What 75 years of military desegregation means to us

Seventy-five years ago, President Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of the U.S. military. At long last, a nation founded on the idea that “all men are created equal” decreed “equality of treatment and opportunity for all those who serve in our country’s defense.”
Executive Order 9981 sent a clear message that Black service members were equal enough to fight and die alongside their white counterparts in war. As two Black Army veterans who serve, respectively, as Maryland’s Governor and Secretary of Veterans Affairs, we believe state and national leaders should honor Truman’s legacy by creating more opportunities for people to engage in public service hand-in-hand with their fellow Americans.
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And Virginia's Lt Gov is a black female Marine veteran

Truman corrected the wrongs that Wilson brought into federal service. I would have been a lesser man, Marine, and Soldier were I not able to serve under and with men like SSgt Battle, Senior Drill Instructor PLT 2019, LtGen Jackson, USMC (ret) (then Captain), Sgt Maj Cameron (then GySgt.), 1SG Gerton (later SGM ret.),SFC Hunter, SSG McNealy, SFC Simmons, Sgt. Jones (later SgtMajor, ret.), SGT Caruthers (later SFC ret.), and CPL Timms.