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Known as the "Six Triple Eight", this battalion played a critical role in maintaining morale for U.S. troops in Europe by clearing a massive backlog of undelivered mail. In 2022, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the 6888th in recognition of its members' contributions. [2] [3] King was one of the Battalion's last five surviving ...
U.S. Army Program Manager Maj. Eurydice S. Stanley speaks with Mary Crawford Ragland, a former member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion on February 25, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.
Private Ruth L. James at the gates of the battalion's facility in Rouen during a 1945 "open house" attended by hundreds of other African American soldiers Second Lieutenant Freda le Beau serving Major Charity Adams a soda at the opening of the battalion's snack bar in Rouen 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion African-American WACs, Hull & Cambridge, England, 04/14/1945
In 2018, a monument to the 6888th was erected in Leavenworth, Kansas, and in 2022, the battalion was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Six of the members from the battalion who were alive at ...
MacMurray passed away nearly two decades ago, but some of his on-screen family members are alive and well in 2019. The oldest son was played by Tim Considine, now 78 years old.
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 creation of the 6888th Battalion was a direct response to the Army’s refusal to send Black women overseas even though their white counterparts had been deployed. ... Major Charity Adams died ...
MacMurray and Livingston in My Three Sons, Season 1, Episode 19 (Organization Woman) 1961. He is best known for playing Richard "Chip" Douglas, the third son of Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray) on the television series My Three Sons. He and MacMurray were the only actors in the cast who appeared throughout the entire series. [1]