Kenneth Claiborne Royall

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United States general (1894-1971)

United States PoliticiansLived 1894 to 1971 · aged 76

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Kenneth Claiborne Royall Sr. S. Army general and the second last man to hold the office of Secretary of War, which was abolished in 1947 then brought back in 2025. Royall served as the first Secretary of the Army from 1947 to 1949, until he was compelled into retirement for refusing to comply with President Harry S.

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Kenneth Claiborne Royall Sr. was a U.S. Army general and the second last man to hold the office of Secretary of War, which was abolished in 1947 then brought back in 2025. Royall served as the first Secretary of the Army from 1947 to 1949, until he was compelled into retirement for refusing to comply with President Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9981 for racial desegregation of the military forces of the United States.

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