WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — An all-female, all-Black women’s Army Corps battalion who cleared out a 17 million-piece backlog of U.S. servicemember mail in World War II will receive the ...
Vivid Hues: The Six Triple Eight shares the story of an all-Black battalion of WACs that faced unimaginable challenges while ...
The Congressional Gold Medal this past week was bestowed to the “Six Triple Eight,” a predominantly Black, all-female unit that served in Europe during World War II and which featured a number of ...
The only Women's Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II received a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday, exactly 80 years after pulling off an incredible organizational feat. The ...
Who were the 6888th Battalion? The Six Triple Eight Postal Directory Battalion were a unit of the Women's Army Corps in World War 2. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion also known as the Six ...
Introduction -- The Army diversifies: Fort Des Moines -- Fort Devens -- The strike -- Trial and verdict -- The civilian reaction -- Military protocol -- Conclusion: A sociological laboratory Summary ...
SANTA FE — Stella Lavadie sat on a chair inside her Santa Fe home looking through a scrapbook. On one page there were her World War II dog tags and discharge papers. On another was the cover of the ...