The Six Triple Eight, who served overseas during WWII, were honored during a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in D.C. 80 ...

On Tuesday, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — the only mostly Black, all-women unit to serve overseas during ...

Black female unit, recognized for its vital wartime contributions, sorted a 17 million mail backlog in three months and was ...

The armed forces women recognized as the “Six Triple Eight” were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for their ...

The women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-Black Women's Army Corps unit to serve overseas in ...

Descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-Black, all-women unit in WWII, gather to receive the ...

The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...

Some 80 years after their efforts in World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion received the Congressional ...

Thirty-nine young people from across Wyoming were recognized Sunday at the State Congressional Award Medal Ceremony in Cheyenne, where they received gold, silver and bronze medals from the ...

“However, because of the time required to design and produce the actual medal, the ceremony in the U.S ... resonates The Congressional Gold Medal has been awarded nearly 200 times since 1776.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — A Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring a group of Black women who served overseas during World War II, brought hundreds of people to the nation’s capital Tuesday.

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only one comprised of Black women to be sent overseas during World War ...