Saturday, March 20, 2010

Blacks In WW II

US. Navy - June 1945
Total Blacks - 165,000 (Stewards/Cooks 75,000)
Total Navy - 3,315,000

US Marine Corps - June 1945
Total Blacks - 19,000
Total Marine Corps - 485,000

Of the approximately 19,000 blacks, 13,000 served overseas. 2,500 served in two Marine Defense Battalions, the remainder in Combat Support companies and as Cooks/Stewards.

US Army & Air Corps - June 1945

Total Blacks - 694,000
Total Army and Air Corps - 8,266,373

Total men in Combat units 2.8 million of whom 150,000 were black. There numbers are approximate but blacks were in the following units that saw combat:

Total 89 Divisions - 2 Black (92nd and 93rd)
Total 73 Tank Destroyer Battalions - 3 Black (827th, 679th,614th)
Total 65 Separate Tank Battalions - 3 Black (758th, 761st, 784th)
Total 326 Separate Artillery Battalions - 9 Black
Total 40 Separate Infantry Regiments - 3 Black

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