Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. "Somewhere in England, Maj. Charity E. Adams,...and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell,...inspect the first contingent of Negro members of the Women's Army Corps assigned to overs
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Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-2002
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Charity Edna Adams Earley (5 December 1918 – 13 January 2002) was an American United States Army officer, educator, and psychologist. Earley (serving in the military under Adams) was the first African-American woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC, later WACS) and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of African-American women to serve overseas during World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The 6888th was nicknamed the "Six Triple E...
