Veasey, Millie Dunn, 1918-2018

Millie Dunn Veasey (January 31, 1918 – March 9, 2018) served from 1942 to 1945 with the Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women’s Army Corps, an all-black, all-female unit; it was the only all-black Women’s Army Corps unit to serve overseas. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, she worked at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh after returning from the war. She was active in the civil rights movement with the Raleigh-Wake Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where she became president in 1965.