Major Fannie Griffin McClendon said: "I just wish there were more people to, if it comes through, there were more people to celebrate it."
The 6888th was sent overseas in1945, partly as a result or black organizations to include black women in the Women's Army Corps and to allow them to join their white counterparts overseas.
"I think the 6888th, the command inherently knew that their presence overseas meant more than clearing the mail backlog," said Retired Army Colonel Edna Cummings, who was not a member of the 6888th but has been advocating for greater recognition for them. "They were representing opportunity for their sisters in arms back in the United States who were having a hard time dealing with the racism and sexism within the ranks.
The unit dodges German U-boats on their way to England and scramble to escape a German rocket once they reached Glasgow.
They were deployed to unheated, rat-infested airplane hangers in Birmingham, England, and given a daunting mission: Process the millions of pieces of undelivered mail for troops, government people and Red Cross workers.
--GreGen
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