DE HB68

Designates March 9th as "6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day" in Delaware to honor the only all African-American, all-female battalion deployed to Europe during World War II

The 6888th Battalion consisted of 855 African-American women (824 enlisted, 31 officers) who served from February 1945 to March 1946 processing mail for seven million American military personnel stationed in Europe

The battalion cleared a six-month backlog of mail in three months by processing an average of 195,000 pieces daily while working in unheated, rat-infested aircraft hangars in Birmingham, England

Four Delaware residents served in the battalion: CPL Grace Evelyn Bryant, CPL Edith Marguerete Carter, PVT Mary Crawford, and PVT Evelina Rachel Griffin

Encourages citizens to commemorate the day by writing and mailing letters to family, friends, military personnel, and veterans to recognize postal employees and their service