6888 Monument Project
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Monument
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was an all-black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps. The 6888th had 855 black women, both enlisted and officers, and was led by Major Charity Adams Earley.
Branch: United States Army
Part of: Women’s Army Corps
Role: Postal service
Nickname(s): Six Triple Eight
Motto(s): No mail, no morale
The monument is in the Buffalo Soldier Military Park at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas along with other monuments honoring African-American individuals and units, and consists of a 25-inch Bronze bust of the unit’s Commanding Officer, LTC Charity Adams (Earley), eight black granite panels highlighting the unit’s lineage, historical information, key unit pictures, one panel for the Corporate Donors who donate at least $6,688.88, and on the back panel will be an alphabetical list, by states, of 700-plus members, of the original list of 855 assigned during WWII. Three were killed in an automobile accident. One unique, when we tried to research the manifests of ships who transported the ladies to and from Europe–an official entry stated–the manifests of all ships were destroyed. No reason was given as to why.
The dimensions of the monument are:
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Width – 6 feet
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Depth – 4 feet
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Height – 4 feet 6 inches
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Bronze Bust – 25 inches tall
