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Old 09-24-2016, 12:14 PM   #280
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September 24

1957 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
Ol' Ike wasn't fucking around. He didn't send the Nat'l Guard. He didn't send the Army. He sent the badasses, the 101st Airborne Screamin' Eagles by God. Fucking Rangers.

I didn't think the Army could be used against the citizenry? I thought that's what the Nat'l Guard was for.
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