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More Negro Officers Plan Put to LB
President Johnson backed Whitney Young Jr s recommendation to promote more Negroes to officer ranks after a Viet Nam tour. Young found high morale and unprecedented integration among troops but concern over officer promotions. Defense data show 3.6 percent Army officers, 1.6 percent Air Force officers are Negroes. Navy and Marine Corps are well under one percent.
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