This Memorial Day, we’re remembering the legacy of the WWII era unit, the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion. It was the ...

“It was a major problem, it was a crisis,” It was just months ago when Dr. Karen Jordan sat down with WTOC and said that the 6888 battalion was getting the recognition they deserve. It was the first ...

TODAY Famed 6888 battalion honored for mail efforts during WWII Posted: April 30, 2025 | Last updated: April 30, 2025 The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black, all-female unit ...

Nicknamed the 6888, they were the only women Army Corps or WACs unit that was comprised entirely of women of color to be stationed overseas during World War II. They were tasked with sorting ...

“The 6888 was a groundbreaking unit that defied the odds. They navigated to complex systems and got the job done whenever no one else could,” says Colonel Cummings. The task was deemed difficult ...

AND THEY DID. TODAY, HER CHILDREN TELL HER STORY. WILKERSON AND THE 6888 UNIT SET SAIL TO EUROPE. HE WAS WEAVING IN AND OUT OF THESE MINES, BOUNCING UP AND DOWN IN THE WATER. AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED ...

"The biggest thing I learned...there was a black unit of women in Europe in World War II. I had no idea!" Kevin wrote his second article on the 6888 in 2018, as the postal directory monument at ...

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only unit comprised entirely of Black ... who made it her business to get the 6888 their belated recognition, and with Smithsonian magazine ...

Deputies responded to a 911 call at a home on Bryson Drive in Whiteville when they found a puppy and her owner unresponsive. The new town hall location will be at 497 Olde Waterford Way, Suite 200, ...

Kentucky women who served in the Six Triple Eight unit My mother was among 16 women from Arkansas who served in the 6888. There were 18 women from Kentucky who served in this unit. They are as ...

April 29 (UPI) --Family members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion accepted a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday and 80 years after the unit was deployed during World War II.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - County Leaders held a recognition program for the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion on Thursday evening. The event was held at the Cape Fear Community College’s ...