John J., 21, 23, 128, 188
and Advisory Committee on Negro Troop Policies, 34-35, 42-43, 46,
56-57;
and postwar use of black troops, 130-31, 135, 143, 153, 154_n_,
157-58, 165, 558.

McConnaughy, James L., 319, 320.

McCrea, Vice Adm. John L., 383.

MacDill Airfield, Fla., 209, 277.

McFayden, Brig. Gen. B. M., 392.

McGill, Ralph, 313.

McGowan, Maj. Gen. D. W., 594.

McGrath, Earl J., 489.

McGrath, Howard J., 314.

MacKay, Cliff W., 302_n_.

McMahon, Brian, 314.

McNair, Lt. Gen. Lesley J., 43.

McNamara, Robert S., 502, 504, 509, 609;
and Civil Rights Act of 1964, 590-91;
and equal opportunity directive (1963), 547-48, 556, 619-21;
and equal treatment and opportunity, 530, 578-79;
and Gesell Committee, 536, 546-49;
and the National Guard, 519, 593;
and off-base housing, 517, 600, 602-08;
and off-limits sanctions, 547-48, 556, 581, 604-05;
and organization of civil rights apparatus, 558-59, 563, 566;
and racial reform directives, 511, 513, 516-17;
and voluntary action programs, 582, 586.

McNarney, General Joseph T., 210.

McNutt, Paul V., 32, 70-71.

Macy, John W., Jr., 575.

Manhattan Beach Training Station, N. Y., 114-15, 121-22.

Manpower shortages, black
in the Air Force, 280, 282-83;
in the Army, 32-33, 178, 219-22;
in the Navy, 74, 414-15, 426.

March, General Peyton C., 235.

March on Washington Movement, 16.

Mare Island, Calif., 92.

Marine Air Group, 33, 463.

Marine Air Wing, 1st, 463.

Marine Barracks, Dahlgren, Va., 467.

Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., 467.

Marine divisions
1st, 463-64;
2d, 269.

Marine regiments
5th, 463;
7th, 463-64.

Maris, Maj. Gen. Ward S., 441.

Marr, Lt. Col. Jack F., 287-88, 288_n_, 342, 616.

Marshall, Burke, 513, 537, 547.

Marshall, General George C., 43, 49, 55;
and integration, 20-22, 31, 42, 131, 153;
as Secretary of Defense, 380, 392-93, 435, 443, 449, 619.

Marshall, S. L. A., 434.

Marshall, Thurgood, 15, 92, 124, 438-39, 533.

Martin, Louis, 302_n_.

_Mason_, 77-78, 86.

Matthews, Francis P., 295_n_, 387, 412-13.

Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., 404, 493, 511.

Maxwell Field, Ala., 28.

Mays, Benjamin E., 302_n_.

Meader, George, 212.

Medals of Honor, 440.

Mediterranean theater, 190, 197.

Meetings, segregated, 564-66.