I watch this tremendous film with a lump in my throat holding back tears. I continue to learn important and powerful American History shamefully not included in my Gen X history books. #SixTripleEight Tyler Perry #AmericanHistory
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24458622/
The historic Six Triple Eight – also known as the U.S. Army’s 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion – is the largest group of Black servicewomen to serve overseas during World War II. In February 1945, the 6888th was deployed to Europe with a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail. The women were given six months to sort through the mail and ship it out. They completed the task in three months.
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