Prior to the signing of Executive Order 9981 by President Harry Truman in July of 1948, segregation was the order of the day in the United States military.
At Vance Air Force Base, then known as Enid Army Air Field, the segregated unit was the 76th Aviation Squadron. These were largely support units providing air base defense or dealing with supplies, ammunition or transportation.
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