Julia Brownley tweeted the following:
"Adams developed an incredible system that allowed the unit to sort and deliver the backlog of over 17 million pieces of mail. The servicewomen worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and in three rotating eight-hour shifts. Each shift sorted and processed 65,000 pieces of mail."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Julia Brownley:
"In the height of World War II, oversees military personnel faced a serious problem: due to a six-month backlog of mail, soldiers were not receive letters or packages from loved ones, which plummeted morale."Read on Twitter
"In response, the Womens Army Corps formed the all-black Six Triple Eight (6888) Battalion to deliver millions of pieces of mail and restore high spirits to troops across Europe."Read on Twitter
"The best WAC unit ever sent into foreign theater, said Lt. Col. Charity Adams, the first African-American commanding officer in the Womens Army Corps to be deployed to a theater of war."Read on Twitter
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