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Not via a book, though. Just watched The Six Triple Eight on Netflix. During World War II, the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion was a battalion of Black women in the Army, led by then-Captain (later Major) Charity Adams, got shipped overseas to clear a two-year backlog of undelivered mail. Millions of letters, piled to the ceiling in freezing warehouses, while soldiers went months without hearing from home. Nobody thought they could do it. Some in charge didn't want them to do it. And Adams had generals breathing down her neck the entire time, ready to see her fail. At times, setting her up to fail. She never let the pressure from above turn into pressure that crushed the women below her. She took the hit, she held the line, and she still found a way to do right by her orders and her people. Both at once, which sounds simple until you've actually had to do it. That's leadership. And they didn't just clear the backlog. They sorted and delivered 17 million pieces of mail in 90 days. On April 27, 2023, the U.S. Army renamed Fort Lee as Fort Gregg-Adams to honor Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams, making it the first U.S. military base named for a black woman. If you haven't seen it yet, and you have Netflix, watch it. If you don't have Netflix, keep an eye out for when it's available elsewhere. It's not a "sit on the edge of your seat" drama. Nor is it really that great of a 'drama' movie. It's more like a documentary with good acting. Well worth the watch. I looked at the book on Amazon but it seems to be very dry so I'm going to pass on it. Some interesting reads: The SixTripleEight: No Mail, Low Morale article https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/the-sixtripleeight-6888th-battalion Blog post on Wounded Warrior site: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/newsroom/featured-stories/legacy/the-six-triple-eight-proved-that-no-role-was-too-small-during-world-war-ii

I just finished reading Elizabeth Berg's Dream When You're Feeling Blue. Focuses on an Irish-American in Chicago WWII, especially on the lives and loves of the three very different sisters. Such fantastic writing! Great historical detail woven into the story seemlessly woven it. Beautifully believable dialogue. BUT, I did not like the ending! Oh Woe! Did anyone else read this book and have a different take on the ending?