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Descendants of WWII's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion express outrage over Trump's decision to rename military bases honoring Black veterans.
SCJ All-Area Girls Track and Field Team, captained by Sioux City East's Grace Erick, Spirit Lake's Leah Bolluyt and Dakota ...
From a deleted scene in “Hunger Games” to a starring role in “Where the Crawdads Sing,” Taylor John Smith has built up an impressive resume. On Friday, he appeared on stage at the Taormina Film ...
Washington, who portrayed Six Triple Eight's leader Maj. Charity Adams in the film, said in a May 31 Facebook post that the day she met Robertson will be "forever cherished deeply in my heart." ...
Anna Mae Robertson, one of the last surviving members of the famed Six Triple Eight unit, has died. She was 101. Robertson was among the 855 women in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion ...
Six Triple Eight presented with Congressional Gold Medal by Speaker Mike Johson by: Marlo Lacen. Posted: Apr 30, 2025 / 02:17 PM CDT. Updated: Apr 30, 2025 / 02:17 PM CDT.
The families of the “Six Triple Eight,” the only majority Black and all-female U.S. military unit that served in World War II, received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday. Also known as ...
The movie "The Six Triple Eight," directed by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington as Charity Adams Earley, the commander of the battalion, was released last year, ...
The unit is receiving the honor three years after former President Joe Biden signed the Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021 into Public Law 117-97 in 2022, according to Congress.
These women, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” were sent to Europe in 1945 with one mission: clear a massive backlog of military mail — 17 million pieces — that had piled up and was ...
Members of the “Six Triple Eight,” the only all-women and majority Black Battalion to serve in World War II, received the Congressional Gold Medal Tuesday in the U.S. Capitol.
The Six Triple Eight, 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 ...