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Forgotten battalion entirely of black women who helped win the war from Birmingham
A forgotten army of an all-black and all-female battalion of the US Women's Army Corp helped the war effort from Birmingham. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion were based at King Edward ...
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Meet the WWII Battalion of Black Women That Inspired an Army Base’s New Name
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only unit comprised entirely of Black women to have been deployed overseas during World War II, and it had served a critical function ...
80 years later, movie tells story of SC woman’s battalion during World War II
When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944 , she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail ...
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Unsung Heroes: The Story of the Six Triple Eight Battalion
Discover the incredible story of the 6888th Central Postal Battalion, a trailblazing unit of all-Black, all-female soldiers during WWII. Tasked with clearing years of undelivered mail, these ...
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The Six Triple Eight Helped Rewrite The Rules On Who Could Be A Soldier The Real Story Behind The Netflix Film
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Tyler Perry's new Netflix film, The Six Triple Eight, tells the story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion ... homemaking with a uniform masculinity.