Posted on Jul 27, 2022
102-Year-Old WWII Veteran from Segregated Mail Unit Honored
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Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing toward the heart of Hitler’s Germany near the end of World War II. This wasn’t junk mail — it was the main link between home and the front in a time long before video chats, texting or even routine long-distance phone calls.
The job of clearing out the massive backlog in a military that was still segregated by race fell upon the largest all-Black, all-female group to serve in the war, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. On Tuesday, the oldest living member of the unit is being honored.
The job of clearing out the massive backlog in a military that was still segregated by race fell upon the largest all-Black, all-female group to serve in the war, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. On Tuesday, the oldest living member of the unit is being honored.
102-Year-Old WWII Veteran from Segregated Mail Unit Honored
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I have to say that I had a hard time giving this post an up vote. It seems like it was unfair Lt Col Charlie Brown
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any segregation & racism was/is wrong. This was a "token" for what they did.
..."U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas helped shepherd the bill to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the unit.
“Though the odds were set against them, the women of the Six Triple Eight processed millions of letters and packages during their deployment in Europe, helping connect WWII soldiers with their loved ones back home, like my father and mother,” Moran said in a statement earlier this year."...
..."U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas helped shepherd the bill to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the unit.
“Though the odds were set against them, the women of the Six Triple Eight processed millions of letters and packages during their deployment in Europe, helping connect WWII soldiers with their loved ones back home, like my father and mother,” Moran said in a statement earlier this year."...
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MSgt Stephen Council
SGT (Join to see) Im not sure what you are Aging about my post. I simply expressed that this was an unfair task, improperly assigned, and undercredited. I just wasn't verbose about it...
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
It was, sadly, all too typical of the times. See my essay " 'Recipe for Failure': Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond and the Preparation of the 92d Infantry Division for Combat in World War II," which appeared in the July 1992 issue of the Journal of Military History.
Almond was an upper-crust southerner whose asst. div. commander was a carbon copy. The black junior officers and enlisted men endured harsh segregation everywhere they went stateside.
Almond was an upper-crust southerner whose asst. div. commander was a carbon copy. The black junior officers and enlisted men endured harsh segregation everywhere they went stateside.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
I know, there are several excellent books about these women. Unfortunately, it was the way things were at the time and they rose above it to do an amazing job of completing the mission MSgt Stephen Council I posted some additional information below
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WWII Mail Delivery Would Have Been a Mess Without These Black Female Army Heroes
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion helped boost the morale of millions of Americans during WWII.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Part of the Women’s Army Corps, known as WACs, the 6888 had a motto, “No mail, low morale.” But these women did far more than distribute letters and packages. As the largest contingent of Black women to ever serve overseas, they dispelled stereotypes and represented a change in racial and gender roles in the military.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
On February 14, 1945, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean and surviving a run-in with a Nazi U-Boat, the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Batta…
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The history needs to be known - and what we can celebrate is that despite the unconscionable attitudes and treatment, Black folks served their country, anyway. That is surely worth celebrating, even though it was under unacceptable circumstances and conditions of institutionalized racism.
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