<Li> 10.0 percent of all inductions into the Navy (1,526,250), </Li> <Li> 8.5 percent of all Marine Corps inductions (188,709) and </Li> <Li> 10.9 percent of all Coast Guard inductions (15,235). </Li> <P> Thus African Americans, who constituted approximately 11.0 percent of all registrants liable for service, furnished approximately this proportion of the inductees in all branches of the service except During the period July 1, 1944 - December 31, 1945, 141,294 African Americans were inducted, comprising 9.6 percent of all inductions (1,469,808) therein . Of this number: </P>

During world war ii members of ethnic minorities in america