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Missing in Action: The Accra WACs
On 30 May 1945, four planes left the Air Transport Command at Accra on the Gold Coast of Africa transferring the remaining members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) previously of Squadron D, 1202d Army Air Forces (AAF) Base Unit (BU) to new assignments in England. The third plane never landed at the intended meeting spot, Roberts Army Air Field in Liberia. That plane was carrying 18 WACs and 3...
Courage to Deliver: The Women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
By the end of 1944, with the D-Day landings complete and the hard-fought Battle of the Bulge underway, the Army faced another daunting challenge: mail warehouses in Europe overflowed with mountains of undelivered letters and packages. A shortage of postal workers meant seven million Americans on the continent were feeling disconnected from their loved ones at home. In response, a Women's Army...
The Red Ball Express and the Women Who Ran It
Prior to the D-Day invasion, the Allied armies worked to destroy transportation infrastructure on the European Continent in order to pin down the Germans and prevent them from easily accessing supplies. After the invasion, however, as Allied troops advanced through France, the U.S. Army had to determine its own avenue for transporting supplies to the front lines. One of the solutions was the...
