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The "Six Triple Eight" Brought Black Excellence To The Army During World War II
Manage episode 319393192 series 2922787
Today in 1945, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, began heading to England for deployment. These 855 servicemembers, all Black women, took on a mission that may not have been glamorous but was considered absolutely essential to the war effort. Plus: today in 1947, TIME Magazine reported on a trip by a BBC crew that didn't go quite so well.
The Black Female Battalion That Stood Up to a White Male Army (New York Times)
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
Miscellany, Feb. 3, 1947 (TIME)
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Manage episode 319393192 series 2922787
Today in 1945, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, began heading to England for deployment. These 855 servicemembers, all Black women, took on a mission that may not have been glamorous but was considered absolutely essential to the war effort. Plus: today in 1947, TIME Magazine reported on a trip by a BBC crew that didn't go quite so well.
The Black Female Battalion That Stood Up to a White Male Army (New York Times)
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (U.S. Army Center of Military History)
Miscellany, Feb. 3, 1947 (TIME)
1729 قسمت
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