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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 predominantly Black US Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World War II. [2]
WAC Air Controller painting by Dan V. Smith, 1943. The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army.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.
Dorothy Hilliard Davis, campaigned to get women pilots recognition as military veterans. Cornelia Fort – One of the original WAFS. Fort's experience included evading attacking IJNAS carrier planes at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. She became the first WAFS fatality in a midair collision while flying a BT-13 near Merkel, Texas on March 23 ...
Despite their invaluable service, the Army denied Messelin — and every other female soldier —veterans’ benefits upon return. In 1926, the Army even dropped her name from a strangely ...
United States Army Women's Museum Logo. The United States Army Women's Museum is an educational institution located in Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. [1] It provides exhibits and information related to the role of women in the United States Army, especially the Women's Army Corps. The museum was originally established in 1955 as the Women's Army ...
Charity Adams Earley (née Adams; December 5, 1918 – January 13, 2002) was a United States Army officer. She was the first African-American woman to become an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later WACs) and was the commanding officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, which was made up of African-American women serving overseas during World War II.
The U.S. Army has re-designated Virginia’s Fort A.P. Hill to Fort Walker — making it the first installation to be named solely after a woman. During a ceremony on Friday, officials renamed the ...
Henry "Hap" Arnold wearing the Army Air Forces' Master Pilot Badge (above ribbons) and Army Signal Corps' Military Aviator Badge (below ribbons) Obsolete badges of the United States military are a number of U.S. military insignia which were issued in the 20th and 21st centuries that are no longer used today.