At this time’s publish is by Rachael Salyer, Fashionable Navy Data Specialist on the Nationwide Archives in School Park, MD.
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A második világháború szövetségi feljegyzéseinek digitalizált útmutatója, amely online elérhető az Országos Levéltári Katalógusban, megjegyzi, hogy a postai egységek a csapategységek három fő kategóriájának egyike voltak, amelyek tábornoksegéd (AG) feladatokat láttak el a terepen. A postai egységek közé tartoztak az alappostahivatalok és a postaszabályozási részlegek. Továbbá: „A hadsereg postai egységei [APs/APUs] maintained a postal service and handle ebook for the models served; these models normally had the variety of military publish workplaces.”
Sadly, World Battle II Operational Stories Collection, 1940–1948 (Entry NM-3 427) in File Group 407: Data of the Adjutant Basic’s Workplace and Unit Histories, 1943–1967 (Entry UD 37042) in File Group 338: US Military Operational , tactical and assist group information (World Battle II and after) no they include the information of the 6888th Central Publish Identify Battalion. Since these are the 2 major sequence of U.S. Military unit information within the custody of the Nationwide Archives Textual Reference Department (Archives II) in School Park, researchers will seemingly have to discover a number of different doubtlessly related sources to study extra about 6888. For instance, processing Worksheets 1946-1948 sequence (entry UD 1427-B) to the information division of the Division of the Military in file group 407 quick incorporates information of Headquarters (HQ), Headquarters Detachment and Corporations A, B, C, and D is 6888 Central Postal Listing Battalion, Military Publish (AP) underneath 6888 (see photograph 2 above).
Though the processing worksheets don’t include complete details about the unit, they supply the date of group and inactivation, in addition to some particulars in regards to the placement of the unit. These information point out that the 6888th was formally organized on 4 March 1945 underneath Group Order 147 of HQ, Communications Zone (Com-Z), ETO.
One other potential supply of details about the 6888th Central Publish Workplace Flag is the Morning Stories, ca. 1912–1946 for the military models that St. They’re within the custody of the Nationwide Archives in St. Louis. A few of these information have been digitized and may be seen on-line utilizing the catalog, and researchers can e mail stl.archives@nara.gov to request help with non-digitized morning experiences.
Subsequent, because the 6888th was a WAC unit, it could be helpful to assessment sequence similar to Girls’s Military Auxiliary Corps and Girls’s Military Legislative and Administrative Data, 1942-1949 (NM-84 Entry 55) Group 165: The Battle Division paperwork of his normal employees and particular employees. These information have been ready by the Workplace of the Director of the Girls’s Corps and its predecessors. Field 211 of this sequence incorporates a file particularly associated to African-American WACs and features a checklist of black girls who attended officer candidate (OC) coaching and/or have been promoted. These information present that Charity Adams, who went on to command the 6888th, was one among 40 black girls who attended the very first Girls’s Military Auxiliary Corps (WAACs, later WACs) OC coaching in July 1942 ( see image 4). He was promoted to first officer on January 4, 1943 (see photograph 5). These non-digitized paperwork are a part of Archives II.
Though not particularly in regards to the 6888, this sequence additionally offers perception into the lives of African-American girls who volunteered for the WAC, notably those that enlisted as officers. For instance, the press launch for the primary officer candidates states that “seventy-seven p.c of profitable candidates have a university background” from Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities (HBCUs), in addition to a number of different faculties throughout the nation (see Determine 6). We will additionally discover out what jobs girls in several courses or grades skilled for, similar to medical, clerical, supply, cooking, stitching, washing, and gross sales positions (see Determine 7).
Further data on particular person WAC coaching programs may be present in File Group 160: Data of the Basic Military, similar to: Correspondence, Histories, Stories, and Research Regarding the Coaching of the Girls’s Corps, 1943-1945 (Entry NM-25 156). Service forces. This sequence incorporates data on coaching in numerous specialised fields, in addition to information similar to an unpublished manuscript “Manners of Navy Wives.” These non-digitized paperwork are additionally within the Archives II.
NM-84 55 entries in file group 165 additionally doc the discrimination and segregation girls of shade confronted after they joined the WACs. On this Christmas letter to President Roosevelt, a lady named Lenora G. Robinson notes, “I’ve been instructed that due to my pigmentation I’ll now be uncovered to new, embarrassing and demoralizing experiences. I hear that once I arrive at my publish, I will probably be discriminated towards, that I will probably be segregated in barracks, service golf equipment and leisure amenities” (see Determine 8). One other instance is a Mrs. Allegation of discrimination towards an applicant for officer coaching named Leolis Lynch. NAACP director Walter White wrote on his behalf to the WAAC director that “[w]It’s our honest hope that the WAAC is not going to solely break the outdated patterns in making 13 million American Negroes imagine that they’re actually for democracy, but additionally in presenting this fact to all of the peoples of America and the world” (see p. 9). picture).
Along with a broader seek for information associated to the Girls’s Military Corps, researchers may also assessment the information of the Military’s Communications Zone, the European Theater of Operations (Com-Z). The interval from 15 March 1945 to 26 June 1945 (UD entry 1265) is included in file group 498: Data of the European Theater of Operations , the USA Military (World Battle II) was introduced by the communications zone, ETO created and incorporates knowledge on correspondence and packages acquired on the European Theatre. Whereas the progress experiences don’t particularly point out 6888, the figures for the quantity of shipments processed do in some methods doc the huge effort to assist the battle effort and increase morale (see Figures 10 and 11).
Moreover, researchers excited by studying extra about particular person girls who served within the WAAC/WAC ought to assessment NARA’s web site, Official Navy Personnel Recordsdata (OMPF), Archival Data Requests. It is usually advisable that NARA’s Entry to Archival Databases (AAD) Website be used for II. World Battle II Military Enlistment Data database to seek for particular people. Though not full, the Enlistment Data include information of a lot of black girls, similar to Charity Adams (A-500001), who volunteered to serve their nation throughout World Battle II.
Every unearthed piece of the historical past of the 6888th Central Postal Register Battalion helps spotlight the unimaginable service of the ladies who served in it.
For extra data, see American Girls and the US Armed Forces: A Information to Navy Company Data within the Nationwide Archives Regarding American Girls and Data Interval I by the Korean Battle.
Lastly, please contact the Archives II Textual Reference Department at archives2reference@nara.gov with questions in regards to the information in custody listed above. Questions on images may be directed to the Archives II Inventory Photograph Reference Department at stillpix@nara.gov.
*All images are from the Pictures of American Navy Actions sequence, ca. 1918 – approx. 1981. Ministry of Nationwide Protection. Protection Audiovisual Company. File group 111: Data of the sign officer’s workplace. Nationwide Archives at School Park, School Park, MD.
**From the Processing of Worksheets sequence, 1946–1948. Ministry of Nationwide Defence. Division of the Military. The Workplace of the First Lieutenant. Administrative Providers Division. Departmental Data Department. Historic Data part. Disc group 407: Paperwork of the Main Basic’s workplace. Nationwide Archives at School Park, School Park, MD.
***From the Girls’s Military and Girls’s Military Laws and Administration Data Collection, 1942-1949. Ministry of Nationwide Defence. Division of the Military. Workplace of the Chief of Workers. Workplace of the Director of the Girls’s Corps. File Group 165: Paperwork of the Basic Workers and Particular Workers of the Ministry of Battle. Nationwide Archives at School Park, School Park, MD.
****From the Progress Stories Collection, March 15, 1945-1945 June 26. Battle Division. European Theater of Operations, US Military. Communication Zone, European Theater of Operations. File Group 498: Data of the Command of the USA Military, European Theater of Operations (World Battle II). Nationwide Archives at School Park, School Park, MD.
