Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor

[Omaha Steve]

Cross post from AA & Veterans.




By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON (AP) — Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon and her Army colleagues never dwelled on being the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe during World War II. They had a job to do.

The 6888th Central Directory Postal Battalion was credited with solving a growing mail crisis during its stint in England and, upon their return, serving as a role model to generations of Black women who joined the military.

But for decades, the exploits of the 855 members never got wider recognition — until now.

The Senate passed legislation that would award members of the battalion, affectionately known as the Six Triple Eight, with the Congressional Gold Medal.

FULL story: https://apnews.com/article/business-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-0f59eba34c40098c3c0814c51cfeb7fd

[niyad]

1. About damned time!

[sarge43]

3. Yup

True pioneers. Thank you, Soldiers. We owe you.

[Submariner]

2. Gee...., Sister Perpetual Agony and her cohorts

must have forgot to teach my class this stuff too, just like the all Black WWII Alaska Canada highway construction crew, just like the Tulsa Massacre, just like most of the slaughters of Native Americans, just like The Inquisition, and my all time favorite, they forgot to teach me about when the Pope authorized the Conquistadors to KILL every last Aztec that REFUSED TO CONVERT to catholicism. And they did kill them all. From google:

Invaders led by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés overthrew the Aztec Empire by force and captured Tenochtitlan in 1521, bringing an end to Mesoamerica's last great native civilization.

[crickets]

4. Wonderful! K&R for visibility.

[Wounded Bear]

5. K & R...get 'er done! nt