The Six Triple Eight : a true story of the Black woman battalion of World War II /

The Six Triple Eight

a true story of the Black woman battalion of World War II

The Six Triple Eight

a true story of the Black woman battalion of World War II
written by Tonya Abari ; illustrated by Lance Evans
Book - 2025

"In 1944, the United States was facing a unique wartime crisis: too much mail. Millions of letters and packages, stacked from floor to ceiling, sat unsent in cold, dark warehouses, with no one to sort through the backlog and no way to deliver mail to the troops. Enter the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. Formed of Black women who had advocated fiercely for their right to enlist in the U.S. military, the 'Six Triple Eight' battalion had one special task: sort and send the mail. It wasn't easy, but the Six Triple Eight got to work. Putting in long hours to send out each piece of mail in record time, they had a four-word motto that powered them through: 'No mail, low morale!' As they helped deliver support to the soldiers on the front lines, these women proved there was nothing they couldn't do"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abari, Tonya (Author)
Other Authors: Evans, Lance (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Women's Army Corps. > Central Postal Battalion, 6888th > Juvenile literature.
United States. > Army. > Postal service > Juvenile literature.
United States > Armed Forces > African Americans.
United States > Armed Forces > Women.
United States. > Army. > Women's Army Corps. > Central Postal Battalion, 6888th.
United States. > Army. > Postal service.
World War, 1939-1945 > Postal service > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American > Juvenile literature.
African American soldiers > Juvenile literature.
Women soldiers > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Postal service > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Postal service.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
United States > History, Military > Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Picture books.

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