...Services On July 26, 1948, the President issued Executive Order No. 9981 which provided among other things "that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity...regard to race, color, religion or national origin." The order also established a Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services...

...President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services," he officially declared that "there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity...regard to race, color, religion or national origin." His action reflected the growing realization by more and more Americans that our Nation could no longer...

...furtherance of the policy of the President as expressed in Executive Order 9981, dated July 26, 1948, that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity...regard to race, color, religion or national origin, it is the objective of the Department of the Army that Negro manpower possessing appropriate skills...

...a more rapid continuation and extension of the policy of "equality of treatment and opportunity of all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin" in all units of our Armed Forces. The time to start enforcing this policy is now and the place is in...

...gradually integrated. The President's Executive Order No. 9981, of July 26, 1948, announced a policy of "equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons...regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. " The order created the Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services to...

...Executive Order 998 1 to promote "the highest standards of democracy" in the Armed Forces: m It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there...services without regard to race, color, religion or na46 The legal effect of this was to nullify "separate but equal" recruitment, training, and service.102...

...occurred in 1 949 when President Harry S. Truman issued an Executive order which stated, "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there...to race. color, religion, or national origin." This order was executed in the Air Force through an official letter on 11 May 1949. Chaplain Carpenter in...

...segregation was formally abolished by President Truman's Executive Order No. 9981 of July 26, 1948, requiring "equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons...regard to race, color, religion or national origin," and creating a committee to implement the policy. Integration of the all-Negro units was completed...

...Truman declared it — to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment nncl opportunity for all persons in the armed services...to race, color, religion, or national origin. This order was issued in the summer of 1948 and on the whole the Army, Navy, and Air Force have complied...

...regarded this as an important area of civil rights. On July 26, 1948, he directed in an Executive order "that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity...regard to race, color, religion or national origin." 18 Its legal effect was to nullify "separate but equal" recruitment, training, and service. At the...