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Eisenhower Orders 101st Airborne to Little Rock for School Desegregation

In 1957 the President deployed troops to Arkansas, prompting Army intelligence to quickly assess local threats

On September 24, 1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10730, sending elements of the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to help enforce the desegregation of Central High School. The deployment forced Army intelligence officers to rapidly produce threat maps, exposing a long‑standing gap in domestic unrest planning.

Summarised from public information published by DVIDS.

Posted September 19, 2026 .

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