The Longest War: African-Americans and the US Navy, Vietnam War

The Longest War: African-Americans and the US Navy, Vietnam War

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(EXCERPT) The War in Vietnam came as the U.S. Southern civil rights
struggle was reaching a climax, and the two conflicts defined a
watershed in race relations in the United States. African-Americans
were heavily involved in Vietnam combat operations, generally in the
lower ranks. As the war became longer and appeared less likely to
produce a victorious outcome, racial and other tensions in American
society, and in the Navy, reached an unprecedented level. During the
early 1970s, this situation led to major changes in the Navy's
approach to its African-American per...

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/p...mer/afa-vn.htm

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Otis Willie
Associate Librarian
The American War Library
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