I knew my mom was a WAC (Women’s Army Corps) but didn't know the details or historical significance until Tyler Perry released 'The Six Triple Eight' ...

Usually when we think of World War 2, images of allied forces storming the beaches of Normandy during the invasion of Europe ...

I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America After discovering that Private Ames is a woman, Dr. Foster demands, “Why did you join the army?” Ames responds: “I wanted to ...

Chelsea Pensioners are retired soldiers who live in the Royal Chelsea ... Source film What was their life like before WW2? What new opportunities did they have? How far did their lives progress ...

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion is the only all Black U.S. Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World ...

The Bush Center will honor the legacy of the Six Triple Eight battalion on Feb. 12. A Netflix film about the unit was ...

Beckoning Thompson to come closer, the soldier made a deathbed confession: I can trust you and will tell you a secret. I am ...

Although the number of Japanese female soldiers has doubled during the past decade, it is still far behind Tokyo’s ally, the United States. Women make up only 8.7% of the 230,000 strong Japanese ...

Pages that highlight the accomplishments of women in the Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard remain online.

The history of the World War II battlefront is rarely told from the perspective of female combatants, yet there were female soldiers who fought as fiercely as their male counterparts. One such ...

(WTVM) - A new movie on Netflix is shedding light on the only women’s ... in Europe during World War II - and there’s a local tie to Savannah. One of the Black female soldier’s daughters ...