Black female WWII unit Six Triple Eight awarded Congressional Gold Medal: ‘Their story will never be forgotten’

Source: New York Post

The only all-black female unit to serve overseas in World War II was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal Tuesday – 80 years after they were deployed to Europe to revolutionize the growing mail crisis. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion – also known as the Six Triple Eight – received the highest civilian honor granted by Congress Tuesday for their historic efforts clearing out a backlog of 17 million pieces of undelivered mail in three months, twice as fast as projected, when they were deployed in 1945. “These women and the entire Six Triple Eight are great American patriots; loyal to a nation that for far too long failed to return that favor,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.