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"Capt. Della H. Raney, Army Nurse Corps, who now heads the nursing staff at the station hospital at Camp Beale, CA, has the distinction of being the first Negro nurse to report to duty in the present war." |
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"The first Negro WACS to arrive on the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, who had also been the first to arrive in England. After the battalion had set up its facilities at Rouen, France, it held an 'open house,' which was attended by hundreds of Negro soldiers. Pvt. Ruth L. James of the battalion area is on duty at the gate." |
