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SUMMARY:Lecture Series: Col. Edna W. Cummings (Retired) - 6888th\, Central Postal Directory Battalion
DESCRIPTION:Edna W. Cummings – 6888th\, Central Postal Directory Battalion \n\n\nThe U.S. Army’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-minority\, all-female Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit to serve overseas during World War II. The primary mission of the “Six Triple Eight\,” as the unit was popularly known\, was to sort the two- to three-year backlog of undelivered mail for U.S. service members in the European theater of war. The unit\, organized on March 4\, 1945 in Birmingham\, England\, contained about 850 officers and enlisted personnel who formed four companies. Whereas most Black units in the military contained white officers\, every position in the 6888th was staffed by Black women. \nColonel Edna W. Cummings\, U.S. Army (Retired) Six Triple Eight Advocate\, Author\, and Congressional Gold Medal Champion  \nRetired Army Colonel Edna W. Cummings is a true example of a social entrepreneur and change-maker. Her career path can be described with three words: service\, leadership\, and change. Col. Cummings was the first African American woman to receive a commission as an Army Officer from Appalachian State University in her home state of North Carolina. Afterwards\, she served in key positions in the U.S. Army\, and held leadership positions in multi-million dollar businesses\, worked on national initiatives\, and was able to bring recognition to the all-Black WWII Women’s Army Corps unit\, Six Triple Eight. Col. Cummings championed the legislative effort to enact passage of the Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021\, signed by the President in March 2022. This is the nation’s highest civilian honor. Cummings\, has been recognized as a national leader by bipartisan elected officials\, and diverse social and business organizations.
URL:https://wrightmuseum.org/calendar/lecture-series-col-edna-w-cummings-retired-6888th-central-postal-directory-battalion/
LOCATION:Wright Museum of World War II\, 77 Center Street\, Wolfeboro\, NH\, 03894\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lecture Series: Robert O'Connor - The Jeep Show
DESCRIPTION:Robert O’Connor – The Jeep Show \n\n\nIn late 1944 the American military was advancing through Western Europe so fast that entertainment units could not keep up with them. Major Joshua Logan\, then an officer in Special Services\, noted that the advancing G.I.s were “never in one place long enough to see a show”. He was credited with coming up with the idea of small quick moving entertainment units to entertain at rapid notice called “jeep shows”. \nThe small troupe usually comprised a comedian\, dancer/singer and musician. They traveled in a jeep with their musical instruments and other equipment carried in a quarter ton trailer that would be converted into a stage. \nBefore Victory in Europe Day the jeep shows played before 23\,749 troops in eighty-one performances. \nRooney recalled his first show being between two Sherman tanks three miles from the front in Belgium for 60 soldiers. Rooney’s troupe sometimes put on seven shows a day and covered 150\,000 miles in a year. Before Victory in Europe Day the jeep shows played before 23\,749 troops in eighty-one performances
URL:https://wrightmuseum.org/calendar/lecture-series-robert-oconnor-the-jeep-show/
LOCATION:Wright Museum of World War II\, 77 Center Street\, Wolfeboro\, NH\, 03894\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Lecture Series: Dr. Edward Gordon – Fireball in the Night:  The Fire-Bombing of Japan and the Atomic Bomb Controversy
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Edward Gordon – Fireball in the Night: The Fire-Bombing of Japan and the Atomic Bomb Controversy \n\n\nOn April 18\, 1942\, Lieutenant-Colonel James H. Doolittle led a clandestine bombing raid of sixteen B-24 Mitchell bombers that flew from U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet to Tokyo\, a distance of more than 650 miles. The damage inflicted was small\, but it foreshadowed the mighty air raids to come. \nThis program on the bombing of Japan and the dropping of the atom bomb will chronicle the events that made U.S. airpower a decisive factor in the fall of Japan in 1945. \nBiography of Edward E. Gordon \nEdward E. Gordon is an internationally known historian\, speaker\, researcher\, and author. He taught history at DePaul University\, Chicago and was a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians for 10 years. He has presented hundreds of historical programs to museums\, libraries\, universities\, and a wide variety of other organizations across the United States. \nEd Gordon is also the president and founder of Imperial Consulting Corporation. He is the author of 20 books and over 150 articles in the areas of history\, business\, and education. His latest book\, Divided on D-Day: How Leadership Failures Threatened the Normandy Invasion\, co-authored with David Ramsay\, was published by Prometheus Books. \nHe has appeared on the CBS network’s “The Early Show\,” CNN\, the PBS News Hour\, National Public Radio\, and many other media venues. \nDr. Gordon earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in history at DePaul University\, his Ph.D. at Loyola University Chicago\, and pursued post-graduate studies at the University of Chicago.
URL:https://wrightmuseum.org/calendar/dr-edward-gordon-fireball-in-the-night-the-fire-bombing-of-japan-and-the-atomic-bomb-controversy/
LOCATION:Wright Museum of World War II\, 77 Center Street\, Wolfeboro\, NH\, 03894\, United States
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