A recent Netflix movie shines a light on the Six Triple Eight. It was the only predominantly Black Women's Army Corps unit stationed in Europe during World War II. The women were from all over the ...

Commanding Officer of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), Lieutenant Colonel Natasha Stanford-Francis, mustered and led the members of the corps yesterday morning in a command march. A release ...

AS part of activities commemorating the 58th Anniversary of the Women’s Army Corps, members participated in a scheduled battle muster aimed at maintaining operational readiness and discipline. The ...

Anna Mae Wilson Robertson, a member of the historic all-Black Women’s Army Corp. (WAC) 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known to many as the “Six-Triple-Eight,” on Sunday, Feb. 23 at ...

Aleida Sharp is proud to have served her country, especially in a military service that no longer exists. The United States Women’s Army Corps was created as an auxiliary unit on May 15, 1942, and ...

the only all-Black Women’s Army Corps unit stationed overseas in WWII, ensuring soldiers received vital mail. After the war, she founded Project Help Clothing Ministry in central Ohio ...

Soldiers of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion pictured in Europe during WWII.(Photo courtesy by George W. Bush / Photo provided by Dennis Miller) The George W. Bush Presidential Center ...

She was born in 1923 in Perry and later settled in Gainesville. Family members say that 15 days after graduating high school, she joined the Women’s Army Corps. After she returned from the military in ...

The year was 1945, and 855 women were in the all-Black women’s army corp ‘Six Triple Eight,’ shipped out to Birmingham, England, to deal with a backlog of mail. It was three years’ worth ...

Dr. Karen T. Jordan -- daughter of 6888th member Annie B.

In the dimly lit rooms of Afghanistan 's private gatherings, young boys adorned in makeup and brightly coloured women's clothing are forced to dance for the amusement of powerful men ...

Army Corps of Engineers has paused all wind farm permitting Other renewable energy projects unaffected by wind pause The US Army Corps of Engineers has at least temporarily halted all permitting for ...