SEVEN
SEVEN CENTS EACH. NOW THROUGH JULY 14 WITH CLUB CARD WHERE APPLICABLE APPLICABLE
APPLICABLE PAUSE FOR A MOMENT
YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR AN
INCREDIBLE STORY REAL LIFE
STORY FROM MR. BOX THAT REALLY
HAS NOT BEEN TOLD YET. IT'S
INSPIRED IT INVOLVES EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE BLACK
WOMEN WHO WERE SENT TO ENGLAND
AND FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR TWO
MADE A VERY IMPORTANT JOB WHEN
THEY ARRIVED THERE AND YOU'RE
ABOUT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.
HE SAID JARVIS JONES IS JOINING
US FIRST OF ALL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR
COUNTRY OR RETIRED MARINE CORPS
MEMBER. THAT'S FANTASTIC. ALSO
AN AMBASSADOR FOR A FOUNDATION
FOR WOMEN WARRIORS. GOOD
MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THE DOCUMENTARY THAT WE'RE
ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT HERE IT'S
CALLED 6 TRIPLE 8 SORT OF SET
THE TABLE FOR US. TELL US WHAT
THE FILM FILM'S ABOUT WHAT
THESE WOMEN DID. FISHER IN
NINETEEN 1940 FIVE EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE BLACK
WOMEN WERE SENT TO BOTH ENGLAND
AND FRANCE TO ACTUALLY SORT
MILLIONS OF BACK PIECES OF MAIL
THAT WERE GOING TO OUR AMERICAN
SOLDIERS FIGHTING ON THE FRONT
LINE. THEY SPENT SIX MONTHS
SORTING AND DISTRIBUTING ALL
THIS NOW TO OUR SERVICE MEMBERS
AND THEY HAVE YET TO RECEIVE
ANY AWARDS OR ACCOLADES FOR
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR OUR
COUNTRY. THIS IS AMAZING
BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK OF
THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN
HISTORY, IF IT WASN'T FOR THESE
EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE
WOMEN OUR SERVICE MEMBERS WOULD
LEFT THEIR FAMILY WITH NO
COMMUNICATION. I THINK THIS WAS
WAY BEFORE COMPUTERS BEFORE
PHONES THAT COULD MAKE
INTERNATIONAL CALLS OBVIOUSLY
WAY BEFORE IPHONE. THEY WERE
THE CORRESPONDENCE. THEY MADE
THESE SERVICE MEMBERS FEEL THAT
THEY WERE LOVED AND HONORED
BACK HOME. THAT IS CORRECT.
THEY WERE THE FIGHTING FORCE
THAT ACTUALLY MADE SURE THAT
THEIR MORALE WAS UP AND THEY
WERE STILL FIGHTING AND THEY
HAD HOPE THAT THEY WERE GOING
TO GO BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES
DURING THOSE SIX MONTHS TIME
PERIOD. THEY FACED SEXISM AND
RACISM BOTH FROM THEIR
LEADERSHIP AND OTHER TROOPS. SO
THEY ENDURED A LOT AND THAT IS
WHAT THIS DOCUMENTARY IS TO
SHARE AND TO EXPOSE TO SHOW
EVERYONE WHAT THEY DID. YOU
HAVE A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO
THIS PARTICULAR STORY. KISHORE,
WHAT IS THAT? YES, I DO. MY
GRANDFATHER ACTUALLY SERVED IN
WORLD WAR TWO AS A YOUNG GIRL.
HE WOULD TELL ME STORIES ABOUT
HOW HE MONTHS WITHOUT MAIL AND
THEN HE FINALLY GOT LETTERS AND
THAT WAS WHAT GAVE HIM HOPE TO
COME BACK HOME. WHEN HE FIRST
ARRIVED, ONE OF HIS FRIENDS
WERE ACTUALLY WOUNDED IN COMBAT
AND HE JUST DID NOT FEEL LIKE
HE WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY RETURN
HOME. SO WHAT THE FIFTH TRIPOLI
DID WAS GIVE MY GRANDFATHER
HOPE TO COME BACK HOME AND IF
IT WASN'T FOR THOSE LETTERS HE
RECEIVED, I'M NOT SURE IF I
WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET
HIM HONESTLY. UNBELIEVABLE.
THE WOMEN WHO WERE A PART OF
THIS TRIP BELIEVE THEIR STORY
IS GOING TO BE TOLD IN A
DOCUMENTARY SCREENING THIS
FRIDAY. HOW CAN PEOPLE WATCH
IT? YES, THEY CAN REGISTER ON
FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS
DOT ORG. IT IS ON THE EVENT
PAGE. IT IS COMPLETELY FREE. IT
IS GONNA BE FROM 6 TO 8 P.M.
AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PANEL
AND THAT PANEL WILL ACTUALLY
INCLUDE TWO OF THE DAUGHTERS
FROM ONE OF THE LATE MEMBERS OF
THE SIX TRIPLE A I BELIEVE AS
I'M HEARING THIS STORY AND
THINKING OF THESE WOMEN SENT
OVER THERE AND THIS REMARKABLE
ROLE THAT THEY PLAYED IN
HISTORY, IF THERE WAS ANY TALK
OF MAKING THIS A FEATURE FILM
OR ANY OF THESE WOMEN STILL
ALIVE. THERE ARE 10 SURVIVING
MEMBERS THAT ARE STILL LIVING
TODAY FROM THE SIX TRIPOLI
THERE HAS NOT BEEN TO MY
KNOWLEDGE ANY FEATURE FILM.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE EFFORTS TO
GET THEM AWARDED
THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
AND WE WOULD HOPE WITH
THE EFFORTS OF ALL OF AMERICA
THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE
IN HONOR OF THEIR SERVICE IN
THIS COUNTRY. WELL, YOU JAMES
JONES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
RETIRED MARINE CORPS MEMBER
HERE. IT'S JUST REMARKABLE TO
HEAR THE STORY OF THESE OTHER
WOMEN AS WELL. RIGHT THERE
SORTING THROUGH THAT MAIL,
BRINGING HOPE TO THOSE WHO NEED
IT. THE MOST. AND AGAIN FOR
FOLKS WHO WANT THAT WEB SITE,
ONE MORE TIME TO WATCH THIS
DOCUMENTARY FRIDAY. WHAT IS