1. Colonial days and the Revolutionary War.
2. The War of 1812 and beyond.
3. The American Civil War.
4. Reconstruction and the Indian Wars.
5. The Spanish-American war: Cuba and the Philippines.
6. The battles of peace: Brownsville and the Great White Fleet.
7. Prelude to World War: Mexico and Houston.
8. The Great War: World War I.
9. Between the wars: the struggle continues.
11. World War II: Army Air Force.
12. World War II: Navy and Marine Corps.
13. Executive order 9981: before and after.
14. The Korean War: Integration under fire.
15. The fifties: an integrated military in a segregated America.
16. Vietnam: "The only war we had".
17. After Vietnam: unrest and the advance of equality. -18. United defenders: today and tomorrow.