A soldier's life a Black woman's rise from Army brat to Six Triple Eight champion
"A memoir of one woman's extraordinary personal journey in the US military and her work to honor her predecessors with the Congressional Gold Medal. Chronicling Cummings's unlikely but successful path to leadership roles in the US Army and afterward, this book also tells the story of the 6888th Cent...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville ; London :
University of Virginia Press,
2025.
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| Series: | The Black soldier in war and society
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| Summary: | "A memoir of one woman's extraordinary personal journey in the US military and her work to honor her predecessors with the Congressional Gold Medal. Chronicling Cummings's unlikely but successful path to leadership roles in the US Army and afterward, this book also tells the story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (known as the Six Triple Eight)-a trailblazing African American World War II Women's Army Corps unit-and of the grassroots campaign Cummings led to honor them"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 248 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813953144 0813953146 9780813953151 0813953154 |
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