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Family members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion accepted a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday and 80 years ...
The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.
The only Black, all-female unit serving in Europe during World War II received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday at the ...
"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.
The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, the Six Triple Eight, will be presented with the ...
The battalion was tasked with cleaning out the massive backlog filled with more than 17 million pieces of mail that left troops without any communications from their families for months.
The nation’s only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on ...
The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...
Five decades after the end of the U.S.-led war in Vietnam, Asian American and Pacific Islander veterans are reflecting on the life-changing ordeal that was at time made more complicated by their race.
Billions of dollars in funding for government-subsidized housing could be slashed under the administration’s proposals.
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