12/30/2024
Have you watched Kerry Washington portray Major Charity Adams in “The Six Triple Eight” on Netflix yet??
Oprah Winfrey plays Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site.
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the “Six Triple Eight,” was a predominantly Black battalion of the US Women's Army Corps (WAC) that managed postal services. The 6888th had 855 women and was led by Major Charity Adams. It was the only predominantly Black US Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World War II.
The group motto was "No mail, low morale".
The 6888th arrived in Europe in February 1945. In Birmingham, England they were confronted with a large warehouse stacked with years’ worth of letters and packages. In three organized shifts, seven days a week, they processed roughly 65,000 pieces of mail a shift and finished a six-month job in only three. After completing this job so efficiently, they were sent to Rouen, France to process another backlog
#6888
Photo: Major Charity E. Adams and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell Inspect Women's Army Corps (WAC) battalion in England, February 15, 1945.
Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111, National Archives | National Women’s History Museum
https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/womens-army-corps-female-soldiers-wwii
