NextUs818

Episode 89: Interview with Descendants of Private First Class Gladys Schuster Carter: Leslie Shea Carter and Jacqueline Carter Gibson

July 3, 2026

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 89 are Leslie Shea Carter and Jacqueline Carter Gibson, granddaughters of Private Gladys Schuster Carter, who served in the 6888th.

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Meet the Creator: Doc JaeCi

Carmen Jordan-Cox, PhD (known to her listeners as Doc JaeCi) is the voice, vision, and driving force behind the NextUs818 Podcast. An educational consultant and retired university executive, Doc JaeCi is astoryteller and author dedicated to sharing untold histories, amplifying the narratives of African-American trailblazers, and preserving Black history forfuture generations. When she isn't researching compelling stories or recording her next episode, you can find her exploring the world, capturing its beautythrough her camera lens.

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Episode 88: Interview with Descendant of Private Vivian Fitzsimmons Hawkins: Donna Fitzsimmons-Dymally

June 19, 2026

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 guest in Episode 88 is Donna Fitzsimmons-Dymally, niece of Private Vivian Fitzsimmons Hawkins, who served in the 6888th.

#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical

#SixTripleEightNetflix

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#SixTripleEight#6888th

#ArmyWomensFoundation

https://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal

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Episode 87: Interview with Descendant of Private Eleanor Frances Sullivan: Jourdeanna Yates

April 15, 2026

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 guest in Episode 87 is Jourdeanna Yates, granddauther of Private Eleanor Frances Sullivan, who served in the 6888th.

#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical

#SixTripleEightNetflix

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#SixTripleEight#6888th

#ArmyWomensFoundation

https://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal

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Episode 86: Ceremonial Signing of HB68 Designating March 9th as 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day in Delaware

April 2, 2026

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.

Episode 86 features the Ceremonial Signing of HB68 as 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day in the State of Delaware.

#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical

#SixTripleEightNetflix

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#SixTripleEight#6888th

#ArmyWomensFoundation

https://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal

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Episode 85: Interview with Descendant of 6888th Soldier Major Margaret E. Barnes Jones: Daniel Randy Smith

March 18, 2026

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 guest in Episode 85 is Daniel Randy Smith, great nephew of Major Margaret E. Barnes Jones, who served in the 6888th.

#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical

#SixTripleEightNetflix

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#SixTripleEight#6888th

#ArmyWomensFoundation

https://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal

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Episode 89: Interview with Descendants of Private First Class Gladys Schuster Carter: Leslie Shea Carter and Jacqueline Carter Gibson

Episode 88: Interview with Descendant of Private Vivian Fitzsimmons Hawkins: Donna Fitzsimmons-Dymally

Episode 87: Interview with Descendant of Private Eleanor Frances Sullivan: Jourdeanna Yates

Episode 86: Ceremonial Signing of HB68 Designating March 9th as 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day in Delaware

Episode 85: Interview with Descendant of 6888th Soldier Major Margaret E. Barnes Jones: Daniel Randy Smith