- Service members holding a blue discharge were subjected to discrimination in civilian life.
- About one-third of all blue discharges reviewed were upgraded to honorable.
- Blue discharges are certain to be a headache for Congress from now on ."
- Slaughter's sense of shame over his blue discharge bothered him most, he said.
- Commanders instead issued blue discharges a form of administrative military discharge to homosexual personnel.
- The blue discharge, which was also issued disproportionately to African Americans, was neither honorable nor dishonorable.
- The officer subjected Liebman to repeated private and public humiliation before Liebman was finally given a blue discharge for homosexuality.
- However, blue discharge holders faced difficulties in civilian life because the blue discharge carried with it a negative association.
- However, blue discharge holders faced difficulties in civilian life because the blue discharge carried with it a negative association.
- In 1947, blue discharges were discontinued and two new classifications were created : " general " and " undesirable ".