Warehouses in Birmingham, England, were filled with a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail. It was estimated that clearing that backlog would take six months. Enter the six Triple eight. The women of the six Triple eight Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all black and women of color women's Army Corps unit to serve overseas during World War II, arrived in Birmingham in February. And, boy, did they get to work. Despite often dismal working conditions and practical challenges, there were, for example, 7,500Americans named Robert Smith. Within three months, they had cleared the backlog. (01:19–01:34)
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