How many black men served during WWII? How many women served during WWII?
A CHRONOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY SERVICE 1941-45 Over 2.5 million African Americans registered for military service during WWII, but only 1 million actually served. Black servicemen were stationed in such diverse spots as Casablanca, Italy, the Aleutians, Northern Ireland, Liberia, New Guinea, the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater, Guam, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Saipan, Okinawa, Peleliu, Australia, France, and England. 1942 The Army Nurses Corps selected Lieutenant (later Captain) Della H. Raney to be its first black Chief Nurse, while she was serving at Tuskegee Air Field, Alabama. There were about 500 African- American Army nurses in WWII who served in segregated units in the United States and overseas. Over 5000 African Americans served as coast guardsmen in WWII, about 965 of whom were petty or warrant officers. One of the more unique duties to which black coast guardsmen were assigned was the horse patrol unit which kept watch on the beaches in New Jersey. Go to
