In 2003 the Chief of Staff, Army, General Eric K. Army Center of Military History, 2009.Īrmy Organization for Diversity, 2003-2010 Honor and Fidelity: The 65th Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953, Gilberto N.Nisei Linguists: Japanese American in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II, James C.Army Experience, 1973-2004, Anne Chapman. The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978, Bettie J.
Black Soldier/White Army: the 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea, William T.Army Center of Military History, 1981, 2001. Integration of the Armed Forces 1940-1965, Morris MacGregor, Jr.The Employment of Negro Troops, Ulysses Lee, Washington, D.C.: U.S.Here are just a few of the products that the Center of Military History has produced over the years that highlight the challenges and obstacles faced by diverse elements of America that have, to greater or lesser success, been incorporated into the U.S. How the Army has wrestled with incorporating various diverse elements of American society in its ranks is thus a matter of continuing interest to the Army, its leadership, and the American people. It has gone so far as to see diversity as a positive matter and greater diversity as a goal that should be encouraged. Yet in its centuries of existence, it can be said that gradually the Army has been more and more accommodating to a wider variety of divergent elements of society and it has become more reflective of the society it services. African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans, women and homosexuals have at various times been banned from service, allowed in only in small numbers, or allowed in only under special conditions. The most obvious of these categories of unfit for service have included those who were not physically fit, were medically incapable (including a wide variety of incapacitating diseases, allergies, etc.), or those determined to be mental insufficient (both in terms of intelligence and mental illness.) In addition, the Army, guided by Congress and responding to various societal norms over time, have either prohibited or severely limited service by a wide variety of social and ethnic groups. It has discriminated over the years against a variety of American citizens that it has deemed unfit for service. The United States Army is not entirely a reflection of American society.