Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1945, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, began heading to England for deployment. These 855 servicemembers, all Black women, took on a mission that may not have been glamorous but was considered absolutely essential to the war effort. Plus: today in 1947, TIME Magazine reported on a trip by a BBC crew that didn't go quite so well.  The Black Female Battalion That Stood Up to a White Male Army (New York Times) 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (U.S. Army Center of Military History) Miscellany, Feb. 3, 1947 (TIME) Our show is powered by our listener-backers on Patreon! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support