Members of an all-Black, all-women WWII battalion to receive Congressional Gold Medal

Army veterans who served in a battalion made up of entirely Black women during World War II will soon receive the Congressional Gold Medal.

According to ABC News and The Guardian, President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation into law on Monday, granting the award to members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, better known as"Six Triple Eight."

The battalion was first sent to Birmingham, England, where they worked through a backlog of millions of pieces of mail in just three months — about half the expected time frame. The legislation to honor the Six Triple Eight was sponsored by Sen. Jerry Morand, R-Kansas, and originally co-sponsored by Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada. It passed both the House and the Senate with unanimous consent.

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