855 Black Women Fixed a WWII Crisis in 3 Months — The 6888th Battalion Story What if I told you 855 Black women were sent to Europe to fix a problem the U.S. Army said would take six months — and they finished it in three? During World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the Six Triple Eight, became the only all-Black, all-female Army unit deployed overseas. According to U.S. Army records preserved at the National Archives, they arrived in Birmingham, England, to find