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Watch live: House awards Congressional Gold Medal to only Black, all-female World War II battalion

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will host a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to the members of the “Six Triple Eight” battalion — the only Black, all-female unit to serve during

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Congress honors all-Black female battalion crucial to World War II efforts

The battalion was tasked with cleaning out the massive backlog filled with more than 17 million pieces of mail that left troops without any communications from their families for months.

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Black female WWII unit the Six Triple Eight to receive the Congressional Gold Medal

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the Six Triple Eight, will be presented Tuesday with the Congressional Gold Medal, following a

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Pair of Omaha World War II veterans honored

Two of Omaha's living World War II veterans were honored with a ceremony on Monday. Donald McWhirter and Les Rygg received ...

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The only female unit to serve overseas in WWII gets a congressional medal 80 years on

The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...

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Family’s search for World War II medals in lead-up to 2025 Anzac Day

What started off as a few questions from a child about her family history became a massive search of World War II records in an effort to find a veteran’s lost medals. I sat her next to me and ...

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