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 Six Triple Eight cleared a years-long backlog of mail in just three months. Eighty years later, the unit is finally ...

Members of an elite female WWII unit that notably improved the morale for soldiers on the European battlefront were honored ...

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

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, also known as the ‘Six Triple Eight,’ received a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award given by Congress, April 29 at the U.S ...

Black, all-female World War II unit received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday for improving soldiers' morale with ...

Members of the “Six Triple Eight,” the only all-women and majority Black Battalion to serve in World War II, received the Congressional Gold Medal Tuesday in the U.S. Capitol. Their work came ...

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 ...