This historical report on the Army's participation in the enforcement of an order of the Federal District Court at Little Rock Arkansas between 24 September 1957 and 20 May 1958, with regard to integration in the public schools of that city, was originally prepared almost contemporaneously with the events that it covers.

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Introduction -- The Background: The Little Rock School Crisis -- Preparation of Contingent Plans for the Use of Federal Troops -- President's Executive Order and Its Implementation, 24 September 1957 -- Enforcement of the Court Order at Little Rock, 25-29 September 1957 -- The Chain of Command and the Pentagon Organization -- Preparations for Other Possible Contingencies -- The Air National Guard and the Question of Command Channels -- The Second Crisis, 30 September - 3 October 1957 -- Problems in the Arkansas National Guard -- The First Reduction Plan, 4-15 October 1957 -- Releases and Adjustments in the Arkansas National Guard, 15-23 October -- Reduction in Operations and the Second Reduction in Force, 23 October - 9 November 1957 -- Withdrawal of the Last Airborne Elements, 11-27 November 1957 -- The Third Reduction in the National Guard, 27 November - 18 December 1957 -- The Release of General Clinger -- Phase Out Plans, School Incidents and Dynamite Scares, January 1958 -- Hesitant Reductions-1 February - 4 April 1958 -- Final Withdrawal- 4 April - 29 May 1958.