Events with tag - Military Policy

July 26, 1948

U.S. Military Desegregation Order

President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, officially ending racial segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces and establishing equality of treatment and opportunity for all service members regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin.

December 1, 1969

First US Peacetime Draft Lottery

On December 1, 1969, the United States conducted its first peacetime draft lottery, revolutionizing military recruitment during the Vietnam War era. The historic event determined the service order for men born between 1944 and 1950 through a televised drawing of 366 blue plastic capsules.