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Descendants of WWII's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion express outrage over Trump's decision to rename military bases honoring Black veterans.
The Six Triple Eight is a story Tyler knew he wanted to tell and share, a piece of Black history that may have been overlooked. However, many film viewers weren't sure if the movie was based on ...
The Six Triple Eight highlights the little-known story of the Six Triple Eight battalion, the only all-woman, all-black military division stationed in Europe during World War II. Their mission was ...
The Six Triple Eight is based on the true story of an all-black and all-female battalion in World War II, aka the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. While many of the side characters in ...
'Six Triple Eight:' The all-Black female WWII unit awarded the Congressional Gold Medal The unit, made up of 855 Black women, boosted the morale of soldiers fighting across Europe during World War II.
The Six Triple Eight is one of the units whose pictures briefly disappeared from Defense Department websites as the Pentagon worked through its purge of content promoting diversity, equity, and ...
Anna Mae Robertson, who was one of the last known surviving members of World War II's Six Triple Eight unit, has died.
The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for decades. Just two of the 855 women are believed to be alive for the ceremony.
These women, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” were sent to Europe in 1945 with one mission: clear a massive backlog of military mail — 17 million pieces — that had piled up and was ...
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.
The only black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the Six Triple Eight, will be presented Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal.
The Six Triple Eight, 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 ...