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From: ibism!kpt@uunet.UU.NET (Kevin Tyson)
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Subject: Re: racial makeup of US armed forces
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Date: 15 Feb 91 07:20:16 GMT
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From: ibism!kpt@uunet.UU.NET (Kevin Tyson)

In a broadcast on Monitor Radio this morning the following figures were
quoted:

    4.4 percent of the officer corps of the US military are Black

    In 1971 there were approx. 500 Black officers in the US military,
    today the number is approx. 3000.

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