Learn the history of the only all-female, all-Black unit sent overseas during World War II
On Feb. 3, 1945, King's unit set sail for Europe to sort and route millions of pieces of undelivered mail. They arrived at a warehouse in Birmingham, England that contained 10 airplane hangers.
The Six Triple Eight, with 855 total members, were told they only had six months. The women accomplished their goal in half that time, sorting approximately 17 million pieces of mail.Another member of the crew was specialist Odessa Taylor Marshall, who died in 2017. Her son, Jason Marshall, said his mother was born in 1923 and joined the army around the same time as King.
After seeing a photo of her in uniform, he thought she was “either Girl Scout or she was working for the Salvation Army.” He laughed and added, “That’s the only time I see women in uniform.”
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