Which shows how under-utilized African Americans servicemen were in WW2. Of the 98 combat divisions (Army and Marine) only three were ‘colored.’ And one saw no combat. It wasn’t until after the Bulge that Army blacked Black soldiers is platoons within several White divisions. There were also the Tuskegee flyers- two groups, one of which never saw combat.

When Pearl Harbor happened, only 4 Black sailors had ratings other than cook, messman or stevedore. Two Black crewed ships (a destroyer escort and sub chaser) eventually sailed. The USMC did add some Black leathernecks in defensive battalions and they saw combat in Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.