# Military history question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-history-question/42933>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-history-question/42933 "2000-11-27T23:23:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-history-question/42933/1 "2000-11-27T23:23:26Z")

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This may already have been answered, but my quick search turned up nothing.

When did the US Army integrate? Conversely, when did the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, etc. integrate?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-history-question/42933/2 "2000-11-27T23:29:09Z")

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Read about the ins and outs of the integration of the US Armed Forces here

[http://www.whistlestop.org/study\_collections/desegregation/large/deseg1.htm](http://www.whistlestop.org/study_collections/desegregation/large/deseg1.htm)

In theory, it started July 26, 1948 with Executive Order 9981, but it took quite a while for all the forces to achieve integration and some units already were integrated in the Navy.