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'Six Triple Eight:' The all-Black female WWII unit awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only one comprised of Black women to be sent overseas during World War ...
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Black female WWII unit recognized with congressional medal
Judy Earley, Charity Adams Earley's daughter, joins 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss her reaction to accepting the medal on ...
Congress Awards Gold Medal To The ‘Six Triple Eight,’ Trailblazing Black Female WWII Unit
On Tuesday, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — the only mostly Black, all-women unit to serve overseas during ...
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Congressional Gold Medal Awarded to Black WWII Postal Battalion Long Denied Recognition
The women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-Black Women's Army Corps unit to serve overseas in ...
Trailblazing ‘Six Triple Eight’ unit receives congressional gold medal
Black female unit, recognized for its vital wartime contributions, sorted a 17 million mail backlog in three months and was ...
Black female WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ receives congressional medal
The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” was honored Tuesday ...
AFRO American Newspapers17h
Black female WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ receives congressional honor
The Congressional Gold Medal is awarded to the 'Six Triple Eight,' an all-female, all-Black unit that served in Europe during ...
Smithsonian Magazine23h
The Only Black, All-Female Unit to Serve Overseas in World War II Receives the Congressional Gold Medal
The Six Triple Eight cleared a years-long backlog of mail in just three months. Eighty years later, the unit is finally getting the recognition it deserves ...
These Civilians Risked It All to Stand Up to Nazi Forces in World War II
During the Second World War, atrocities and horrors took place all over Europe as country after country fell to the ...
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Women of 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion receive long-overdue Congressional Gold Medal
Descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-Black, all-women unit in WWII, gather to receive the ...
Six Triple Eight presented with Congressional Gold Medal by Speaker Mike Johson
Members of an elite female WWII unit that notably improved the morale for soldiers on the European battlefront were honored by Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday.