3K reactions · 403 shares | The U.S. Army’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the largest group of Black servicewomen to serve overseas during WWII. This #BlackHistoryMonth, we're sharing the contributions of these remarkable women, who took on a tall task in the middle of a war.⤵️ https://wwp.news/49rhiNN | Wounded Warrior Project | Facebook

For Black History Month, we give special thanks to the brave women of the 6888th Central Postal Battalion, a special branch within the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). On July 1st, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) of the United States. The WAC came from the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, which had been created a year earlier but did not have official military status. By 1945, within the WAC came the formation of a battalion that would boost the morale of