Book contents
- A Black Army
- Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
- A Black Army
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: An Experiment in Race Relations
- 1 An All-Black Post in the Middle of the Arizona Desert
- 2 Fourteen Thousand Black Infantrymen
- 3 Separated by the Color Line
- 4 A State-of-the-Art All-Black Hospital
- 5 Fry: City of “Vice”
- 6 A “Plantation”?
- 7 Respectable Women
- 8 An Experiment in Integration
- 9 The First Departure
- 10 A Southern Ambiance
- 11 The Mecca of Entertainment?
- 12 Ready for Combat
- Conclusion: The Outcome of an Experiment
- Notes
- Sources and Select Bibliography
- Index
12 - Ready for Combat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2025
Book contents
- A Black Army
- Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
- A Black Army
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: An Experiment in Race Relations
- 1 An All-Black Post in the Middle of the Arizona Desert
- 2 Fourteen Thousand Black Infantrymen
- 3 Separated by the Color Line
- 4 A State-of-the-Art All-Black Hospital
- 5 Fry: City of “Vice”
- 6 A “Plantation”?
- 7 Respectable Women
- 8 An Experiment in Integration
- 9 The First Departure
- 10 A Southern Ambiance
- 11 The Mecca of Entertainment?
- 12 Ready for Combat
- Conclusion: The Outcome of an Experiment
- Notes
- Sources and Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
At the beginning of 1944, the War Department revised its doctrine on the employment of black troops, trying to purge it of essentializing racism, and prepared the deployment of black units abroad. To find out if the 92nd Infantry Division was fit for combat, despite the indiscipline and inadequacy declared by its commander, numerous inspections took place against a backdrop of extreme tensions and threats of mutiny. Only a regiment made up of the best elements was ultimately judged capable of going to fight in Italy on the Gothic Line.
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- A Black ArmySegregation and the US Military at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1941–1945, pp. 232 - 251Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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