When no one was able to get the mail system back on track, the military called on the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion, a multi-ethnic female unit of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps.

The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was established in 1942. At 23, Charity Adams, a junior high teacher from Columbia, South Carolina, answered the call to serve, drawn by the promise of career ...

The defense of our nation is a shared responsibility. Women have served in the defense of this land for years before our United States was born. They have contributed their talents, skills and ...

Women were not allowed to fight as soldiers ... The WAAC was later known as later known as Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. Meals included savoury rice, sea pie, duff pudding, plus food which ...

She taught math and science in Columbia before joining the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) in 1942 (“auxiliary” was later removed from the title). She attended the first-ever African ...

The Six Triple Eight was created in 1944, only after the establishment of the Women's Army Corps and significant ... weren't off because there were no auxiliary units there," Miller said.

It took the skills, stamina and ambition of two very different women -- one from ... to help create the first corps of female pilots to fly for the U.S. Army. The former, the record-breaking ...

The Salvation Army Zanesville Corps will have two trees this year ... between the Zanesville Salvation Army and its women's auxiliary group. The trees contains tags and residents can select ...