In part II of this two-part series, retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Arlene Banks talks about the challenges faced by a single parent serving in the military, as well as the book she wrote about her 20 ...

In part I of this two-part series, retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Arlene Banks talks about her experiences beginning her career in the Women’s Army Corps, and the difficulties she faced as she joined ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - An all-female, all-Black Women’s Army Corps battalion who cleared out a 17 million-piece backlog of U.S. servicemember mail in World War II will receive the Congressional Gold ...

Women were formally integrated into ground combat units in 2015, but now, more than a decade later, the Pentagon has recently ...

The incredible story of the segregated all-female Women’s Army Corp deployed overseas during WWII. The story of the remarkable achievements of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the ...

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Discover the history and importance of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps during a free lecture at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at Mentor Public Library’s Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. The WAAC was founded on May ...

SANTA FE — Stella Lavadie sat on a chair inside her Santa Fe home looking through a scrapbook. On one page there were her World War II dog tags and discharge papers. On another was the cover of the ...

FORT LEE, VA, UNITED STATES, January 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Shaping Global Logistics Operations and Developing ...

When World War II broke out, there were less than 400,000 service men ready to defend the United States. The population of ...

WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — An all-female, all-Black women’s Army Corps battalion who cleared out a 17 million-piece backlog of U.S. servicemember mail in World War II will receive the ...