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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from The Arcadia Fund https://archive.org/details/blackyanksinpaciOOgree BLACK YANKS IN THE PACIFIC A volume in the series The United States in the World Edited by Mark Philip Bradley and Paul A. Kramer A list of titles in this series is available at www. co rn ellp ress .cornell.edu. BLACKYANKS IN THE PACIFIC Race in the Making of American Military Empire after World War II Michael Cullen Green Cornell University Press Ithaca and London Copyright © 2010 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 2010 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Green, Michael Cullen, 1977- Black Yanks in the Pacific : race in the making of American military empire after World War II / Michael Cullen Green. p.cm.—(The United States in the world) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8014-4896-6 (cloth : alk. paper) I. United States—Armed Forces—African Americans— History—:20th century. 2. African American soldiers— Japan—History—20th century. 3. African American soldiers—Korea—History—20th century. 4. Japan— History—Allied occupation, 1945—1952. 5. Korean War, 1950-1953—Participation, African American. 6. United States—Race relations-—History—20th century. I. Title. II. Series: United States in the world. E185.63.G725 2010 940.54'03—dc22 2010008556 Cornell University Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the tullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. Such materials include vegetable- based, low-VOC inks and acid-free papers that are recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood fibers. For further information, visit our website at www.cornellpress. cornell.edu. Cloth printing 10 987654321 For my parents, Dan and Andrea Green

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