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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]
In 1943, at the age of 20, Derriecott enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) of the U.S. Army Air Force. [3] She completed basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where she learned military procedures and discipline. [6] Afterward, she served as a nurse and later as a fuel officer at Douglas Army Airfield in Arizona. During her time in ...
The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was established in 1942. Women had long served the army as nurses or cooks, but when the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 pushed the U.S. into World ...
Davis was born on October 29, 1919, and grew up in Virginia with her five brothers. [3] At the start of World War Two, she worked for the United States Mint. [3] She joined the Women's Army Corps in 1943 and was one of 855 women who served in the United States Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only predominantly all-black US Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during ...
During World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — nicknamed the Six Triple Eight — was the first and only unit of color in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) stationed in Europe.
Soldiers of the 6888th Central Postal Battalion, the first black women's unit deployed overseas during World War II, pass in review during a 1945 military parade in Birmingham, England.
Gladys Schuster Carter was one of 885 women who served in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II, helping to process backlogged mail in the European theatre. [1] Carter served for two years in the WAC, from February 1943 to November 1945. and achieved the rank of Private First Class ...
Charity Adams Earley inspects members of the 6888th Postal Battalion in Birmingham, England, in 1945. (Provided/U.S. Army Women's Museum) COLUMBIA — When Charity Adams Earley was sent across ...