I thought Truman might have told the military to desegregate and suck it up. But desegregation in the military took time after Truman's Exec. Order.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/anniver...desegblurb.htm
"...Naturally, there was resistance to this order within the military. Staff officers from all branches protested anonymously and sometimes even openly to integration. The Fahy Committee worked with the different branches of the military to ensure that the armed forces instituted integration in their recruitment and unit composition practices. Full integration did not come until the Korean War however, when heavy casualties forced segregated units to merge for survival..."
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