Talk:6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

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Did you know... that the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-black, all-female battalion to serve overseas during World War II?

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Kudos to Megalibrarygirl and the others who wrote this article – it's an engaging story. Well done. Andrew D. (talk) 18:42, 20 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Additions

I added content under Legacy. There is a documentary, musical and upcoming Netflix film about the 6888's important story.Zeldaslink (talk) 21:53, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

V-1 rocket attack when the 6888th arrived at Glasgow docks

I don't know how to edit the page so, should my evidence be accepted, perhaps someone would be kind enough to do that for me. I do believe you need that evidence to come from a secondary source. So, I don't know when the account of the V-1 rocket first entered the public arena, but it can't be true. As this source (https://www.guidigo.com/Web/Newlands-Walk--Untold-Stories-from-WWII/426Lw6vxUyk/Stop/38/Air-Raids-on-Glasgow) explains the last air raid on Glasgow was 23 March 1943. Finding acceptable secondary source material to demonstrate that no V-1s landed anywhere in Scotland is not so easy, since the only maps that exist are those showing London and Southern England, the V-1 targets. I don't know if any of this is acceptable in correcting the incorrect information. Brum Historian (talk) 16:00, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Update 8 April - I have removed the statement and cited the source. It appears to have worked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brum Historian (talk • contribs) 08:44, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rouen

I do not understand. How can there be packages that had been in Rouen for three years. Did the US send packages to occupied France hoping the Nazi's would deliver them?

Given that the USA did not join the War until December 1941, and no American troops saw combat until Operation Torch, a package that was three years' old in June 1945, had been posted before any American soldier saw combat and was not delivered before the war ended. I have to say, it does not say a lot for the white men running the Army.

There also seems to be confusion in the sources as to when they moved to France, May or June (post VE). Mind you, some of the sources say they were deployed in 1943, so some people are even more confused than me. 86.160.100.204 (talk) 16:02, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

6888th veterans

Cresencia Garcia passed away at the age of 103 on August 3rd of this year, thus leaving only five left, in order of birth, Romay Davis (1919-), Fannie Griffin McClendon (1920-), Gladys E. Blount (1922-), Lena King (1923-), and Anna Mae Robertson (1924-).

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1687163440371314688

https://www.nabmw.org/crescencia-joyce-garcia Mryellowredgreen (talk) 03:18, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]