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Months after the story of the women of the 6888th Battalion made its way onto America’s television screens, parts of unit's ...
A Black woman's military service that's part of the "Six Triple Eight" Netflix seemingly just got scrubbed from the U.S. Department of Defense website.
The daughter of a Six Triple Eight Battalion soldier with ties to Savannah says things are changing for her as the legacy of her mom and a group of more than 800+ soldiers is being removed online.
It took them just three months to sort the mail—three months ahead of schedule—but while there, they endured racial and gender inequality in the Army. The U.S. Department of Defense has ...
It certainly makes every Black woman proud. The movie is called “Six Triple Eight,” starring Kerry Washington. I saw it on Netflix a few days ago. I don’t want to tell you the details of the ...
As detailed by state officials in a statement, the Six Triple Eight was a battalion made up of approximately 855 officers and enlisted personnel tasked with processing a backlog of undelivered ...
The Six Triple Eight unit was the only unit made up entirely of Black women in World War II and one of them called Cobb County home. Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell spoke with ...
She ran for York City School Board and City Council. And she was a veteran, a member of the storied Six-Triple Eight - the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion - the only unit composed of ...
Anna Louise Bybee-Grayson was, by any measure, a hugely accomplished woman. She was a talented clothing designer and tailor and operated her own apparel shop in York - The Smart Shop in the 10 ...