The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only one comprised of Black women to be sent overseas during World War ...

Black female unit, recognized for its vital wartime contributions, sorted a 17 million mail backlog in three months and was ...

The armed forces women recognized as the “Six Triple Eight” were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for their ...

The Congressional Gold Medal will be presented to the family of unit commander Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley at the Capitol ...

Members of the “Six Triple Eight,” the only all-women and majority Black Battalion to serve in World War II, received the ...

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The only all-black female unit to serve overseas in World War II was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal Tuesday – 80 years after they were deployed to Europe to revolutionize the growing mail crisis ...

The all-Black female WWII unit, the "Six Triple Eight," was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award that Congress can bestow upon a civilian. On Tuesday, the 6888th unit ...

On Tuesday, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — the only mostly Black, all-women unit to serve overseas during ...

"I am more than honored to be with you today to present the Six Triple Eight with our nation's highest civilian award, the long-awaited, much-sought-after Congressional Gold Medal," Cummings said.