The US military assumed that segregation was necessary to maintain white soldiers' morale and applied the Plessy v. Ferguson logic that:
A) separate but equal did not apply on the battlefield.
B) integration should be the goal of the high command.
C) racial separation did not constitute discrimination.
D) black soldiers did not really want to serve in positions of importance.
Answer: C
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