The battalion, which formed in response to growing pressure from African-American organizations to include women in what was called the Women’s Army Corp, arrived in England in February 1945 where they worked around the clock to sort and create a system that would ensure soldiers received their mail. The burgeoning feat – which was estimated to take six months – was completed in 90 days with the unit, whose motto was “no mail, low morale,” creating a system using locator cards with a service member’s name and unit number to process about 65,000 pieces of mail during each of the three shifts. The story of the Six Triple Eight became more widespread over the decades, with the unit receiving a 2019 Meritorious Unit Commendation and a monument erected in their honor at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 2018.
Author: Anna Young
Published at: 2025-04-29 22:00:29
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