Pioneering WWII Unit Receives Congressional Gold Medal

Eighty years after the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion deployed to Europe during World War II, its soldiers were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.
Nicknamed the Six Triple Eight, the unit was the first and largest all-female, all-African American unit to deploy overseas during World War II. On April 29, with the two surviving members watching online, over 300 of the soldiers’ descendants and family members gathered on Capitol Hill for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal.