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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The 6888th Battalion’s Job Was Even Harder Than It Looks on 'The Six Triple Eight'
Once in Birmingham, England, the 6888th Battalion worked in freezing warehouses with no heating, rats chewing through letters, and sorting undelivered mail under blackout conditions. With no ...
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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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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 ...