Serving as the first African-American woman officer in WWII, what was Charity Adams Earley's final assignment?

Charity Adams Earley enlisted in the U.S. Army's, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in July 1942. She was the first African-American woman to be an officer in the WACC. At the time, the U.S. Army was still segregated, so she was placed in a company with African-American women and stationed at Fort Des Moines.

In 1943 she was assigned to be the training supervisor at base headquarters. Then in early 1944, Adams was reassigned as the Training Center control officer in charge of improving efficiency and job training. In December of the same year, Adams led the only company of African-American WACs ever to serve overseas. They were stationed first in Birmingham, England.

In March 1945, she was appointed the commanding officer of the first battalion of African-American women, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. After serving first in Birmingham, three months later they were moved to Rouen, France and finally to Paris, France. They were responsible for the delivery of mail to over 7 million soldiers during WW II.

At the war's end, Lieutenant Colonel Adams Earley was the highest ranking African-American woman in the military. When asked about her ground breaking achievements, Adams simply responded, "I just wanted to do my job." She decided to leave the service in 1946 when she was called to serve at the Pentagon. According to the Smithsonian Institution she is one of the 100 Most Important Black Women in History.