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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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...
The Six Triple Eight receives Congressional Gold Medal — meet the Black women who made military history
The 6888th Battalion, made up of 855 Black women, sorted millions of letters in WWII. They have finally been recognized with ...
Congress honors WWII’s All-Black, All-female battalion with Gold Medal
This week, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity, Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the 6888th Central Postal ...
Six Triple Eight members awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Members of the “Six Triple Eight,” the only all-women and majority Black Battalion to serve in World War II, received the ...
Only Black female WWII unit receives Congressional Gold Medal
The only Black, all-female unit serving in Europe during World War II received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday at the ...
Six Triple Eight To Be Honored With Congressional Gold Medal For Service During WWII
The Congressional Gold Medal will be presented to the family of unit commander Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley at the Capitol ...
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,” has been presented ...
Congressional Gold Medal awarded to WWII all-Black female battalion, 'The Six Triple Eight'
The Six Triple Eight, who served overseas during WWII, was honored during a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in D.C. Tuesday, 80 years after the war.