The Incident At Bamber Bridge—The British stand up for Black American soldiers

This resulted from the U.S. demanding that an English town segregate a pub serving white and black servicemen.
That is, "Yanks" went into another country demanding the local people accommodate their racism.
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FreddieUK · 70-79, M

This is definitely not a likely story to have appeared in a Hollywood war film of the 50s.

bijouxbroussard · F

@FreddieUK Nope. Segregation was still the law of the land in much of the U.S. then, although President Harry Truman stopped it from being a practice in the armed services as of July 26, 1948, via Executive order 9981. When Pop served during the Korean Conflict, the Navy was integrated.