125,000 african american soldiers were in the armed services during wwii through selective service.
how many african american soldiers were in the armed services during wwii through selective service?
125,000
blacks were an important source of manpower for the armed forces in world war ii as is shown by the fact that a total of 1,056,841 african american registrants were inducted into the armed forces through selective service as of december 31, 1945. of these,









































bullet::::1. 885,945 went into the army,









































bullet::::2. 153,224 into the navy,









































bullet::::3. 16,005 into the marine corps, and









































bullet::::4. 1,667 into the coast guard.









































the african american inductees made up:









































bullet::::1. 10.9 percent of all registrants inducted into the army (8,108,531),









































bullet::::2. 10.0 percent of all inductions into the navy (1,526,250),
ethnic minorities in the us armed forces during world war ii
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selective service act may refer to:









































bullet::::- selective service act of 1917, or selective draft act, enacted april 28, 1917, for the american entry into world war i









































bullet::::- selective training and service act of 1940, enacted september 16, 1940, in preparation for the american entry into world war ii









































bullet::::- selective service act of 1948, enacted june 24, 1948, also known as the:









































bullet::::- universal military training and service act, as renamed and amended by









































bullet::::- military selective service act of 1967, as renamed and amended by
selective service act