Col. Edna W. Cummings
Roles:
Author,
Reviewer,
Section Editor
Editorial groups:
Associate Editors
Affiliation:
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- Retired
- U.S. Army
Biography
A Fayetteville, NC, native and Army brat, Edna W. Cummings had a distinguished 25-year military career. She is the Vice President of Windsor Group, LLC and an Army Reserve Ambassador (a Special Government Employee equivalent to a two star general in the Armed forces). She is the author of A Soldier’s Life: A Black Woman’s Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion (University of Virginia Press, May 2025). She championed the Congressional effort to enact passage of the Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, the nation’s highest civilian honor. She also co-produced two award winning documentaries about the 6888th Battalion, The Six Triple Eight, and Two Wars, No Mail, Low Morale.
Col. Cummings is a distinguished alumni from Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, and its Army Training Reserve Officer Corps program. She received a master’s degree in the Foundations of Education from Troy State University, Troy, AL, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA. Her highest military award is the Defense Superior Service Medal, and she has received numerous state and local recognitions for her Six Triple Eight advocacy.
Her interests are World War II military women from the Black diaspora, military and veteran families, and the impacts of veterans on geo-politics.