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Why did the Pentagon initially have twice as many toilets as needed?

In some Hollywood films about World War II, you can see American soldiers of different races fighting side by side. This is not true, since racial segregation in the US Army was only abolished in 1948. Racial division played a role in the construction of the Pentagon, which took place in 1942 - there were separate toilets for whites and blacks, and the total number of toilets was twice as much as needed. True, the signs "for whites" and "for blacks" were never hung due to the intervention of President Roosevelt.

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