WATCH LIVE: ‘SIX TRIPLE EIGHT,’ ALL-BLACK WOMEN’S WWII UNIT, HONORED WITH CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
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✍️ The Six Triple Eight, an all-female and all-Black unit, will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for their efforts during World War II.
👉 The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-female and all-Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II. 👉 They solved a growing mail crisis in England and later served in France. 👉 The unit was credited with clearing out a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail in three months, twice as fast as projected. 👉 They created a system using locator cards to ensure mail was delivered.
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