Fighting Hitler AND Racism: Why the Only All-Black Women's Battalion Was Nearly Erased
Автор: WWII
Загружено: 2025-11-16
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This isn't just a World War II story. This is a story of systematic erasure. By late 1944, Allied morale was collapsing due to the largest postal crisis in history: 17 million pieces of mail and parcels were stuck in Europe. To solve this impossible problem, the U.S. Army deployed the only all-Black, all-female unit to ever serve overseas—the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, or the "Six Triple Eight."
Led by the unflappable Major Charity Adams, 855 women worked under grueling conditions, fighting not only rotting packages but also racial segregation and chauvinism within their own army. They invented their own 7-million-card filing system, completed a six-month job in just three months, and restored the morale of millions of soldiers.
Their triumph was met not with a parade, but with silence. After the war, these heroes were swiftly and quietly processed out of the Army to free up jobs for returning white servicemen, intentionally scrubbing their incredible contribution from historical records. They finally received the Congressional Gold Medal—76 years late.
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