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Bookmark or Share- Colonel Charity Adams: 6888th Commanding Officer | The ...Charity Adams, the first Black woman US Army officer and commander of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, left behind an extensive record of her incredible service. In 1989, she published One Woman’s Army, reflecting on her journey into service. Adams's story begins with her youth in segregated South Carolina, the oldest of four ...
- The True Story of The Six Triple Eight and Major Charity AdamsWritten and directed by Tyler Perry, The Six Triple Eight stars Kerry Washington as real-life commanding officer Charity Adams who helped the U.S. Women’s Army Corps unit sort through...
- Charity Adams Earley - National Museum of the United States ArmySoldier and community activist, Lt. Col. Charity E. Adams-Earley served as the highest-ranking Black woman officer during World War II. Her service during the war helped defeat the Axis Powers. But Adams also fought against segregation in the Army and helped open the doors of opportunity for African American women in the military.
- Meet Charity Adams Earley, The Highest-Ranking African ...Charity Adams Earley was born in a segregated United States. This did not stop her from becoming the highest-ranked female, black officer in the army during World War II. Her mantra: “I just wanted to do my job.”
- LTC Charity Adams Earley / USA / Women of the 6888thCharity Adams Earley (1918–2002) was the first African-American woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later WACS) and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of African-American women to serve overseas during World War II. Adams was the highest ranking African-American woman in the army by the completion of the ...
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