Sen. Moran Leads Colleagues in Calling for a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony to Recognize the Six Triple Eight

WASHINGTON
– U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today lead 15 of his colleagues in urging House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to quickly authorize a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to commemorate the Women’s Army Corps unit, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.
In 2022 the President signed into law Sen. Moran’s
legislation
to award the “Six Triple Eight” the Congressional Gold Medal.
“The Six Triple Eight was the only all-Black, all-female unit of the United States Army serving overseas during World War II,”
the senators wrote.
“Their momentous task was to clear out a three-year, 17-million-piece backlog of mail sent to American servicemembers on the battlefield. Their motto, ‘no mail, low morale,’ encouraged them as they faced these insurmountable odds.”
“Today, only two members of the Six Triple Eight are known to be alive,”
the senators continued.
“Those still surviving ought to not wait any longer to receive this long-awaited recognition they rightfully deserve. The design and production of the Six Triple Eight Congressional Gold Medal is complete. Therefore, we ask that you swiftly schedule a ceremony to recognize the service these women gave to our nation.”
Sen. Moran was joined in this effort by Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Angus King (I-Maine), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.).
The full letter can be found
here
.
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