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The U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division hosted a Women’s History Month “Lunch & Learn” event March 19 highlighting the U.S. Army’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The “Six Triple Eight” was the first-and-only all-Black, all-female Army unit to deploy overseas during World War II. It consisted of 855 women under the command of Lt. Col. Charity Adams, the first African-American woman commissioned in the Women’s Army Corps. (Photo Source: National Archive and Records Administration)
| Date Taken: | 03.26.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 03.26.2024 09:24 |
| Photo ID: | 8307379 |
| VIRIN: | 240326-A-RD099-1002 |
| Resolution: | 511x470 |
| Size: | 68.86 KB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, US |
| Web Views: | 100 |
| Downloads: | 13 |
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