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African Americans entered military service. The Tuskegee Airmen became pilots and flew missions to protect other aircraft. Other African Americans fought on the ground or the sea. Many were put in drudge jobs in non combat positions. There was a great deal of segregation during the war but Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 8802 to prevent discrimination in the defense industries and after World War II, Truman ended discrimination in the armed forces.

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