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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Family remembers Cobb woman as one of the members of the Six Triple Eight unit during World War II
The Six Triple Eight unit was the only unit made up entirely of Black women in World War II and one of them called Cobb County home. Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell spoke with family members of Lettie Roberta Williams who deployed overseas with the unit in 1945. The 855 women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion were tasked with working around the clock in extremely poor conditions to sort the massive backlog of mail that had been stacked in a warehouse. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] 'You're helping these families who did not know where there soldiers were, whether they were deceased, missing, alive,' Williams' great-great-niece Trina Delk said. After just three months, the Six Triple Eight had given countless families the answers they had been missing and raising morale among soldiers. Delk and Lacresia Couser say they knew Williams served in the war, but didn't know the extent of what her unit went through until they watched the movie 'The Six Triple Eight' from filmmaker Tyler Perry. 'They started rolling the credits of the names, and I was like, 'Wait a minute,'' Couser said. 'This is amazing. This was my great-great-aunt.' 'I actually watched it twice because I was just in awe,' Delk said. TRENDING STORIES: Missing 5-year-old's body found in Gwinnett County pond Principal identifies student killed in after-school shooting in DeKalb Former Cobb deputy faked multiple sclerosis to get donations, prosecutors say Williams was the first Black woman in Marietta to enlist in the Army Corps. 'She was the first Black librarian of Cobb County,' Couser remembered. 'She worked at the Housing Authority. She helped develop the YMCA,' Delk said. Delk said her great-great-aunt inspired her to not be afraid to join male-dominated fields, prompting her to join the Cobb County Sheriff's Office. 'When I started, I was with mostly men. I ended up training some of the officers and the civilians. Don't let it be just a male thing that you can't do it, just know you can,' Delk said. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
USA Today
28-01-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
On this day: Payton Pritchard, Tony Delk born; Bobby Wilson signed
On this day: Payton Pritchard, Tony Delk born; Bobby Wilson signed On this day in Boston Celtics history, point guard Tony Delk was born in Covington, Tennessee in 1974. Delk had played his collegiate ball at Kentucky from 1992 to 1996, where he won SEC Player of the Year, the NCAA's Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and even won an NCAA national championship in his final season with the team. His pro career began after being picked up with the 16th overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets and played for that team, the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, and Phoenix Suns before being traded to the Celtics. That deal saw Delk and Rodney Rogers dealt to the Celts for Randy Brown, Joe Johnson, Milt Palacio, and draft assets. Delk's time with the Celtics spanned 2 seasons, playing in 89 total games, of which 55 were starts, and averaging 9.2 points. 2.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game in his time in green. The Covington native would be traded with Antoine Walker to the Dallas Mavericks for Raef LaFrentz, Chris Mills, Jiri Welsch, and draft assets in 2003. It is also the date that shooting guard Bobby Wilson signed with the Celtics in 1977. An alum of Wichita State drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the 52nd overall pick of the 1974 draft, Wilson would play two seasons with the Bulls before joining Boston as a free agent. The Indianapolis native would play in 25 games of the 1976-77 season for the Celtics, averaging 2 points a game for Boston. Finally, current Celtics guard Payton Pritchard was also born on this day in 1998 in Tualatin, Oregon. Playing his college ball with his hometown Oregon, Pritchard was drafted 26th overall in the 2020 NBA draft and has played for the Celtics since. Listen to the "Celtics Lab" podcast on: Apple Podcasts: Spotify:
