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Acknowledgments I am deepl y indebte d t o th e forme r member s o f th e 6888t h Cen tral Posta l Director y Battalio n fo r thei r willingnes s t o b e inter viewed . The y wer e generou s wit h thei r tim e an d i n som e case s shared treasured scrapbook s containin g photographs, official mil itary document s wit h raise d seals , and written memoirs . To all of them I am sincerely grateful . Ideas fo r thi s boo k bega n t o develo p i n sprin g 1991 , when I received a Dr. Nuala McGan n Dresche r Affirmative Actio n Leav e Award t o researc h archiva l document s o n wome n i n th e U.S . Army. I wa s abl e t o develo p thos e idea s furthe r whil e a t th e University o f Maryland a t College Park o n a postdoctoral fellow ship awar d durin g academi c yea r 1991—92 . I than k Mad y an d David Sega l fo r servin g a s m y sponsors , an d fo r thei r valuabl e feedback o n m y work . I researche d an d wrot e portion s o f thi s book durin g th e summer s o f 199 2 an d 1993 , thanks t o summe r faculty award s from th e United States Army Research Institute fo r the Behaviora l an d Socia l Sciences . Som e o f th e theme s i n th e book wer e reprinted fro m a n articl e I wrote i n 199 3 title d "Serv ing with a Dual Mission: African America n Women in World War II," wit h th e permissio n o f th e National Journal of Sociology. I am als o gratefu l t o Charle s C . Moskos , Cynthi a Enloe , an d tw o XI Xll Acknowledgments anonymous reviewer s fo r thei r valuabl e comment s o n a n earlie r draft o f this book . A gran t fro m th e Julia n Par k Publicatio n Fun d a t th e Stat e University o f Ne w Yor k a t Buffal o assiste d wit h th e duplicatio n of some of the archival photographs. Some of my travel expenses, as wel l a s fund s fo r tap e transcriptions , wer e provide d b y th e School o f Law , Bald y Center , a t th e Stat e Universit y o f Ne w York a t Buffal o unde r th e Gende r an d La w Project . Finally , I am thankfu l t o Do n Watkin s an d t o Barbar a Evan s a t th e Stat e University o f Ne w Yor k a t Buffalo' s Ar t an d Photographi c Ser vices , for preparing my figures and tables . ...

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