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'Mom didn't talk about her service at all': Family discovers mother's incredible military service while watching Netflix

'Mom didn't talk about her service at all': Family discovers mother's incredible military service while watching Netflix
EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS. A LOCAL FAMILY MADE A MIRACULOUS DISCOVERY WHILE WATCHING THE CREDITS OF A NEW MOVIE. THE FILM, 6888 HIGHLIGHTS A PRESTIGIOUS BATTALION DURING WORLD WAR TWO, MADE UP OF PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN. KMBC NINE S MATT EVANS SHOWS US WHERE THE HILL FAMILY FOUND THEIR MOM. OF COURSE, THIS IS HER PICTURE INSIDE THEIR HOME IN INDEPENDENCE. THE HILL FAMILY IS PROUD OF THEIR MILITARY ROOTS. I WENT INTO SERVICE IN 1971. HARRY HILL SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FOR 20 YEARS, AND BOTH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER SERVED DURING WORLD WAR TWO. AND MOM DIDN맥스카지노T TALK ABOUT HER SERVICE AT ALL. CECIL IOLA WILSON HILL WAS ALWAYS HUMBLE ABOUT HER SERVICE WHEN ANY OF HER SIX SONS WOULD ASK, I SAID, WHAT WAS YOUR JOB? AND HER RESPONSE WAS, I REROUTED MAIL. NEVER KNOWING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT SIGNIFICANCE WAS FINALLY KNOWN TO THEM A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN THE FAMILY WATCHED THE NETFLIX MOVIE THE 6888. MY WIFE맥스카지노S WAS THE ONE THAT SAW HER NAME ON THE CREDITS, SO OF COURSE WE STOPPED THE MOVIE AND WE맥스카지노RE ALL HAPPY AND ELATED AND JUST FILLED WITH JOY. PRIVATE CECIL ALLEN WILSON WAS THERE, ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF WOMEN WHO SOLVED A MAJOR MAIL AND MORALE CRISIS IN WORLD WAR TWO AS PART OF THE SIX EIGHTH BATTALION, WHICH WAS JUST AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL, IN PART BECAUSE OF TWO COLONELS WHO HAVE RESEARCHED THEM FOR YEARS. WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE OF WOMEN LIKE THIS, AND SO I FEEL LIKE IT맥스카지노S NOW MY DUTY TO KEEP TELLING THEIR STORY. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU맥스카지노RE LIVING IN IT. THIS IS THE INVITATION FOR THE HILL FAMILY. THAT RECOGNITION IS A LONG TIME COMING AND I HOP
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'Mom didn't talk about her service at all': Family discovers mother's incredible military service while watching Netflix
This month marks the 75th anniversary of a groundbreaking civil rights report commissioned by President Harry S. Truman.Titled "Freedom to Serve," the 1950 report laid the foundation for desegregating the U.S. armed forces. To commemorate the historic milestone, the Truman Library Institute hosted a panel discussion Thursday evening.The event included stories honoring the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion 맥스카지노 the only all-Black, all-female battalion to serve overseas during World War II. Their mission: clear a massive backlog of mail for American troops stationed in Europe. Their accomplishments were recently brought to the spotlight in the Netflix film "The Six Triple Eight," which led one local family to discover their own connection.Harry Hill served in the U.S. Army for 20 years, and his parents both served in World War II. "Mom didn't talk about her service at all," said Hill. "I said, 'What was your job?' And her response was, 'I rerouted mail." He never knew the significance of what she meant 맥스카지노 until now."Not until the movie came out did we see the importance of what these women did," said Hill, who learned his mother served in the 6888th. "It was absolutely amazing to know our mother was a part of that history."Thursday맥스카지노s panel featured several former high-ranking military officials. The women of the 6888th are also honored with a monument at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.

This month marks the 75th anniversary of a groundbreaking civil rights report commissioned by President Harry S. Truman.

Titled "Freedom to Serve," the 1950 report laid the foundation for desegregating the U.S. armed forces.

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To commemorate the historic milestone, the Truman Library Institute hosted a panel discussion Thursday evening.

The event included stories honoring the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion 맥스카지노 the only all-Black, all-female battalion to serve overseas during World War II.

Their mission: clear a massive backlog of mail for American troops stationed in Europe.

Their accomplishments were recently brought to the spotlight in the Netflix film "The Six Triple Eight," which led one local family to discover their own connection.

Harry Hill served in the U.S. Army for 20 years, and his parents both served in World War II.

"Mom didn't talk about her service at all," said Hill. "I said, 'What was your job?' And her response was, 'I rerouted mail."

He never knew the significance of what she meant 맥스카지노 until now.

"Not until the movie came out did we see the importance of what these women did," said Hill, who learned his mother served in the 6888th. "It was absolutely amazing to know our mother was a part of that history."

Thursday맥스카지노s panel featured several former high-ranking military officials.

The women of the 6888th are also honored with a monument at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.