HOPE IN AN ENVELOPE: Councilman Chris Nettles and the City of Fort Worth have officially proclaimed July 8, 2025, as “Fort Worth Women of the 6888th Day.”



HOPE IN AN ENVELOPE

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Thanks to the unwavering efforts of the Texas 6888th Project, the Buffalo Soldiers, and the Little Miss Six Triple Eight Ambassadors, Councilman Chris Nettles and the City of Fort Worth have officially proclaimed July 8, 2025, as “Fort Worth Women of the 6888th Day.”


This special day honors the legacy of three heroic Fort Worth women who served in the historic 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion:

• Technician Fifth Grade Florence Marie Rawls (née Cole), who enlisted in the WAAC in 1942,

• Sergeant First Class Helen Beatrice Minor, and

• Sergeant Lucille Smith (née Lewis), both of whom joined the WAC in 1943.


It also commemorates the lives of Private Mary J. Barlow, Private Mary H. Bankston, and Sergeant Dolores Browne, who tragically died on July 8, 1945, while serving overseas in World War II. These brave women are buried at the Normandy American Cemetery in France, alongside fellow American service members.




The Texas 6888th Project and the Little Miss 6888th Ambassadors continue to proudly preserve, protect and promote the powerful legacy of the Six Triple Eight—the only all-Black and Latina, all-female battalion to serve overseas during WWII.


For more information, please contact Pastor Kyev Tatum at 817-966-7625 or kptatum1@gmail.com.





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