No, Eisenhower was not the president in 1948. Truman was. However, Truman's order did not desegregate the military. It started the ball rolling so, gi8ve Truman credit. The military did not become fully integrated until 1954. Eisenhower took the oath Jan 20TH 1953. In Oct. 1953 the Army announced 95% integration. While Truman appointed commissions to investigate the impact and logistics, when he left office, the only integration that had occurred were in S. Korea where casualties required the acceptance of Negro soldiers to maintain troop strength. Eisenhower advocated integration as a general and, as President, pushed his former military peers to move forward with integration post haste. Both deserve credit. However, Truman is sometimes given full credit while Eisenhower is never mentioned.
1948.
President Truman desegregated the armed forces with Executive Order No. 9981 on July 26, 1948.
President Harry Truman banned racial discrimination in the military. The military was desegregated in 1948 with Executive Order 9981.
The military was desegregated by executive order. Executive Order 9981, signed by President Truman on July 26, 1948, forbade discriminating against military personnel because of race, color, religion, or national origin.
President Truman signed an order that desegregated the military.
Harry S. Truman
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.
on July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, requiring the U.S. military be desegregated and provide "equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin."
July 26, 1948 President Harry S Truman issued Presidential Order 9981. This brought to an end segregation in the armed forces. The transition took a while but was completed withing a few years.
Truman officially desegregated the military.
The major civil rights reform accomplished by Harry Truman was integrating the United States military. This occurred in 1948 and was the first major attempt at racial integration.
President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 in 1948, which desegregated the military and prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin. This executive order led to the eventual integration of all branches of the U.S. armed forces.