Historian uncovers largely unknown story of the 6888 Battalion with Maryland ties
Tyler Perry's most-watched Netflix film has revealed the hidden history of WWII's only all-black, all-woman battalion with Maryland ties.
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Legacy lives on: One of the last surviving members of the 6888th WWII Battalion lives in Milwaukee
Theres’ documentary earned numerous accolades and was even screened in England for the 75th anniversary of World War II. His ...
Maryland woman "proud" of mother's role in Six Triple Eight battalion during World War II
The Six Triple Eight, a military battalion made up of 855 Black women during World War II, included 19 from Maryland.
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Remains of dozens of WWII, Vietnam War troops brought to Hawaii for forensic identification
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s forensic lab in Hawaii has begun analyzing dozens of human remains retrieved from Laos and the Philippines in recent weeks in hopes of identifying U.S. service ...
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No Mail, No Morale: The story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
"No mail, no morale." This saying inspired an all-female U.S. Women's Army Corps unit to sort vital wartime mail. KATC spoke with a relative of one of these women, who was born in Lafayette.
Jack Wang reimagines lost stories of Chinese Canadians during WWII
When Canadian writer Jack Wang read about Richard Mar, the only Chinese Canadian to serve in the First Canadian Parachute ...
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WWII-Era C-54 Skymasters Abandoned at Small Arizona Airport
Outside the thriving desert mecca of Tucson in southern Arizona lies a little-known piece of aviation history among the local ...
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The Gorge: What Really Happened To The Battalion From The 1940s
Apple TV+'s The Gorge involves a mystery surrounding a 1940s military battalion. Here's what we know from the new movie and ...