of the trouble with Negro troops was the fault of the whites" and directed his staff officers "to give serious thought to handling this important problem.
Página 33 - I will not tolerate any mixing of the races and anyone who protests will be classed as an agitator, sought out, and dealt with accordingly.
Página 31 - I repeatedly gave instructions that I did not want a colored chauffeur.
Página 36 - Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (left), Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy, and Assistant Secretary of War for Air Robert A. Lovett.
Página 20 - The AAF dogmatically pursued a system of segregation that was almost impossible to maintain. It even went so far as to violate War Department regulations in order to prevent the mixing of whites and blacks in officers

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