When the Nation Was in Need Author:Martha S. Putney Some 6,500 black women volunteered to serve in the segregated U.S. military during World War II. They were assigned to duty stations at training centers, in recruiting districts, on army posts and air force bases, at embarkation and relocation centers, at station, regional, and general hospitals in the North and South, and overseas as a central ... more »postal battalion. Data to tell the story of these women came from many sources, including archival records, manuscripts, documents, contemporary newspaper accounts and interviews, statements, and the personal files of those who served. With photographs, illustrations, tables, and a bibliography.« less