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

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

The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.

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

Family members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion accepted a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday and 80 years ...

A bill to award the 1980 United States men’s Olympic hockey team the Congressional Gold Medal passed the U.S. House of ...

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 ...