WHAT PRESIDENT DESEGREGATED THE MILITARY IN 1948?

No, Eisenhower was not the president in 1948. Truman was. However, Truman's order did not desegregate the military. It started the ball rolling so, gi8ve Truman credit. The military did not become fully integrated until 1954. Eisenhower took the oath Jan 20TH 1953. In Oct. 1953 the Army announced 95% integration. While Truman appointed commissions to investigate the impact and logistics, when he left office, the only integration that had occurred were in S. Korea where casualties required the acceptance of Negro soldiers to maintain troop strength. Eisenhower advocated integration as a general and, as President, pushed his former military peers to move forward with integration post haste. Both deserve credit. However, Truman is sometimes given full credit while Eisenhower is never mentioned.