The Six Triple Eight : a true story of the Black woman battalion of World War II
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Abari, Tonya, author.
Título
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The Six Triple Eight : a true story of the Black woman battalion of World War II
6 Triple 8
Autor
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Abari, Tonya, author.
Evans, Lance, 1963- illustrator.
Format
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Libros
ISBN
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9780063265769
Subject Term
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Postal service -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile literature.
African American soldiers -- Juvenile literature.
Women soldiers -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Postal service -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Postal service.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Participation des femmes -- Ouvrages illustrés -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Service de la poste -- Ouvrages illustrés -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Service de la poste -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Participation des femmes -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Militaires noirs américains -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Femmes militaires -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural & Regional.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / African American & Black.
World War -- Participation, African American. -- 1939-1945.
World War -- Participation, Female. -- 1939-1945.
World War -- Postal service. -- 1939-1945.
Summary
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"In 1944, the United States was facing a unique wartime crisis: too much mail. Millions of letters and packages, stacked from floor to ceiling, sat unsent in cold, dark warehouses, with no one to sort through the backlog and no way to deliver mail to the troops. Enter the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. Formed of Black women who had advocated fiercely for their right to enlist in the U.S. military, the 'Six Triple Eight' battalion had one special task: sort and send the mail. It wasn't easy, but the Six Triple Eight got to work. Putting in long hours to send out each piece of mail in record time, they had a four-word motto that powered them through: 'No mail, low morale!' As they helped deliver support to the soldiers on the front lines, these women proved there was nothing they couldn't do"--
| Library | Shelf Number | Estado |
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| Sierra Vista Public Library | J 940.54 ABA | New Material |