INTRODUCTION: Racial segregation in the US forces - the Selective Service Act - President Roosevelt and Executive Order 8802 US ARMY: General Benjamin O.Davis Sr; US Army Air Corps/Force: Colonel Benjamin O.Davis Jr and the 'Tuskegee Airmen' - 99th Fighter Squadron - 33nd Fighter Group - 477th Bombardment Group; Armored Force and Tank Destroyers: 761st Tank Battalion - 827th Tank Destroyer Battalion; Cavalry; Field, Coast and Antiaircraft Artillery; Infantry: 92nd Infantry Division - 93rd Infantry Division - 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion - volunteer infantry replacements, 1945 - Executive Order 9981; support and service troops; life overseas US NAVY: Steward's Mate Doris Miller; USS Mason - PC 1264 - Naval Construction Battalions; The Port Chicago Disaster, July 17, 1944 - its aftermath·US MARINE CORPS: Letter of Instruction 421; Gunnery sergeant Gilbert H.Johnson; 51st Defense battalion - 53nd Defense Battalion - other units OTHER MARITIME SERVICES: US Coast Guard - early integration; US Merchant Marine - SS Booker T Washington BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES : Uniforms: US Army - US Navy - US Marine Corps integration; US Merchant Marine - SS Booker T Washington BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES : Uniforms: US Army - US Navy - US Marine Corpsintegration; US Merchant Marine - SS Booker T Washington BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES : Uniforms: US Army - US Navy - US Marine Corpsintegration; US Merchant Marine - SS Booker T Washington BIBLIOGRAPHY PLATE COMMENTARIES : Uniforms: US Army - US Navy - US Marine Corps.