The idea of using Army women to guard the nation’s coasts was born of necessity. Marshall, the American commander responsible for allocating Army resources during World War II, faced an acute ...

Alan Turing wartime manuscript, Enigma machine up for auction 03:27. During World War II, dozens of women students at Cambridge University worked around the clock in complete secrecy to crack Nazi ...

Women's Army Corps Cpl. Alyce Dixon, right, talks with her superior officer while serving with the 6888th Postal Battalion. The battalion was the first all-female, all-black battalion in World War II.

By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer When we consider African-American achievement in the military names we think of General Benjamin O. Davis, the Tuskegee Airmen, and General Colin ...

Michel Martin speaks with filmmaker Tyler Perry and actor Kerry Washington about their film based on World War II's only Women's Army Corps unit of color. In recent years, we've seen more and more ...

As the USS Borie prepared to ram a German U-boat in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 1943, the sailors on the Navy destroyer braced for impact. Turbulent waters in the north Atlantic Ocean ...

But behind the scenes were hundreds of thousands of military women who worked in crucial non-combat roles such as codebreakers, cartographers, ship plotters and radar operators.

March 11, 2020 U.S. Army celebrates women's contributions and service October 28, 2019 U.S. Army proposes innovative solution for historic housing March 23, 2016 Signal regiment honors Hollywood ...

Lessons From Women Who Served in WWII. Clip: 08/01/2023 | 17m 56s Video has Closed Captions | CC. In her new book, military analyst Lena Andrews looks at American women in uniform during World War II.

Army Maj. Charity Adams (center, front) inspects members of the 6888th battalion in formation in Birmingham, England, in 1945. The Women's Army Corps battalion made history as the only all-female ...

The idea of using Army women to guard the nation’s coasts was born of necessity. Marshall, the American commander responsible for allocating Army resources during World War II, faced an acute ...