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2. Women's Army Corps - Wikipedia

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   WAC Air Controller painting by Dan V. Smith, 1943. The Women's Army Corps (WAC; / w æ k /) was the women's branch of the United States Army before 1978. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), on 15 May 1942, and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the United States as the WAC on 1 July 1943.

3. 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion - Wikipedia

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   The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the "Six Triple Eight", was an all-Black battalion of the US Women's Army Corps (WAC) [1] that managed postal services. The 6888th had 855 women and was led by Major Charity Adams. [2] It was the only all Black US Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World War II. [2]

4. It's Your War Too - Wikipedia

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   It's Your War Too is a 1944 short documentary film about the American Women's Army Corps and commissioned by the United States Government during World War II. It contains 1 minute of animation by the Walt Disney Studios. [1] This film, and others, were produced to combat some public backlash against women in the military. [2]

5. Kerry Washington, Tyler Perry's 'Six Triple Eight' movie ...

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   Overlooked no more. The true story of the 855 Black women in the Women's Army Corps during World War II – the only all-Black Women's Army Corps unit overseas during the war – is getting the ...

6. Kerry Washington breaks down the true story behind Tyler ...

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   The Six Triple Eight is a nickname for the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only U.S. Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit of color stationed in Europe during World War II, according to ...

7. The True Story of Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight”: How ...

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   Director Tyler Perry's WWII drama The Six Triple Eight tells the true story of an all-Black unit of the Women's Army Corps. They were given a seemingly-impossible overseas assignment and prevailed ...

8. American women in World War II - Wikipedia

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   Members of the Women's Army Corps wait to board a ship for Europe in May 1945. In 1942, Carmen Contreras-Bozak, became the first Hispanic to join the WAAC, serving in Algiers under General Dwight D. Eisenhower. She was also the first of approximately 200 Puerto Rican women who would serve in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. [26]

9. 80 years later, movie tells story of SC woman’s battalion ...

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   When the United States joined World War II, Earley applied to enlist in the Women’s Army Corps. She was one of 40 Black women chosen to be part of the first officer training class.