Ethnic minorities in the US armed forces during World War II | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-15

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00:01:06 1 White minority participation
00:02:04 1.1 Latino-Americans
00:03:59 1.2 Jewish-Americans
00:04:57 1.3 Polish-Americans
00:05:54 1.4 Italian-Americans
00:06:27 1.5 Arab-Americans
00:06:47 1.6 Armenian-Americans
00:08:01 2 Possible reasons for ethnic minority participation
00:10:22 3 Detailed instances of racial discrimination
00:12:59 4 Statistical information
00:13:51 4.1 Minority groups
00:14:34 4.1.1 One million African-American inductions
00:17:35 4.1.2 Inductions of other minority groups
00:19:29 4.1.3 African American enlistments
00:20:46 4.2 Army inductions by race, July 1, 1944-December 31, 1945 United States and Territories
00:23:24 5 Notes
00:23:32 6 See also



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Ethnic minorities served in the US armed forces during World War II. All citizens were equally subject to the draft. All minorities were given the same rate of pay.  The 16 million men and women in the services included over 1 million African Americans, along with 33,000+ Japanese-Americans, 20,000+ Chinese Americans, more than 20,000 American Indians, and 16,000 Filipino-Americans. About 65,034 Puerto Ricans served as well as about 500,000 Mexican-Americans (both white and mestizo) and smaller numbers of other Hispanics. Group totals for European ethnic groups were not tabulated. They were released from service in 1945-46 on equal terms, and were eligible for the GI Bill and other veterans benefits on a basis of equality.  Many veterans, having learned organizational skills, and become more alert to the nationwide situation of their group, became active in civil rights activities after the war.