The 6888 Postal Directory Battalion

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... Despite poor working conditions in a rat-infested warehouse, these devoted servicewomen worked 7 days a week, 24 hours a day in three eight hour shifts. And they achieved unprecedented success and efficiency in solving the military’s postal problems. It is no surprise that they broke all Army records for sorting mail! With the new tracking system that the 6 triple 8 Battalion created, the women processed an average of 65,000 pieces of mail per shift and cleared the six-month backlog of Birmingham warehouse mail in just three months ...

[Lulu KC]

1. Really good movie, too

My husband wept through the ending. He can spot "moving" like no one else I know. (His dad was the same way. Sweetie guys.)

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2. LTC Charity Adams, Oral History, 1990

Charity Adams was one of the first African American WAC Officers, graduating from the First WAAC Officer Candidate School in 1942. In 1945, she became commanding officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, which was the first and only black WAC unit to be stationed overseas during World War II.