I recall reading in THE INVISIBLE SOLDIER (comp. Mary Motley), which was a collection of oral hists by African-American servicemen re their experiences during WWII, 1 recollection by a black soldier who served with the 93rd (BLOODY HAND) Div in the Pacific, who stated that just after VJ Day IIRC his unit was stationed in the Philippines for garrison duty, alongside good ol' boys from the 31st DIXIE Div which comprised white Southerners from most of the Deep South states (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida NG). Both these outfits had seen only relatively limited action in the course of their deployment to the Pacific, being utilised largely in insignificant mopping-up operations on islands like Bougainville and Morotai. In his account, things got so bad between the 2 outfits, with rivalries over access to local Filipina women, that 1 day soldiers from both divs got their rifles, fixed bayonets, formed into battle-lines, and were gonna all have it out against each other. At the last minute, the officers of both divs, outraged at their men's behaviour, were able to cajole both black and white soldiers out of such a largescale racial fight, and the 93rd and 31st men dispersed without further incident. How would hist have been affected though had such a race riot occurred at this stage of the war with such a level of organisation and armament on both sides ?