Title: Ethnic minorities in the US armed forces during World War II - Wikipedia
Headings: Ethnic minorities in the US armed forces during World War II
Ethnic minorities in the US armed forces during World War II
Contents
White minority participation
Latino-Americans
Jewish-Americans
Polish-Americans
Italian-Americans
Arab-Americans
Armenian-Americans
Possible reasons for ethnic minority participation
Detailed instances of racial discrimination
Statistical information
Minority groups
One million African-American inductions
Inductions of other minority groups
African American enlistments
Notes
See also
References
Further reading

Content: According to House concurrent resolution 253, 400,000 to 500,000 Hispanic Americans served. They were released from military service in 1945-46 on equal terms, and were eligible for the G.I. Bill and other veterans' benefits on a basis of equality. Many veterans, having learned organizational skills, and become more alert to the nationwide situation of their group, became active in civil rights activities after the war. Contents
1 White minority participation
1.1 Latino-Americans
1.2 Jewish-Americans
1.3 Polish-Americans
1.4 Italian-Americans
1.5 Arab-Americans
1.6 Armenian-Americans
2 Possible reasons for ethnic minority participation
3 Detailed instances of racial discrimination
4 Statistical information
4.1 Minority groups
4.1.1 One million African-American inductions
4.1.2 Inductions of other minority groups
4.1.3 African American enlistments
5 Notes
6 See also
7 References
8 Further reading
White minority participation
The majority of the American population at the outbreak of the war were of European descent, including Italy, Germany, and Ireland. A considerable number of groups legally defined as white could still be considered ethnic minorities at the time, particularly those from Southern or Eastern Europe. Detailed tabulations were not kept for these groups by the U.S. military, which simply listed them all as "white". Separate statistics were kept for African Americans and Asian Americans. Latino-Americans
Main article: Hispanic Americans in World War II
Hispanic Americans, also referred to as Latinos, served in all elements of the American armed forces in the war. They fought in every major American battle in the war According to House concurrent resolution 253, 400,000 to 500,000 Hispanic Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World Wa out of a total of 16,000,000.