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Seventy years ago this week, in brutally cold weather in the mountains of North Korea, U.S. Marine Corps pilots from Minnesota were involved in the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. It is one of the most storied battles in the Korean War, and in Marine Corps history.

Click the audio player above or tune in to MPR News at noon Monday to hear a documentary about a major change in the U.S. military that came about because President Harry Truman issued an executive order on July 26, 1948 to desegregate the armed forces.

This BBC documentary explores how the U.S. armed forces reacted, and how Black military personnel were treated as they fought for their country.

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The BBC documentary, “Fighting Together in Korea,” looks at the desegregation of the U.S. armed forces. 

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