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Congress honors all Black female military WWII unit 'Six Triple Eight'
The "Sx Triple Eight" was the only Black all female postal unit to serve in Europe during World War II in 1945. Eighty year ...
Historic Black female WWII unit receives congressional honor
The “Six Triple Eight” was honored Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal, following a long-running campaign to recognize ...
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All-Black women’s Army Corps unit led by Ohio woman in WWII to receive Congressional Gold Medal
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — An all-female, all-Black women’s Army Corps battalion who cleared out a 17 million-piece ...
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The only female unit to serve overseas in WWII gets a congressional medal 80 years on
The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...