WWII vet civil servant, & volunteer Millie Bailey, 1 of the 1st African American officers in the Women's Army Corps, dead at 104

[basquebromance]

born in Oklahoma but lived her later life in Maryland, a beautiful American hero

Vivian ‘Millie’ Bailey, beloved Howard Co. WWII veteran and public servant, dies at 104 - WTOP News

Vivian “Millie” Bailey, who led an all-female detachment in World War II during segregation in the South, died Sunday at 104 in her Columbia, Maryland, home.

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[Confederate Soldier]

A salute to a fallen American hero, R.I.P.

 

[Esdraelon]

Another loss for the America that once was. I honor her sacrifice and patriotism.