‘The Six Triple Eight’: Triad woman Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson honored in Netflix film
Ever since Tyler Perry’s Netflix film “The Six Triple Eight” made its streaming debut, family members of Private First Class ...
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Patrick Pioneers – Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson, Part II
I am sure we have all heard the old saying or heard the gospel song, “May the work I have done speak for me.” This could not ...
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Daughter remembers mother, a member of the WWII 6888th mail battalion who retired in Hickory
On Wednesday, Feb. 12, Cynthia Scott visited Patrick Beaver Memorial Library to give a presentation on her mother — a North ...
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Hickory woman honored with Congressional Medal for military service
History hangs on the walls of Cynthia Scott’s home in Hickory. It’s where her mother Elizabeth Barker Johnson spent the last ...
Vet of ‘Six Triple Eight’ regiment made US history before returning to inspire NC town
I am proud of her for wanting to do that. Back then being an African American and a woman in the military, they looked down ...
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Local WWII hero featured in film to be shown at Elkin High School
Elkin City Schools is scheduled to host a special movie day honoring one of its own, PFC Elizabeth Barker Johnson, on ...
'The Six Triple Eight': Triad woman Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson honored in Netflix film: Part 2
'The Six Triple Eight': Triad woman Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson honored in Netflix film: Part 2 The "Zero Day" star and ...
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Patrick Pioneers – Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson, Part I
For the next couple of weeks, we are going to look at a truly remarkable woman, Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson. During WWII ...
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Vet of ‘Six Triple Eight’ regiment made US history before returning to inspire NC town
Elizabeth Barker Johnson was a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The group helped move more than 7 million letters and parcels to personnel on the front lines. Stacy ...