Dwight D. Eisenhower was president when schools were legally desegregated in 1954. However, this came about due to the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, not by Presidential order.
Executive Order #9981, issued by Harry Truman, officially desegregated the United States armed forces. It was issued in July of 1948. Full desegregation was not a reality until the Korean War in 1950.
Truman officially desegregated the military.
Harry S. Truman. It was Executive Order 9981 which ordered the desegregation of the armed forces.
The President is the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces.
The President is the Commander In Chief of all the Armed Forces.
As explicitly stated in the US Constitution, the president is Commander in Chief of the US armed forces.
The president of the United States is the president of all citizens including the US armed forces. He is also designated as their commander-in-chief.
The Commander in Chief of all US Armed Forces is the President of the United States.
President Truman
President of the US.
President of the US.
The President, although a civilian, is C-in-C of the US armed forces.