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Congress honors Six Triple Eight, the Black, all-female WWII unit
The nation’s only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday, decades after their efforts helped lift morale for soldiers ...
The Six Triple Eight: Black, Female Soldiers Honored for World War II Success
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 Six Triple Eight Black female WWII unit, with ties to Hampton Roads, receives the Congressional Gold Medal
The only Black all-female WWII unit in Europe received the Congressional Gold Medal for ending a major mail crisis in England.
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 ...
WWII Veterans fly out of Roanoke for special trip
On Tuesday the group of veterans ranging from ages 96 to 101 flew out of the Roanoke Airport to Charlotte as part of a trip ...
Six Triple Eight To Be Honored With Congressional Gold Medal For Service During WWII
To recognize the women of the Six Triple Eight who made up the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the unit will be ...
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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 ...
On a sunken WWII aircraft carrier, experts find a mural, wrecked planes and a station wagon
Three miles down, cameras glimpsed the shattered interior of the USS Yorktown, sunk in the Pacific Ocean in the 1942 Battle ...