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Video: Marine Corps veteran reflects on anniversary of military desegregation

By Kevin Schmidt on February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 African American History Month, Armed Forces Retirement Home, February, Kevin Schmidt, U.S. Naval Museum, WWII

2018 marks the 70th anniversary of President Harry Truman’s directive to end racial segregation in the armed services – a WWII Marine Corps vet talks about his experience as an early volunteer in the service.