Michel Martin speaks with filmmaker Tyler Perry and actor Kerry Washington about their film based on World War II's only Women's Army Corps unit of color. In recent years, we've seen more and more ...

Who were the 6888th Battalion? The Six Triple Eight Postal Directory Battalion were a unit of the Women's Army Corps in World ...

Here are the times Hollywood depicted women in the military and how they contributed, including some of the best war movies ...

The women of the 6888th would wear their coats and boots in the warehouses to protect themselves from the cold, rotting food and nesting mice. News Today's news ...

How four black women took on the Army during World War II Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details author Bolzenius, Sandra M. 1959-Subject United States Army Women's Army Corps History ...

She served in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps from 1942 to 1945, when she was part of the 6888 Battalion. She returned to military service in 1950, joining the Air Force as a first lieutenant ...

What jobs and responsibilities did women have on the front line in World War One? Find out in this year 5/6 primary history guide from BBC Bitesize.

A recent Netflix movie shines a light on the Six Triple Eight. It was the only predominantly Black Women's Army Corps unit stationed in Europe during World War II. The women were from all over the ...

WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — An all-female, all-Black women’s Army Corps battalion who cleared out a 17 million-piece backlog of U.S. servicemember mail in World War II will receive the ...

Soldiers of the 6888th Central Postal Battalion, the first black women's unit deployed overseas during World War II, pass in review during a 1945 military parade in Birmingham, England.

- An all-female, all-Black Women’s Army Corps battalion who cleared out a 17 million-piece backlog of U.S. servicemember mail in World War II will receive the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday.