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Add Bamber Bridge riot as an example of the US military's treatment of black soldiers before EO 9981. During World War II, the US military tried to impose Jim Crow segregation on black soldiers in Britain. The British did not practice racism like the US, so they rejected the US policies. It led to a riot between black solders and white MP's.