6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

thumb| Women's Army Corps 6888th Battalion Logo
**6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion**, nke a na-akpọ "Six Triple Eight", bụ ndị isi ojii nke Women's Army Corps (WAC). 6888th nwere ụmụ nwanyị 855, n'etiti ha bụ Latinas atọ, ma ndị debanyere aha ma ndị isi, ọ bụkwa Major Charity Adams duziri ya. Ọ bụ naanị ndị isi ojii US Women's Army Corps e zigara mba ofesi n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ. Ụkpụrụ otu ahụ bụ "Enweghị akwụkwọ ozi, mmụọ dị ala."[1]  A haziri battalion ahụ ka ọ bụrụ ụlọ ọrụ ise, isi ụlọ ọrụ, ụlọ ọrụ A, ụlọ ọrụ B, Ụlọ ọrụ C, na Ụlọ ọrụ D.[2]  Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị 6888 na-arụ ọrụ dị ka ndị odeakwụkwọ nzi ozi, mana ndị ọzọ bụ ndị osi ite, ndị na-arụzi ọrụ na ndị jikwa ọnọdụ nkwado ndị ọzọ, nke mere na 6888 bụ ngalaba nwere onwe ya.

## Akụkọ ihe mere eme
thumb|Onye uwe ojii Ruth L. James n'ọnụ ụzọ ámá nke ụlọ ọrụ ndị agha na Rouen n'oge "ụlọ mepere emepe" nke 1945 nke ọtụtụ narị ndị agha ndị ọzọ si Africa America gara.
áká_ịkẹngạ|thumb|Lieutenant nke abụọ Freda le Beau na-eje ozi Major Charity Adams soda na mmeghe nke ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ nke ndị agha na Rouen
thumb|6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion African-American WACs, Hull & Cambridge, England, 04/14/1945
N'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, e nwere nnukwu ụkọ ndị agha bụ ndị nwere ike ijikwa ozi nzi ozi maka ndị agha US na mba ofesi.[1]  Na 1944, Mary McLeod Bethune rụrụ ọrụ iji nweta nkwado nke First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, maka "ọrụ maka ụmụ nwanyị ojii na agha esenidụt."  ọrụ ndị agha bara uru". 

Ụmụ nwanyị ndị debanyere aha gara ọzụzụ bụ isi na Georgia.[1]  Ụmụ nwanyị ndị nọbu na WAC, dị ka Alyce Dixon, jere ozi n'ebe dị iche iche, gụnyere Pentagon, tupu ha abanye na 6888th.

### Great Britain
Ndị nke 6888 hapụrụ United States na Febụwarị 3, 1945, na-agba ụgbọ mmiri Île de France wee rute Glasgow  na Febụwaị 12.  Île de France zutere ọtụtụ Ụgbọ mmiri U-boat ndị German na njem ahụ, na-amanye ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ime ihe mgbochi. Ụgbọ mmiri ahụ rutere Glasgow n'enweghị nsogbu. E ji ụgbọ okporo ígwè buga ndị agha ahụ na Birmingham. N'abalị iri na ise n'ọnwa Febụwarị, a nyochara otu ahụ ma gaa nyocha n'ihu Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee, Commanding General, Communications Zone, European Theater of Operations (ETO), na Maj Gen. Robert McGowan Littlejohn, Chief Quartermaster, ETO, onye ọrụ ya gụnyere akwụkwọ ozi.

Ndị ọrụ ndị agha kwenyere na akwụkwọ ozi a na-ezigaghị na-emebi mmụọ.  Ọtụtụ mkpụrụedemede na ngwugwu nwere naanị aha mbụ nke ndị e bu n'obi nweta, nwere aha a na-ejikarị ma ọ bụ aha otutu eji eme ihe.[1]  E mere atụmatụ na e nwere ihe dị nde iri na asaa n'azụ.

Ndị 6888 chepụtara usoro nke ha iji dozie akwụkwọ ozi. Nke a gụnyere ịmepụta na idebe ndepụta kaadị nke aha ndị nwere otu aha ma ọ bụ aha yiri ya, na-eji nọmba ndị agha iji mee ka ha dị iche. Nke a mechara nwee kaadị nde asaa. Ụmụ nwanyị nke 6888 na-arụ ọrụ awa 24 n'ụbọchị, ụbọchị asaa n'izu, n'oge atọ, na-arụzi ma na-ebubata akwụkwọ ozi - na-eme ka mmụọ dị elu - na-alụ ọgụ na Europe. Oge ọ bụla ọ na-arụ ọrụ na-eme atụmatụ 65,000 akwụkwọ ozi. N'ozuzu, otu ahụ na-ahụ maka akwụkwọ ozi maka ihe karịrị nde ndị agha na ndị nkịtị anọ, ma kpochapụ ihe ndị ọzọ na UK na France.

Na mbido ọrụ ahụ, otu ọchịagha na-acha ọcha nwara iziga onye ọrụ ọcha ka ọ "gwara ha otu esi eme ya nke ọma" mana Major Adams zaghachiri, "Sir, n'elu ozu m, sir!". Ndị agha ahụ rụchara ihe kwesiri ịbụ ọrụ ọnwa isii n'ime ọnwa atọ na Mee 1945.

Ndị agha ahụ biri ma rụọ ọrụ na nwa oge, ụlọ osisi dị na King Edward's School na Edgbaston, nke ndị ọrụ agha Britain chọrọ na 1939 maka ndị agha Britain na ndị agha US.[1]  Ndị uwe ojii iri atọ na abụọ ahụ bi n'ụlọ atọ chere ihu na, n'ihi na 6888 bụ ngalaba kewapụrụ iche, ụmụ nwanyị na-ehi ụra ma rie nri n'ebe dị iche iche site na ndị ọcha, ndị agha nwoke.[2].  Ihu igwe oyi mgbe ha rutere pụtara na ụmụ nwanyị ahụ ga-eyi uwe mkpuchi na uwe mgbakwunye mgbe ha na-arụ ọrụ n'ụlọ ndị na-adịghị ekpo ọkụ. 

Ụfọdụ n'ime ụmụ nwanyị ahụ chere na ndị Europe na-emeso ha karịa ndị mmadụ na United States. Otú ọ dị, e nwere ihe akaebe nke mmeso nwoke na nwanyị na agbụrụ site n'aka ndị agha nwoke.

Otu ụkọchukwu na-arụ ọrụ na Birmingham kpatara Adams nsogbu, na-enye ndị agha ya iwu ka ha ghara ịkọ ọrụ, kama ka ha gaa n'ọfịs ya, na-eme ka ha bụrụ AWOL.[1]  Adams kwesịrị inye ya ndụmọdụ' ka ọ hapụ ụmụ nwanyị ahụ, "na-echetara ya na ọ bụ ya na-ahụ maka ọrụ ụmụ nwanyị".

### France
Ozugbo e mekọrịtachara ihe ndekọ azụ azụ na Birmingham, 6888 gafere Channel na Le Havre na Mee 1945 wee jiri ụgbọ oloko bufee ya na Rouen[1] iji lekọta akwụkwọ ozi ọzọ ebe ahụ, ụfọdụ n'ime akwụkwọ ozi ndị ahụ dị afọ atọ.  1]  E kweghị ka ndị uwe ojii ndị agha nọ na ngalaba WAC nwee ngwa ọgụ, ya mere, ha ji jujitsu mee ka “ndị ọbịa na-achọghị” echekwaa.[1]  6888th sonyeere na emume ngagharị n'ebe e gburu Joan nke Arc.

Ka ọ na-erule Ọktoba 1945, a kpochapụrụ mail na Rouen ma ziga 6888th na Paris.[1]  Ha gafere n’obodo ahụ ma biri na họtel mara mma, bụ́ ebe a na-enye ha ọgwụgwọ nke mbụ.[2]  N'ime oge a, n'ihi na agha ahụ agwụla, ndị inyom 300 belatara ndị agha ahụ, a ga-ahapụkwa 200 ọzọ na  Jenụwarị 1946. 

### Mgbe agha biri
Na Febụwarị 1946, otu ahụ laghachiri na United States ebe a gbasara ya na Fort Dix, New Jersey. Enweghị nkwanye ugwu ọha na eze maka ọrụ ha n'oge ahụ.

## Ihe Nketa
E nyere ndị otu 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, na World War II Victory Medal n'oge ha na-eje ozi. N'afọ 2019, ndị agha US nyere ndị 6888 Meritorious Unit Commendation.

Na Febụwarị 25, 2009, a kwanyere batalion ahụ ugwu na Women in Military Service for America Memorial na Arlington National Cemetery.[1]  Ihe omume a bụ ndị otu atọ bụbu ndị otu 6888 gụnyere Alyce Dixon, Mary Ragland na Gladys Shuster Carter.[1]  Onye isi ala Barack Obama na nwunye mbụ Michelle Obama kwanyere Dixon na Ragland ugwu na  2009. 

Na Machị 15, 2016, ewebatara 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion n'ime U.S. Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame.[lower-alpha 1] Battalion veteran Elsie Garris gara emume mmeghe.

Na Nọvemba 30, 2018, Fort Leavenworth raara ihe ncheta nye ụmụ nwanyị nke 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.  Ụmụ nwanyị ise sitere na ndị agha ahụ—Maybeel Campbell, Elizabeth Johnson, Lena King, Anna Robertson, na Deloris Ruddock—nọ na nraranye ahụ.uddock - nọ na nraranye ahụ.

Na Mee 13, 2019, Onye nnọchi anya US na UK Woody Johnson nyere ihe ncheta na-acha anụnụ anụnụ na King Edward's School iji cheta ihe 6888th rụzuru mgbe ọ nọ na Birmingham. Ihe ncheta ahụ na-egosi ugbu a n'ụzọ nke njem ndị a na-eduzi nke Birmingham's Black Heritage Walks Network haziri.

Na Febụwarị 12, 2021, ndị omebe iwu US Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) na Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) [1] webatara iwu bipartisan iji nye ndị otu Women's Army Corps nrite ọla edo nke Congressional, ndị ekenyere na  6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion n'oge Agha IIwa nke Abụọ.  Onye nnochite anya U.S. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) webatara iwu ibe ya n’Ụlọ ahụ ebe ọ gafere n’otu ọnụ.

Na Machị 14, 2022, Onye isi ala Biden bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ iwu maka inye ndị agha ihe nrite ọla edo nke Congress. 

Ka ọ na-erule 2022, ọ bụ naanị mmadụ isii lanarịrị: Romay Davis,[lower-alpha 2] Cresencia Garcia,[lower -alpha 3] Fannie McClendon,[lower (alpha 4] Gladys E. Blount,[lower) [lower-alpha 5] Lena King,[lower[lower-alpha 7]

Ndị agha ahụ abụwo isiokwu nke ọtụtụ ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri. N'afọ 2019, e wepụtara ihe ngosi The SixTripleEight: No Mail, Low Morale nke ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme James Theres duziri. Theres tụụrụ Colonel Edna Cummings aro, onye nyere aka iduzi mgbalị maka ihe ncheta nke Six Triple Eight na Fort Leavenworth, na a ga-enye ụmụ nwanyị ahụ ihe nrite ọla edo nke Congress. N'afọ 2022, akụkọ nke 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion kpaliri mmepe nke egwu ọhụrụ, nke nwere aha ọrụ nke "6888: The Musical", na Blair Underwood dị ka onye na-emepụta ihe. Tyler Perry dere, duzie, ma mepụta ihe nkiri Netflix na-abịanụ, Six Triple Eight, dabere na 6888 Postal Directory Battalion, nke Kerry Washington dị ka Charity Adams.

Ụmụ nwanyị atọ sitere na batalion ndị e gburu na ihe mberede Jeep—Mary H. Bankston, Mary Jewel Barlow na Dolores Mercedes Browne—e liri na Normandy American Cemetery, atọ n'ime nanị ụmụ nwanyị anọ a ga-etinye n'ebe ahụ n'akụkụ ihe karịrị ụmụ nwoke 9,000.  (Onye nke anọ, Elizabeth Ann Richardson, bụ onye ọrụ afọ ofufo nke Red Cross gburu n'ihe mberede ụgbọelu Piper Cub na nso Rouen na Julaị 1945.)

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## Njikọ mpụga

* Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ - Major Charity Adams - 6888 Postal Battalion (video) 
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