Major Charity Adams
Useful Links
When Black Nurses Were Relegated to Care for German POWs (1948)
https://www.history.com/news/black-nurses-world-war-ii-truman-desegregation-military
African American Nurses in World War II
https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/african-american-nurses-world-war-ii
Honoring African American Contributions in Medicine: Nurses
https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2020/06/honoring-african-american-contributions-in-medicine-nurses/
The Women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
“The 6888th was the first and only all Black Female Women Army Corps (WAC) unit to be deployed overseas during WWII. The unit was active from 1945 to 1946 and consisted of 855 women under the Command of Major Charity Adams, Captians Mary F. Kearney and Bernice G. Henderson. Their nickname was “Six-Triple Eight" and their motto was “No Mail, Low Morale”
https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/
The SixTripleEight: No Mail, Low Morale
On February 3, 1945, the US Army sent over 800 black women overseas to England aboard the SS Ile de France. Their mission unknown to them.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/the-sixtripleeight-6888th-battalion
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Photos & Videos
https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/6888th-photo-videos
https://www.history.com/news/black-nurses-world-war-ii-truman-desegregation-military
African American Nurses in World War II
https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/african-american-nurses-world-war-ii
Honoring African American Contributions in Medicine: Nurses
https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2020/06/honoring-african-american-contributions-in-medicine-nurses/
The Women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
“The 6888th was the first and only all Black Female Women Army Corps (WAC) unit to be deployed overseas during WWII. The unit was active from 1945 to 1946 and consisted of 855 women under the Command of Major Charity Adams, Captians Mary F. Kearney and Bernice G. Henderson. Their nickname was “Six-Triple Eight" and their motto was “No Mail, Low Morale”
https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/
The SixTripleEight: No Mail, Low Morale
On February 3, 1945, the US Army sent over 800 black women overseas to England aboard the SS Ile de France. Their mission unknown to them.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/the-sixtripleeight-6888th-battalion
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Photos & Videos
https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/6888th-photo-videos