PFC Deloris Ruddock
PFC Deloris Ruddock
PFC Deloris Ruddock enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps in October 1943 in Washington, DC. She would be assigned to the history-making 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the first and only all-female African American unit deployed overseas during WWII. They were sent to Birmingham, England and Rouen, France to sort through the two year logjam of mail to send to American troops overseas.
