Episode 70: Interview with Descendants of 6888th Soldier PVT. Ruth Gaddy: Dr. Susan Gaddy Pope, Sherri Thompson, Majorie Gaddy, Sandra Gaddy Williams, June Gaddy Koffi, Jordan Koffi , Yvette Bembry cover art

Episode 70: Interview with Descendants of 6888th Soldier PVT. Ruth Gaddy: Dr. Susan Gaddy Pope, Sherri Thompson, Majorie Gaddy, Sandra Gaddy Williams, June Gaddy Koffi, Jordan Koffi , Yvette Bembry

Episode 70: Interview with Descendants of 6888th Soldier PVT. Ruth Gaddy: Dr. Susan Gaddy Pope, Sherri Thompson, Majorie Gaddy, Sandra Gaddy Williams, June Gaddy Koffi, Jordan Koffi , Yvette Bembry

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NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guests in Episode 70 are seven descendants of Private Ruth Gaddy, who served in the 6888th Battalion.


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