The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...

The only Women's Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II received a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday, exactly 80 years after pulling off an incredible organizational feat.

Sharon Holtz grew up knowing that her aunt, Pfc. Phyllis Long Green, served in the Women’s Army Corps, or WAC, during World War II. But it wasn’t until recently that she discovered the details.

Black women were virtually excluded from military service until the start of World War II, which prompted the creation of what came to be known as the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). While the WAC ...